Canada’s Leylah Fernandez had her five-match win streak snapped on Saturday, falling 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 to Uzbekistan’s Kamilla Rakhimova in the Round of 64 at the China Open, as reported by Sportsnet.
Coming off a title victory at the Singapore Open in late September, where she defeated two top-five seeds, the 23rd-seeded Montreal native struggled to maintain her momentum in Beijing. Despite serving four aces, Fernandez converted only two of her four break-point opportunities across the three sets. Rakhimova capitalized by converting five of her 11 break points to secure the victory and advance to the Round of 32 against 10th-seeded American Iva Jovic.
The WTA 1000 tournament in Beijing runs through October 11. In other tournament action noted by Sportsnet, U.S. Open semifinalist Coco Gauff returned from a three-week break to defeat Camila Osorio 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-2 in the second round. Meanwhile, in the corresponding men’s ATP 500 event, top-seeded Alexander Zverev defeated Shang Juncheng 6-0, 6-3 to set up a quarterfinal clash against Novak Djokovic, and third-seeded Daniil Medvedev advanced past Jan-Lennard Struff 6-4, 6-3.
Follow-up Questions
What is confirmed in this story?
Canada’s Leylah Fernandez had her five-match win streak snapped on Saturday, falling 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 to Uzbekistan’s Kamilla Rakhimova in the Round of 64 at the China Open, as reported by Sportsnet .
What should readers watch next?
Rakhimova capitalized by converting five of her 11 break points to secure the victory and advance to the Round of 32 against 10th-seeded American Iva Jovic.
What remains unclear: The available reporting does not yet fully settle the next step in the story.
Perspectives
Fernandez’s view vs Rakhimova’s view
Story lens
Fernandez’s view
Having secured the Singapore Open title in late September, Fernandez aimed to carry her momentum into Beijing. However, failing to convert crucial break opportunities and dropping serve 11 times halted her progress and forced an early exit
Rakhimova’s view
Capitalizing on Fernandez’s serving struggles, Rakhimova executed her game plan efficiently across three sets. Converting five break points secured her progression to the next round against Iva Jovic
