The outstanding tennis player Coco Gauff, recent winner of the French Open, faced a tough battle against Leylah Fernandez at the China Open, finally achieving victory in an exciting three-set match.
The final score was 6-4, 4-6, 7-5, demonstrating the intensity of the match and Gauff’s tenacity to advance to the third round of the tournament.
The defending champion, who is a crowd favorite in Beijing, overcame a stumble in the second set and fought to close out the match in the third.
Gauff secured the victory by breaking Fernandez’s serve in the twelfth game of the decisive set.
In the next phase of the WTA 1000 tournament, Gauff will face Belinda Bencic or Priscilla Hon.
In other notable results of the day, Eva Lys defeated Elena Rybakina with a score of 6-3, 1-6, 6-4. In addition, McCartney Kessler was leading Barbora Krejcikova 1-6, 7-5, 3-0 when the Czech player retired from the match.
The tournament is taking place simultaneously with an ATP 500 men’s tournament.
On the other hand, Lorenzo Musetti, after apologizing to the Chinese fans, achieved a straight-sets victory over Adrian Mannarino with a score of 6-3, 6-3 in a second-round match.
Previously, Learner Tien defeated Flavio Cobolli 6-3, 6-2, securing his place in the quarterfinals against Musetti.
Alexander Zverev will face Corentin Moutet of France in a night match.
