Tennis: Poland’s Świątek battles into Wuhan quarterfinals

Polish tennis player Iga Świątek reached the quarterfinals of the Wuhan Open tournament in China on Thursday, with a hard-fought straight-sets win over Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic.

Polish tennis player Iga Świątek.

Photo: Hameltion, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

The world No. 2 defeated the 13th-seeded Swiss Olympic champion 7-6, 6-4 in their women’s singles match, which lasted two hours and eight minutes, Poland’s PAP news agency reported.

Iga Świątek wyszarpała zwycięstwo! Thriller w meczu z Belindą Bencić #WTAWuhan https://t.co/6MZAnfeZJX

— SPORT | PolskieRadio24.pl (@sport_pr24pl) October 9, 2025

Earlier, fellow Pole Magdalena Fręch exited the hard-court tournament after a 4-6, 6-7 loss to Germany’s Laura Siegemund in the third round.

Świątek, making her Wuhan Open debut, will next face Italy’s Jasmine Paolini for a place in the semifinals.

Taking care of business 💼@iga_swiatek moves forward in Wuhan, defeating Bencic 7-6(2), 6-4 to set up the quarterfinal against Paolini.#WuhanOpen pic.twitter.com/lQgpEIDzoy

— wta (@WTA) October 9, 2025

The 24-year-old Pole, who won her first Wimbledon title in July and claimed the Korea Open last month, is chasing her 26th career singles title.

The Wuhan Open runs through Sunday.

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Source: IAR, PAP