Erika Andreeva won against younger sister Mira

Russia's Erika Andreeva defeated her younger sister Mira Andreeva in her first career match in women's singles at the Wuhan Open tennis tournament. The last time Williams sisters Serena and Venus met each other as sisters was at the Kentucky Open played in August 2020.

After this the Russian sisters played against each other on the tennis court. 20 year old Erica won against 17 year old Meera 6-3, 6-1. She will face sixth seed Jasmine Paolini in the quarterfinals. Both the sisters had announced before the match that whatever prize money they would get, they would divide it equally. Erica became the Junior French Open runner-up in 2021. US Open champion Aryna Sabalenko and American Coco Goff also continued their campaign. Belarus' Sabalenko defeated Czech Republic's Katerina Siniakova 6-4, 6-4 and Coco Goff defeated Bulgaria's Kateryna Tomova 6-1, 6-2. Olympic gold medalist Zheng Qianwen of China defeated Canada's Laila Fernandez 5-7, 6-3, 6-0. With this, she achieved the feat of becoming the first female Chinese player to achieve 40 wins in a single year. Li Na had earlier achieved this feat in 2013. Wimbledon champion Barbora Krejcikova lost to world number 102 Hayley Baptiste 6-3, 7-5.