Leylah Annie Fernandez surprises Qinwen Zheng 7-5 6-3 in the 3rd round in Doha on Wednesday. Fernandez will try to keep the momentum against Elena Rybakina or Emma Navarro in the 4th round. The match lasted 1 hour and 32 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this competition. Previously, the best she could do was reaching the qualifications in 2023. Here you can see her previous results at this event.
The Canadian added to her prize money $ 36,511 after winning this match. She has already won $ 72,965 after this win. If she wins the next match, Leylah will add $ 85,979 to her earnings to get in total $ 158,944 in total.
Highlights Leylah Annie Fernandez vs. Qinwen Zheng Qatar TotalEnergies Open – Doha
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:32
At the end of the match, Leylah scored 68 points vs. Zheng’s 53.
Fernandez
Leylah was pretty focused in converting 75% of the break points that she procured (3/4).
Zheng
On the other side, Qinwen was absolutely great in converting the only break point that she converted. Yet, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this contest, the head to head between Fernandez and Zheng is 2-0 for Leylah .
Draw and next match H2H: Leylah Annie Fernandez vs. Elena Rybakina or Emma Navarro – stats
Fernandez will square off with either Elena Rybakina or Emma Navarro in the 4th round. The head to head is 0-0 vs. Elena Rybakina and 2-1 vs. Emma Navarro.
Live score progression and stats
The Canadian conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 7th (3-4) game, Leylah broke back in the 10th (5-5) and in the 12th game to conquer the set 7-5.
Fernandez failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 0.
Qinwen was eclipsed in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 3-5 to 7-5.
Fernandez converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 10th (4-5 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 40-A). On the other side, the Chinese was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 6th game (3-3 40-A).
They played 79 points. Fernandez conquered the set after winning 9 more points than Qinwen (44-35). Fernandez conceded 12 points on serve (27-12). On the losing side, Zheng conceded 17 points on serve (23-17).
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Fernandez grabbed in the 6th game (4-2) prior to finally winning the set (6-3).
Fernandez was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 5th game (3-2 15-40). On the other side, the Canadian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 42 points. Fernandez conquered the set after winning 6 more points than Zheng (24-18). The Canadian conceded 5 points on serve (17-5). Regarding the other side of the net, Zheng conceded 7 points on serve (13-7).
Tennis Scores in Doha
- Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Qinwen ZhengZheng (7-5 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Linda NoskovaNoskova (3-6 7-5 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Naomi OsakaOsaka – Lesya TsurenkoTsurenko (w/o) – Stats and score progression
- Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (7-5 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (2-1) – H2H details and stats
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (4-0) – H2H details and stats
- Emma NavarroNavarro – Elena RybakinaRybakina (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Naomi OsakaOsaka – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (2-4) – H2H details and stats
- Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins (0-3) – H2H details and stats
