Liudmila Samsonova and Qinwen Zheng will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Palermo Ladies Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 8:00 pm on Centre Court. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Liudmila Samsonova who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Liudmila Samsonova is the pick to win this match.
Liudmila Samsonova -> 1.44
Qinwen Zheng -> 2.875
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Prediction and head to head Liudmila Samsonova vs. Qinwen Zheng
There is no head to head record between Liudmila Samsonova and Qinwen Zheng since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Liudmila Samsonova
Ranked no. 54 (career-high), Samsonova will start her run in Palermo after she played her last match at the London where she lost 6-2 6-3 to Pliskova in the 4th round on the 5th of July.
The Russian has a compiled 26-14 win-loss record in 2021, 6-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Her best result of the season was conquering the title in in Berlin where she beat Belinda Bencic in the final 1-6 6-1 6-3.
Talking about her overall career, Ludmilla has an overall 191-103 record. She has a positive 93-55 record on clay.
Previously in Palermo
Previously, her best result was reaching the semifinal in 2019. See her history.
Qinwen Zheng
Ranked no. 171, the Chinese got to the 1st round after defeating Louisa Chirico 6-2 6-0 and Melania Delai 6-2 6-1.
In the qualifications, Qinwen had a good straight sets win against Delai (6-2 6-1). During the match Zheng scored 58 points vs Delai’s 34. Zheng was extremely aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about serving, Zheng bagged 6 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Qinwen Zheng was exceptionally effective on serve to win 76% (19/25) of her 1st serve and 69% (11/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Qinwen broke Delai 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Qinwen started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to win 63% of the points she played.
The Chinese has a compiled 22-6 win-loss record in 2021, 15-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Palermo
The Chinese has never competed in this tournament before.
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Palermo
- Marina Bassols RiberaBassols Ribera – Martina Di GiuseppeDi Giuseppe (7-64 7-67) – See score progression
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Melania DelaiDelai (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse – Camilla RosatelloRosatello (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Katharina GerlachGerlach – Despina PapamichailPapamichail (6-4 2-6 7-5) – See score progression
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- Mandy MinellaMinella – Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova (0-0) – H2H and prediction