Magdalena Frech def. Shuai Zhang — Semifinal, Merida Open Akron 2026

🇲🇽
Merida Open Akron 2026

WTA 500HardMerida, Mexico

Played28 Feb 2026

Rounds
  1. R32
  2. R16
  3. QF
  4. Semifinal
  5. Final

🇵🇱Won

Magdalena Frech6666

Winner meets Cristina Bucsa

Decided in three sets

🇨🇳

Shuai Zhang273

What this match is worth

Points earned

+325

Frech · Zhang banks 195

Around this match

The other semifinal

Cristina Bucsa d. Jasmine Paolini7-5 6-4

Seeds left

1 of 8 no. 1

Both roads here

Frech
Round
Zhang

🇺🇿Maria Timofeeva

6-4 7-6(6)

R32

Varvara Lepchenko🇺🇸

6-2 6-1

🇪🇸Jessica Bouzas Maneiro

6-0 6-3

R16

Emma Navarro🇺🇸

6-4 6-4

🇨🇿Marie Bouzkova

6-3 4-6 6-3

QF

Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva🇦🇩

6-1 6-3

Magdalena Frech and Shuai Zhang reached this match through the rounds listed above: Round of 32: Magdalena Frech beat Maria Timofeeva; Shuai Zhang beat Varvara Lepchenko. Round of 16: Magdalena Frech beat Jessica Bouzas Maneiro; Shuai Zhang beat Emma Navarro. Quarterfinal: Magdalena Frech beat Marie Bouzkova; Shuai Zhang beat Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva

How they arrived

6–1

Sets won

6–0

62%

Games won

71%

1–0

Tiebreaks

0–0

1

Deciding sets

0