Qinwen Zheng downs Leylah Annie Fernandez 5-7 6-3 6-0 in the 3rd round in Wuhan on Thursday. Zheng will seek to keep on going in this event against Jasmine Paolini in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 29 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this competition. In the past, the best she could do was reaching the qualifications in 2019. Here you can see her history at this event.
Highlights Qinwen Zheng vs. Leylah Annie Fernandez Wuhan Open – Wuhan
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Qinwen scored 100 points vs. Fernandez’s 78.
Zheng
Qinwen won this match even if she was far from perfect in converting her break points as she converted only 46% (6/13) of the procured opportunities.
Fernandez
On the other side, Leylah was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (2/4). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this encounter, the head to head between Zheng and Fernandez is 1-2 for Leylah .
Draw and next match H2H: Qinwen Zheng vs. Jasmine Paolini – stats
Zheng will take on Paolini in the quarter.
This will be the 3rd time that Qinwen Zheng and Jasmine Paolini clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Zheng (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Zheng won 6-2 6-3 in the semifinal in Zhengzhou back in 2023.
Live score progression and stats
Fernandez clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 5th (2-3) game, The Canadian broke back in the 6th (3-3) and in the 12th game to conquer the set 7-5.
Leylah failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 15.
Leylah was spot on in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 6th (2-3 0-40), the 8th (4-3 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, the Chinese was perfect in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 40-A) and the 5th game (2-2 30-40).
They contested 79 points. Fernandez won 7 more points than Zheng (43-36). The Canadian lost 15 points on serve (28-15). In addition, on the other side, the Chinese conceded 15 points on serve (21-15).
Qinwen won the set after she broke Fernandez in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
The Chinese failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 0.
The Chinese converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had 7
break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (3-1 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Qinwen didn’t concede a single break point during this set.They played 68 points. Zheng won 16 more points than Fernandez (42-26). The Chinese lost 7 points on serve (23-7). In addition, on the other side, Leylah conceded 19 points on serve (19-19).
Leylah had no answers anymore and Qinwen won the set 6-0.
Zheng converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4
break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A and 40-A), the 4th (3-0 15-40) and the 6th game (5-0 30-40). On the other side, the Chinese didn’t concede a single break point during this set.They played 31 points. Qinwen conquered the set after winning 13 more points than the Canadian (22-9). The Chinese was extremely solid on serve to concede just 2 points (8-2). on the other side of the net, Leylah conceded 14 points on serve (7-14).
Tennis Scores in Wuhan
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- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Hailey BaptisteBaptiste (6-1 6-1)
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (5-7 6-3 6-0)
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Erika AndreevaAndreeva (6-3 6-2)
- Magda LinetteLinette – Daria KasatkinaKasatkina (6-2 6-3)
- Xinyu WangWang – Jessica PegulaPegula (6-3 7-5)
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (1-6 6-4 6-0)
Upcoming matches
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- Cori GauffGauff – Magda LinetteLinette (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (2-0) – H2H details and stats
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