Tennis player from the third hundred knocked out the 19th racket from the “thousanders” in Wuhan
Chinese Shi Han, 217th in the ranking, beat Alexandra Eal (19th) in three sets - 4:6, 6:3, 6:3. Before the tournament in Wuhan, she did not beat rivals from the top 100. In total, she won three matches in the main grids of WTA tournaments
Philippine tennis player Alexandra Eala, who occupies the 19th place in the WTA ranking, unexpectedly lost to the 217th racket of the world Shi Han from China at the start of a major tournament in Wuhan (China).
21-year-old Eala won the first set with the score 6:4, but then lost two games with the score 3:6, 3:6.
Shi Han this season mainly performed at ITF tournaments, and at the WTA level she played only at the previous tournament in Beijing, where in the first round of the main draw she lost to future champion Zheng Qinwen in three sets.
Before the tournament in Wuhan, Shi Han did not beat rivals from the top 100. In qualifying, the Chinese beat former Russian tennis player Camilla Rakhimova.
This victory was the third for Shi Han in the main draws of WTA tournaments and the first since the tournament in Hong Kong in 2024. In addition, she won a match in the main draw of the WTA 1000 tournament for the first time. In the live version of the WTA rating, it has already risen to 172nd place.
Eala this year won the WTA-500 tournament in Washington, and last year reached the final in Eastbourne, England.
