India, Oct. 16 -- Elina Svitolina will face Sonay Kartal in the quarterfinals of the 2026 Wuhan Open on Friday, October 16, with a place in the semifinals at stake. The fifth-seeded Ukrainian has continued her strong season, having secured qualification for the WTA Finals before reaching the last eight in Wuhan with wins over Liudmila Samsonova and Chinese wildcard Hanyu Guo, whom she defeated 6-1, 6-4. However, Svitolina will need greater consistency on serve and tighter control from the baseline after recording a first-serve percentage below 50% and committing 32 unforced errors in her previous outing. Standing across the net will be an increasingly confident Kartal, who has made an impressive return from a six-month layoff caused by a ...