Final day in Zhengzhou.
2023 Zhengzhou Open, a WTA 500 tournament, on Hard Outdoor, Zhengzhou, China, 9-15 October 2023.
Tournament last held in 2019.
2020, 2021 cancelled due to COVID.
2022 cancelled due to concerns for Peng Shuai
2019 champion:
Karolina Pliskova (1) who defeated Petra Martic (7) 6-3 6-2
Final:
Barbora Krejcikova (7) (Czech Republic) v Zheng Qinwen (China)
The players hadn’t met before in a WTA Tour level match
In this final, Zheng Qinwen broke serve in the opening game of set one.
Krejcikova broke back in the fourth game, and with further breaks in games six and eight took the set 6-2.
In set two Zheng Qinwen again broke Krejcikova in the opening game.
No more break chances until Krejcikova served at 2-4, when Zheng Qinwen broke once more.
Zheng Qinwen served out the set 6-2.
In the decider, players exchanged service breaks in the opening two games.
At 3-3 there came three successive service breaks, leaving Zheng Qinwen ahead 5-4 with serve to come.
A love game was enough to end the match, Zheng Qinwen winning 2-6 6-2 6-4.
Title number two, both won this year, the first coming in Palermo in July.
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