In the last 1/4 final of the WTA 500 Tokyo women's singles that ended on October 25, Beijing time, the top seed of the tournament, Zheng Qinwen of China, overcame the ups and downs of form, defeated the No. 8 seed and former US Open runner-up Fernandez 2-1 after three sets and entered the top 4. The scores were 6-0, 1-6 and 6-3 in the third set.
In the last round, Zheng Qinwen swept the "Japan's first sister" Uchijima Moenxia in straight sets, and the second set was a "sending egg" sweep. And this round she met Canada's Fernandez again. Previously, the two played each other 3 times, and Zheng Qinwen won 1 and lost 2. And the one that Zheng Qinwen won was the classic game of 2-1 reversal in the third round of the Wuhan Open on the 10th of this month. In that match, Zheng Qinwen won the decisive set.
And 15 days later, Zheng Qinwen still had the upper hand in the first set. She won six games in a row on three breaks in just 25 minutes, and once again comfortably defeated Fernandes 6-0 to claim the first set.
In the second set, Fernandez improved his form, although Zheng Qinwen broke first in the opening game, the Canada star broke three times in a row, won six games in a row to return Zheng Qinwen's "invisible egg", 6-1 to win a set.
In the deciding set, Zheng Qinwen regained his form, took the lead in the second game, and led 3-0 in the opening game. After that, neither side was able to break serve again, and with Zheng Qinwen winning the service game in the ninth game, she finally won the deciding set 6-3 to defeat her opponent 2-1 to advance to the semi-finals of Tokyo.
After Zheng Qinwen successfully defeated Fernandez in half a month and reached the top 4 in Tokyo, Zheng Qinwen also won 195 points and a bonus of 51,205 US dollars (about 360,000 yuan). In the semifinals, Zheng Qinwen will face Schneider, the No. 6 seed and good player of Russia.