Aryna Sabalenka means business.

The 20-year-old from Belorussia claims another important scalp in Wuhan to beat Elina Svitolina in 3 sets. From a ranking point of view, this may look like an upset since Aryna is ranked no.20 while Elina is currently the world no.6. However, given the performance of Sabalenka in the last few months, this hardly comes as a surprise.

This is the 7th time that Sabalenka defeated a top10 player since June!

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The Belarussian was particularly ruthless in the 3^rd set after she conceded only 1 game before winning 6-4 2-6 6-1 in 1 hour and 51 minutes.

Sabalenka will face either Julian Goerges or Sofia Kenin in the 3^rd round.