Zheng Qinwen and Mirra Andreeva withdrew before playing at the Dongfeng Voyah Wuhan Open, the WTA announced on Monday, October 12, 2026. Their exits lead to new placements and replacements in the Wuhan main draw. Zheng had beaten Andreeva 7-5, 6-4 in the completed China Open final on October 11, claiming her first WTA 1000 title.
Zheng cited a right shoulder injury; Andreeva cited a change in schedule. The announcement, published at 03:01 UTC, removes both Beijing finalists from the opening stage of the Wuhan event. Lucky losers Camila Osorio and Anna Bondar enter the draw as the replacements.
In her statement, Zheng described fatigue after a demanding stretch that included the US Open, Billie Jean King Cup and China Open. She also stressed her ties to Wuhan, where she said her tennis dream began, and her wish to play again in front of her hometown fans.
The tournament runs from October 12 to 18 at the Optics Valley International Tennis Centre. Its 56-player singles field competes on outdoor hard courts, with the two withdrawals changing separate quarters of the draw.
The tournaments sit back-to-back in the calendar. Beijing’s outdoor hard-court WTA 1000 event concluded on October 11, while Wuhan’s main draw began on October 12.
Jovic gains a shorter title route
Jovic moves to line 17, the position vacated by third seed Andreeva, and retains her own No. 10 seeding. That placement gives her direct entry to the second round, where she will face either wild card Dayana Yastremska or Cristina Bucsa. Their first-round match occupies the next pair of lines in the revised bracket.
The 56-player field fits a 64-line bracket with eight first-round byes. From Jovic’s original first-round position, a title would have required six match wins. Starting in the second round reduces that requirement to five: the second round, last 16, quarterfinal, semifinal and final. The number of byes stays the same because she occupies a slot that already carried one. The draw lists a champion allocation of 1,000 ranking points and 650 for the runner-up.
Bondar takes Jovic’s former place on line 25. That replacement has already played: the draw released at 3:37 p.m. on October 12 records wild card Mia Pohankova’s 6-1, 6-3 first-round victory over Bondar. The result settles that part of the reshuffle on the tournament’s opening day.
Pohankova will next meet Wang Xiyu or Wang Xinyu, who occupy lines 27 and 28. Her opening victory has put her into the same round as Jovic, although their paths to that stage differ: Pohankova advanced through a played match, while Jovic received the relocated bye.
The adjacent branch that will supply Jovic’s potential third-round opponent is already partly settled. Marie Bouzkova advanced when Clara Tauson retired with Bouzkova leading 6-1, 2-0. Bouzkova next faces Mayar Sherif or 16th seed Maja Chwalinska. If Jovic wins her opening match, her third-round opponent will come from that branch.
Eighth seed Marta Kostyuk sits at the bottom of Jovic’s quarter and also has a bye. She is a possible later opponent for Jovic, with their positions allowing a quarterfinal meeting if both advance.
Osorio enters Zheng’s place
Osorio replaces Zheng on line 4 and is due to face Ann Li in the first round on Tuesday, October 13, according to the withdrawal announcement. The winner will meet top seed Aryna Sabalenka in the second round. Sabalenka’s bye puts her directly into that stage, so Osorio must first get past Li to reach her.
For Andreeva, Beijing was her fifth final of 2026. She has a 3-2 record in those finals, with titles at Adelaide, Linz and Roland Garros. She has already qualified for the WTA Finals at Indian Wells, which the WTA announcement lists as her next scheduled event in mid-November.
Zheng’s next listed entry is the Kinoshita Group Japan Open in Osaka, held from October 19 to 25.
