Ekaterina Alexandrova defeated Diana Shnaider 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 in a round of 32 match at the WTA 1000 tournament in Beijing to advance to the next round. The all-Russian clash was played on hardcourt. Match statistics were provided by the api.tennis service.
Shnaider started strongly, taking the opening set. Alexandrova then seized the initiative, winning both remaining sets. She edged the second set by two games before pulling clear by three games in the decider.
Ranking, draw and head-to-head history
In Beijing, Alexandrova opened with a 6-1, 6-4 win over Aliaksandra Sasnovich, and followed it up with this second victory against Shnaider. Shnaider had beaten Janice Tjen 6-0, 6-4 in the first round.
According to rank.tennis, Alexandrova is ranked 26th with 1811 points, while Shnaider sits 13th with 2643 points. Their seedings at the tournament are 19th and 11th respectively.
In their head-to-head, Alexandrova leads 3-1 across four meetings. In 2025, she won 6-2, 6-1 and 6-3, 6-4, while Shnaider took one match 6-3, 4-6, 6-4. Their fourth meeting came in Beijing.