Coco Gauff advances past Leylah Fernandez in China Open

Coco Gauff, the defending China Open champion and French Open winner, narrowly defeated Leylah Fernandez in a tense three-set match, 6-4, 4-6, 7-5, to advance to the third round of the WTA 1000 tournament in Beijing. Despite struggling with her serve in the final set, Gauff broke Fernandez's serve in the 12th game to clinch the victory and will next face either No. 16 Belinda Bencic or Australian qualifier Priscilla Hon. Other notable matches included Eva Lys's upset over world No. 10 Elena Rybakina, and American McCartney Kessler leading Barbora Krejcikova before the latter retired due to injury. On the men's side, Lorenzo Musetti apologized to Chinese fans for an earlier incident and subsequently won a straightforward match against Adrian Mannarino, advancing to the quarterfinals. The men's ATP 500 event runs concurrently with the women's tournament, where top players like Alexander Zverev are also competing. The tournament continues to feature intense competition and drama across both draws.