Qinwen Zheng dispatches Leylah Annie Fernandez 6-0 1-6 6-3 in the quarter in Tokyo on Friday. Zheng will have to play Diana Shnaider in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 47 minutes. Her best result in this event was reaching the final in 2022. Here you can see her history at this event.
The Chinese added to her prize money $ 26,295 after winning this match. She has already won $ 51,205 as of now in this event. If she wins the next match, the Chinese will add $ 36,361 to her earnings to get in total $ 87,566.
Highlights Qinwen Zheng vs. Leylah Annie Fernandez Toray Pan Pacific Open – Tokyo
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Qinwen scored 78 points vs. Fernandez’s 64.
Zheng
Qinwen was effective at converting 56% of the break points that she procured (5/9).
Fernandez
On the other side, the Canadian was battling in converting her break points (only 43% – 3/7). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Zheng and Fernandez is 2-2.
Draw and next match H2H: Qinwen Zheng vs. Diana Shnaider – stats
Zheng will take on Shnaider in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Qinwen Zheng and Diana Shnaider since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
There was not much story in this set as Zheng conceded no games to Leylah before winning the set 6-0.
Qinwen was unerring in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 3rd (2-0 15-40), the 5th (4-0 15-40) and the 7th game (6–1 30-40). On the other side, Zheng didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 40 points. The Chinese was the winner of the set after clinching 18 points more than Fernandez (29-11). Zheng lost 6 points on serve (13-6). Regarding the other side of the net, Fernandez conceded 16 points on serve (5-16).
Leylah was too strong to drop barely 1 game before breaking Qinwen 2 times and wrap up the set 6-1.
Qinwen was not able to offer any resistance in the last 6 games of the set when the game count went from 1-1 to 6-1.
Fernandez was on the money in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 4th (2-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Zheng was perfect in converting all her break points in the 3rd game (1-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 56 points. Leylah was the one to win the set after conquering 10 points more than the Chinese (33-23). Leylah conceded 10 points on serve (16-10). on the other side of the court, Zheng conceded 17 points on serve (13-17).
Zheng had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Leylah Annie Fernandez in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. That break was crucial for Qinwen to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks anymore.
The Chinese converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Leylah wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 5th game (1-3 30-40).
They played 46 points. Zheng conquered the set after winning 6 points more than Leylah (26-20). The Chinese dropped 5 points on serve (17-5). On the losing side, the Canadian conceded 9 points on serve (15-9).
Tennis Scores in Tokyo
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- Katie BoulterBoulter – Bianca Vanessa AndreescuVanessa Andreescu (6-2 6-1)
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (6-0 1-6 6-3)
- Diana ShnaiderShnaider – Sayaka IshiiIshii (w/o)
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