Elina Svitolina beat Katerina Siniakova 1-6, 6-4, 6-2 in the round of 64 at the WTA tournament in Beijing. Siniakova won the first five games of the opening set to lead 5-0; Svitolina then won the first three games of the second set to lead 3-0.
In rankings captured on 3 October 2026, Svitolina was seventh with 4,809 points and Siniakova was 55th with 1,075 points.