Results of the third day at the Guangzhou Open, Svitolina forced to withdraw

After third-seeded Sofia Kenin advanced after a smooth win in two sets, first-seeded Svitolina was forced to retire because of the right knee pain.

Wednesday's matches started with Sofia Kenin's match, who is the third seeded player at the turnament. She coped with Katarina Zavatska comfortably in two sets 6-4 and 6-2. In the next round, she meets Paolini and after Elina Svitolina dropped out, she became the biggest favorite to win the tournament.

Sam Stosur also made it through when she handled Bernard Pera in three sets 6-4, 1-6 and 7-6. She was followed by Paolini and Golubic, who eliminated the sixth seeded Zheng and the fifth seeded Siniakova.

Nina Stojanovic has won 10 games out of the last 11 when she defeated Shuai Peng after more than two hours. Shuai Zhang managed to win over Andrea Petkovic and will also play in the quarterfinals in China.

The biggest surprise came in one of the last matches. The US Open semifinalist Elina Svitolina and the breakthrough player of the August Marie Bouzkova. The Czech showed almost perfect performance when her opponent was forced to give up the match when scoreboard was showing 6-4 and 4-3. For Bouzkova this is already the third win over the player from the TOP 10 this year.

Third day results at the Guangzhou Open: