No. 9 seed Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus successfully defended her title, outlastin...
FILE PHOTO - Tennis - Fed Cup - Fed Cup World Group - First Round - Germany v Belarus - Volkswagen Halle Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany - February 9, 2019 Belarus' Aryna Sabalenka in action during her match against Germany's Andrea Petkovic REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer
No. 9 seed Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus successfully defended her title, outlasting unseeded Alison Riske 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 at the Wuhan Open in China. Sabalenka, who fired 18 aces in the victory, becomes the first player to repeat as champion here and the second to win two titles . “I can’t believe that I defend this title. I couldn’t even imagine that I will be able to do this. Right now I’m just happy. I don’t know. I can’t believe it’s happened,” said Sabalenka afterward.
Riske has yet to beat Sabalenka in three career meetings. Sabalenka improved to 12-0 at the Wuhan Open.No. 3 seed Alison Van Uytvanck of Belgium held off No. 8 seed Sorana Cirstea of Romania 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 to claim the title in Uzbekistan.Van Uytvanck has won all four of her finals appearances, each in three sets. Cirstea’s only career title came at this event in 2008.
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