5 to 3 to 5 to 7! The No. 5 seed is out, and Zheng Qinwen suffers consecutive defeats
The matchup between Zheng Qinwen and Fernandez in the second place of the Grand Slam ended with Zheng Qinwen defeating. Against Fernandez, Zheng Qinwen performed well overall, especially at the start of the first set 5:3, but since then, his performance has dropped significantly, losing four games in a row and losing the first set.
In the Doha 1000m women's singles, fifth seed Zheng Qinwen will take on Canada's Fernandes, currently ranked seventh in the world. Zheng Qinwen is currently the world No. 7 and No. 19, and the two have had a one-sided relationship and lost 1-2 to each other in Mondrai in 2022. Zheng Saisai participated in the Zhengzhou 500m Championships, won the eighth round of the US Open, and finished second at this year's Australian Open. Fernandez finished runner-up at the US Open and reached eight semi-finals in France, but lost the semi-finals at this year's Australian Open. He also reached the semi-finals of four Grand Slams last year. In the past two years, Zheng Qinwen has consistently performed better than his competitors. However, in this battle, Zheng Qinwen is obviously inferior to the other party.
In the first set, Zheng Qinwen quickly found his rhythm, and in the seventh game of the 40-0 lead, he scored four points in a row to achieve his Grand Slam. At the end of the eighth set, Zheng Qinwen ended the match with a score of 5-3. Originally, they all thought that Zheng Qinwen could win the first game, but who knew that since then, his form has become bad. Zheng Qinwen made two service errors in a row and finally lost the match 5-7.
In the 2nd round, both teams held their serve for the first 5 rounds. In the crucial sixth set, Zheng Qinwen was broken by his opponent on his own serve and finally lost to his opponent 4-2. In the eighth game, Zheng Qinwen fought hard to catch up and tied with his opponent before the end of the match, and won a service game. In the ninth set, Zheng Qinwen lost 4 match points, and in his third set, his player held serve, just like last time. In the end, Zheng Qinwen lost 3-6 and 0-2 to the opponent and was unexpectedly eliminated from the round of 16.
In this game, Zheng Qinwen hit three of the four in one game, made two mistakes twice, scored 62% once, scored 73% once, broke points once, and broke points once. Judging from this match, Zheng Qinwen did not have the upper hand in the baseline confrontation with the opponent, the opponent did not make any mistakes, and his defense and counterattack were very good. In the end, Zheng Qinwen only won one match point in this game, and losing this game was inevitable. For Fernandes, it was his first tour to reach the round of 16 and his second in the 1000 class.