2024 Beijing

Ukraine's Starodubtseva advances to Beijing quarters on WTA 1000 debut

Ukrainian qualifier Yuliia Starodubtseva upset No.10 seed Anna Kalinskaya in the China Open fourth round, notching her first career Top 20 win to reach her second tour-level quarterfinal. The result made Starodubtseva the seventh player since 2009 to reach the quarterfinals or better in her first WTA 1000 main draw.