{"id":189084,"date":"2025-09-29T04:49:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T04:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/189084\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T04:49:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T04:49:11","slug":"coco-gauff-battles-past-leylah-fernandez-to-reach-china-open-third-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/189084\/","title":{"rendered":"Coco Gauff battles past Leylah Fernandez to reach China Open third round"},"content":{"rendered":"

BEIJING (AP) \u2014 French Open<\/a> winner Coco Gauff was forced to go the distance against Leylah Fernandez before closing out a tight three-setter 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 on Sunday to advance to the third round at the China Open.<\/p>\n

The defending champion and a firm crowd favorite<\/a> in Beijing overcame a second-set stumble and then struggled to serve out the match in the third, before breaking Fernandez in the 12th game of the deciding set to clinch it.<\/p>\n

Gauff will next face No. 16 Belinda Bencic or Australian Priscilla Hon in the WTA 1000-series tournament.<\/p>\n

In earlier matches Sunday, Eva Lys beat No. 10 Elena Rybakina 6-3, 1-6, 6-4 and American McCartney Kessler was leading Barbora Krejcikova 1-6, 7-5, 3-0 when the Czech player retired from the match. <\/p>\n

The tournament is being held concurrently with an ATP 500 men\u2019s tournament.<\/p>\n

Second-seeded Alexander Zverev rallied from a break down in the deciding set to defeat 37th-ranked Corentin Moutet 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 to set up a quarterfinal matchup against Daniil Medvedev, who got past Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-3, 6-3.<\/p>\n

A day after becoming the latest tennis star to make an apology to Chinese fans<\/a>, Lorenzo Musetti had a straight-sets victory over tour veteran Adrian Mannarino 6-3, 6-3 in a second-round match.<\/p>\n

Earlier, Learner Tien beat Flavio Cobolli 6-3, 6-2 to set up a meeting with the No. 9-ranked Musetti in the quarterfinals. <\/p>\n

Japan Open: Alcaraz\u2019s record<\/p>\n

Carlos Alcaraz comfortably defeated Brandon Nakashima 6-2, 6-4 to reach the semifinals of the Japan Open with his 65th match win of the season to equal his personal-best tally in a single season, according to the ATP Tour. He also had 65 wins in 2023.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s great to go through, to play another semifinal,\u201d the 22-year-old Alcaraz said. \u201cIt\u2019s special because it\u2019s the first time I am playing here in Japan and here in Tokyo, so to reach the semifinals in my first appearance is something great.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alcaraz will next face Casper Ruud, the fourth-seeded Norwegian who defeated Aleksandar Vukic 6-3, 6-2. <\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

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