Zheng Qinwen lost 0-2, missed the top 8 in an upset, and missed the opportunity to win the championship. In the 1/8 finals of the 2024 WTA Doha Tournament, China's first sister Zheng Qinwen played against Fernandes, who is only ranked 38th in the world, Zheng Qinwen was in a sluggish state, losing two sets in a row 5-7, 3-6, thus losing 0-2 on aggregate, and with Zheng Qinwen out, the Chinese women's tennis has been wiped out in this tournament, and no one has reached the top 8.
In this competition, a total of 7 Chinese women's tennis players participated, but 6 were eliminated in the previous games, and only Zheng Qinwen reached the top 16. In the 1/8 finals, Zheng Qinwen's opponent is Fernandez, the two sides have only met once before, in 2022 at the Mondray station, Zheng Qinwen lost to the opponent 1-2, but in the past two seasons, Zheng Qinwen's progress has been very great, especially in this season, it has ushered in a breakthrough again, historically reached the Australian Open final, and finally won the runner-up, and the world ranking has also risen to No. 7, on the other hand, Fernandez's performance in the past two years has been relatively average, although he has won the US Open runner-up, but if you only look at the past two years, Zheng Qinwen undoubtedly has an advantage, in addition to the previous game, No. 2 seed Gauff, No. 4 seed JabbarThe No. 7 seed Sakkari has been eliminated, which is undoubtedly a great opportunity for Zheng Qinwen to challenge for the championship.
In this game, in the first set, in the first game, Fernandez made a mistake as soon as he came up, but Zheng Qinwen returned the ball out of bounds, Fernandez scored 4 points in a row to complete the hold, and in the second game, Zheng Qinwen also successfully held the serve, but it can be clearly seen that Zheng Qinwen was a little anxious, and he made more mistakes, on the other hand, Fernandez played more actively. After the four games, the two sides each completed the hold, the game was tied 3-3, the 7th game, Zheng Qinwen scored 4 points in a row in the case of 0-40 behind, and took the lead in completing the break, in the 8th game, Zheng Qinwen successfully held the serve, and the game score was 5-3 ahead, just when everyone thought that Zheng Qinwen would successfully win the first set, the situation on the court suddenly changed, Zheng Qinwen made consecutive mistakes, Fernandez completed the break back in the 10th game, and chased the game to a 5-5 draw, and then Fernandez won two more games and won the first set with a game score of 7-5.
In the second set, both sides held serve in the first 5 games, but from the 6th game, Zheng Qinwen's state fluctuated, Fernandez seized the opportunity to complete the break, and then Fernandez firmly occupied the initiative and completely suppressed Zheng Qinwen, and finally Fernandez won another set 6-3, thus defeating Zheng Qinwen with a total score of 2-0 and successfully advancing to the top 8. Judging from the game situation, Zheng Qinwen is completely at a disadvantage in the bottom line competition with his opponent, if it is not for the opponent in the first set There are also some mistakes, Zheng Qinwen is likely to be defeated in the first set, I hope Zheng Qinwen can sum up the lessons and lessons well. This article was originally written by Xiao Lizi, please do not plagiarize or carry it.