Aryna Sabalenka extended her winning streak at the Wuhan Open to 19 matches with a convincing 6-3, 6-2 defeat of Liudmila Samsonova in third-round action on Thursday.

The top-seeded Belarusian recorded six aces at the WTA 1000 tournament to dispatch the 16th-seeded Russian in 75 minutes.

Sabalenka won the title at Wuhan in 2018, 2019 and 2024. Her 19-0 record in the tournament marks the longest such streak at any event since Caroline Wozniacki won her first 20 matches at New Haven with three titles between 2008 and 2012.

Sabalenka advanced to the quarterfinals against eighth-seeded Elena Rybakina of Ukraine, who breezed to a 6-3, 6-4 win over Linda Noskova of the Czech Republic.

Also on Thursday, sixth-seeded Jessica Pegula played in her sixth straight three-set match and earned a 7-5,

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