Bernarda Pera, a qualifier, will face eighth seed Daria Kasatkina at the tournament in Wuhan, hoping to extend her winning streak. The winner of this match will play Magda Lynette, Lesia Tsurenko or Katie Boulter.
Pera lost three matches in a row before the tournament, but won the last three games, including a three-set victory over Irina–Camelia Begu. On hard courts, her balance is 17 wins out of 30 matches, and in the ranking she has risen 18 positions to 77th place.
Kasatkina had previously beaten Petra in the only meeting on clay in Charleston and hopes for new success. She returns to Wuhan after a break due to the pandemic, where she reached the third round three times. At the moment, Kasatkina is ranked 11th in the world and leads the season with a score of 34:20.