WTA Monterrey: Leylah Fernandez narrowly avoids defeat
The number two of the WTA Tour 250 tournament in Monterrey, Leylah Fernandez , made it to the quarterfinals with a narrow three-set victory over the Chinese Qinwen Zheng .
by Stefan Bergmann
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Mar 03, 2022, 11:37 am
Close affair for the title defender at the WTA hard court tournament in Monterrey: Leylah Fernandez is after a tight three-set game with a 6: 1, 4: 6, 7: 6 (3) victory over the Chinese Qinwen Zheng (WTA 77) in the quarterfinals. The Canadian, who was second seeded in Mexico, fought for 2:42 hours for her third match win of the current season.
Last year's US Open finalist still had an easy time in set one. In the second set, however, she was unable to take advantage of the break chances offered to her and in return had to accept the decisive loss of serve to make the 4:6 set decision. The third act brought no more breaks to light, in the short decision was then the current world number 21. leading.
Monterrey good ground for Fernandez
Fernandez has so far not been able to keep her big promise since reaching the final in New York. The performances "down under" in January were anything but successful, at the "Happy Slam" in Melbourne there was even a clear 4: 6, 2: 6 defeat against the then world number 133. Maddison Inglis from Australia.
In the round of the last eight, either Qiang Wang (WTA 116) is the next opponent from the Far East or Mayar Sherif (WTA 67) from Egypt. In 2021 Fernandez won the only WTA Tour tournament victory of her young career with a 6: 1, 6: 4 win over the Swiss Voktorija Golubic in the Monterrey final.