Zhuoxuan Bai defeated compatriot Jiayi Wang in the second round of qualifying at the WTA 1000 tournament in Beijing 6-1, 6-0. The tournament is played on hard courts and has a prize fund of $9.4 million. Bai was seeded 21st in qualifying and sits 206th in the rankings with 361 points. Her opponent is ranked 474th with 115 points.
Two sets without suspense
Bai won the first set 6-1 and did not drop a single game in the second. Over the entire match, Jiayi Wang managed to win just one game. The final result was 2-0 in sets.
Both players arrived in Beijing off first round qualifying wins. Bai beat Mina Hodzic 6-4, 6-3, while Jiayi Wang proved too strong for Quinn Gleason 6-2, 7-5. The Beijing run snapped a losing streak for Bai, who had previously lost to Tatiana Prozorova in the first round of the second Istanbul tournament 3-6, 1-6, and fell to Polina Iatcenko at Wimbledon 6-7(9), 2-6.
According to api.tennis data, Zhuoxuan Bai leads the head-to-head 1-0. Their only meeting in 2026 ended 6-1, 6-0.