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What Maja Chwalinska has now definitively proven after winning the Wuhan Open

Maja Chwalinska has silenced doubts about her Grand Slam potential with a dominant performance at the Wuhan Open, securing her first WTA 1000 title in a thrilling final victory over Sonay Kartal. The Polish star, who reached the Roland Garros final as a qualifier ranked 113th in the world just four months ago, proved her consistency by defeating top-tier opponents like Maria Sakkari, Iga Świątek, and Iva Jović en route to the championship.

Her triumph in Wuhan—where she outlasted Kartal in a hard-fought three-set final—confirms her status as a rising force in women’s tennis, having already made history as the first qualifier to reach a Grand Slam final on her main-draw debut. Following her win, Chwalinska withdrew from the Ningbo Open due to a left thigh injury, while Kartal also pulled out of the Japan Open in Osaka shortly afterward.

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