Fiona Ferro of France, seeded second at the WTA 125 tournament in Jingshan, defeated China's Yidi Yang in the round of 32 6-4, 2-6, 6-1 to reach the round of 16. The event is being played on hard courts with a prize fund of $115,000, according to api.tennis.
The third set decided it all
Ferro took the first set 6-4. In the second, Yidi Yang seized the initiative, winning it 6-2 to force a deciding set. There, the Frenchwoman closed out the match, conceding just one game to her opponent: 6-1.
According to rank.tennis, Ferro is ranked 100th in the WTA rankings with 722 points. Yidi Yang sits at No. 378 with 168 points.
Among Ferro's recent matches is a final win in Montreux over Noma Noha Akugue 6-1, 6-2, and a first-round loss in Singapore to Talia Gibson 3-6, 3-6. Yidi Yang, before this match, had lost to Michika Ozeki in Nan'ao (2-6, 6-2, 4-6), to Carol Zhao in Jiujiang (2-6, 6-3, 3-6), and to Yufei Ren in Huzhou (2-6, 1-6). The head-to-head between the two players now stands at 1-0 in Ferro's favor.