Ekaterina Alexandrova reached the round of 32 at the WTA 1000 tournament in Beijing. In her round of 64 match, the 19th seed beat Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6:1, 6:4. The prize money for the hard-court tournament is $9.4 million. According to api.tennis, Beijing was Alexandrova's first tournament since the US Open, where she reached the third round and lost to Marta Kostyuk 3:6, 2:6.
Alexandrova took the first set in a commanding 6:1, with her opponent managing just one point in the set score. Sasnovich stayed in the second set noticeably longer and won four games, but could not turn the match around. Alexandrova closed out the set 6:4 and won the match 2:0 in sets.
Ranking gap and head-to-head history
According to rank.tennis, Alexandrova is 27th in the rankings with 1701 points. Sasnovich, who was unseeded, is 128th with 566 points. In Beijing, the Belarusian started with a win over Talia Gibson in the round of 128, 6:1, 6:4. An identical score was recorded in the next round as well, this time in her defeat.
The head-to-head favors Alexandrova: in seven meetings she has won six, while Sasnovich has one victory. The Belarusian's only win came in 2024, when she routed her rival 6:0, 6:1. In 2025, Alexandrova took revenge with a 6:3, 6:2 win, and her Beijing victory extended her streak in this matchup.