Magdalena Frech of Poland defeated Frenchwoman Elsa Jacquemot in the round of 128 at the WTA 1000 tournament in Beijing, 7-5 3-6 6-4, and advanced to the round of 64. The tournament is played on hard courts, and the prize money is $9.4 million. Both players were unseeded. Match statistics are provided by api.tennis.
Frech took the first set 7-5. In the second set, Jacquemot levelled the match by winning it 6-3. The outcome was decided in the third set, where the Polish player was stronger and won 6-4. Final result of the match: 2:1 in sets.
Three meetings, three Frech wins
Frech now leads the head-to-head 3:0. Their first meeting took place in 2023 and ended with her winning 6-2 6-3. Until the Beijing match, Jacquemot had never managed to take Frech to a third set.
Jacquemot is ranked No. 149 with 478 points, as rank.tennis reports. Before this meeting, she had played two winning matches in Beijing: she beat Zongyu Li 6-4 6-0 and Vivian Wolff 6-3 6-4. Frech arrived in Beijing after the tournament in Guadalajara, where she beat Nao Hibino 6-1 6-4 and Caroline Dolehide 6-4 6-3, before losing in the quarterfinals to Iva Jovic 2-6 1-6.