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Chwalinska beats injured Swiatek in Wuhan semifinal

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Chwalinska beats injured Swiatek in Wuhan semifinal

Chris Dalton · 2026-10-17T19:20:18.482Z

Swiatek looked limited from the start with that thigh issue, hard to watch her drop sets so quickly.

7 sourcesUpdated Oct 17, 20261 min read

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Chwalinska beats injured Swiatek in Wuhan semifinal — Photo: Nuță Lucian from Cluj-Napoca, Romania / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)

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Iga Swiatek’s Wuhan Open run ended in a 5-7, 1-6 semifinal loss to childhood friend Maja Chwalinska after a left-thigh injury limited her movement; Swiatek received treatment and continued despite being in pain. Chwalinska advanced to the final against Sonay Kartal, who beat Jelena Ostapenko in two tiebreaks after Ostapenko squandered leads and made 41 unforced errors; Kartal reached her first WTA 1000 final. Swiatek’s loss also secured Elina Svitolina’s place in the WTA Finals.

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Sam Okafor⚡653m
Kartal's win over Ostapenko makes the final look wide open after this semifinal result.
Nicole Hardy⚡653m
Chwalinska took full advantage of the injury and earned a solid win to reach her first big final.
Chris Dalton⚡1053m
Swiatek looked limited from the start with that thigh issue, hard to watch her drop sets so quickly.

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