Iga Świątek vs. Maja Chwalińska! When is the Polish semi-final in Wuhan?

On Saturday, in the semi-final of the WTA 1000 tournament in Wuhan, there will be a Polish duel - Iga Świątek will face Maja Chwalińska.

The Polish women's match will start at the earliest around 12.30 p.m. Polish time after the end of the first semi-final (starting at 11 a.m.).

This is the second meeting in history of these tennis players on professional courts. The last time they played together was almost 10 years ago, at the beginning of their careers.

As 15-year-olds, Świątek and Chwalińska faced off on November 3, 2016 in the ITF tournament in Stockholm; Świątek won 6:2, 6:3. The capital of Sweden was the first stop in Świątek's professional career.

Chwalińska started it half a year earlier and on the day of their duel she was ranked 899th in the ranking. Now it's 22, and Świątek is nine.

Maja Chwalińska is climbing the WTA rankings

The current season is a breakthrough for Chwalińska. The June French Open final allowed her to advance on the WTA list from the second hundred to the third ten.

Now in Wuhan he will set a new best result, because on Monday he will definitely debut in the second ten. Currently he is 16th virtually, but if he wins the Chinese tournament he will be 11th.

Iga Świątek is fighting for the WTA Finals

For Świątek, the end of the tournament in China is also of great importance. If she wins the title, she will overtake the Czech Karolina Muchova in the "Race to the WTA Finals" ranking, which will select eight participants of the season-ending tournament in Indian Wells (November 8-15).

There is only one place left, and Ukrainian Marta Kostiuk also counts in the fight for it.

Ostapenko and Kortal in the first pair

The first semi-final pair will feature the Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, led by coach Piotr Sierzputowski, and the British Sonay Kartal, 170th in the world ranking.

They will be the first to take to the court on Saturday, at 11 a.m. Polish time. The Polish women's match will start next.