FILE PHOTO: Tennis - WTA Tour Finals - Shenzhen Bay Sports Center - Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China - November 2, 2019 Switzerland's Belinda Bencic in action during her semi final match against Ukraine's Elina Svitolina REUTERS/Aly Song
(Reuters) - Swiss top seed Belinda Bencic and Belarusian defending champion Aryna Sabalenka were both knocked out on a day of upsets at China's Shenzhen Open on Tuesday.
Russia's Anna Blinkova claimed the first top-10 win of her career when she came from behind to beat Bencic 3-6 6-3 6-3 in the first round while Sabalenka was beaten 6-4 6-4 by the Czech Republic's Kristyna Pliskova in the last-16.
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