Daria Kasatkina, the eighth racket of the world, will face unseeded Magda Linette in the third round of the Wuhan Open Championship. This will be their seventh meeting. Lynette reached this round after an early victory over Lesia Tsurenko (due to an injury to her opponent) and has 29 wins in the season, including 10 on hard courts.
Despite the difficulties of the season, Lynette won the title in Prague and was a finalist in Rouen, and also has two wins over Kasatkina on hard courts.
Kasatkina, with four wins in their confrontation, will be careful with Lynette. This season she beat a Pole in Brisbane. The Russian won 35 victories during the season and reached two finals on the hard court.
The victory will give Kasatkina a chance to go beyond the third round in Wuhan for the first time and return to the top 10 of the WTA. The winner of the match will face Corey Knauf or Marta Kostyuk in the quarterfinals.