Wuhan Open: Zheng fights back to knock out Fernandez and reach last eight
Qinwen Zheng defeated Leylah Fernandez 5-7, 6-3, 6-0. She’ll face Italian Jasmine Paolini, the No 3 seed, in the next round
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Chinese Qinwen Zheng, the No 5 seed, beat Canadian Leylah Fernandez 5-7, 6-3, 6-0 to advance to the last eight of the Wuhan Open at the Optics Valley International Tennis Center.
Zheng, ranked No 7, will play Italian Jasmine Paolini, the No 3 seed, next.
The 22-year-old Chinese won against Romanian wildcard Jaqueline Cristian (6-2, 6-4) ahead of her victory.
In the previous rounds of the Wuhan tournament, Fernandez, ranked No 28, defeated Russian Diana Shnaider, the No 12 seed (6-7 (7), 6-3, 6-3) and edged out Russian lucky loser Kamilla Rakhimova (6-2, 5-7, 7-6 (4)).
Wuhan WTA 1000, other last-16 results (Optics Valley International Tennis Center, hard, USD 3.221.715, most recent results first):
- Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Magdalena Frech
- Aryna Sabalenka vs. Yulia Putintseva
- Jasmine Paolini beat Erika Andreeva (LL): 6-3, 6-2
- Xinyu Wang beat Jessica Pegula (2): 6-3, 7-5
- Ekaterina Alexandrova beat Hailey Baptiste (Q): 6-1, 6-1
- Magda Linette beat Daria Kasatkina (8): 6-2, 6-3
- Coco Gauff (4) beat Marta Kostyuk (13): 6-4, 6-1
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