Quebec’s Leylah Fernandez suffered a loss in the semifinals of the WTA 250 tennis tournament in Nanchang, China, on Saturday, losing in straight sets 7-5, 6-4 to Czech Katerina Siniaková.
It is this athlete that the Maple Leaf representative defeated in the final of the Hong Kong tournament almost a week ago. The loss ends an eight-fight winning streak for Fernandez.
The Quebecer only managed one ace compared to three for her rival and won 68% of the rallies played on her first serve ball.
Fernandez also found a way to break the world’s third-ranked player five times, saving 12 of the 19 break points she offered herself.
Nevertheless, she had to admit defeat at the end of this confrontation, which lasted two hours and seven minutes.