Jasmine Paolini and Saisai Zheng will square off in the 2nd round of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 3:30 pm on Match Court 1. 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 Jasmine Paolini who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jasmine Paolini is the pick to win this match.
Jasmine Paolini -> 1.84
Saisai Zheng -> 2.01
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Prediction and head to head Jasmine Paolini vs. Saisai Zheng
This will be the 2nd time that Jasmine Paolini and Saisai Zheng clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Paolini (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they squared off, Paolini won 7-5 3-6 7-5 in the 2nd round in Guangzhou back in 2019.
Jasmine Paolini
Ranked no. 51 (career-high), Paolini got to the 2nd round after defeating Dayana Yastremska 6-4 3-6 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Italian defeated Yastremska (6-4 3-6 6-2). During the match, Paolini and Yastremska scored the same amount of points (106). However, the world no. 51 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Jasmine was exceptionally aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about the service games, Paolini couldn’t to score even 1 ace during the match and she was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults. Jasmine Paolini lost the serve 3 times and she saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Paolini put 65% of her first serves in, winning 65% (44/68) of the points behind her 1st serve and 42% (15/36) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Yastremska 5 times after converting 31% of her break points (5/16).
Paolini has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 59% of her matches (276-193). 4-2 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Paolini has a compiled24-27 win-loss record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
Her best result of the season was winning the title in the Bol where she beat Arantxa Rus in the final 6-2 7-6(4) and in in Portoroz where she beat Alison Riske in the final 7-6(4) 6-2.
Jasmine has a compiled 33-23 win-loss record in 2021, 4-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Linz
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2020. See her history.
Saisai Zheng
Ranked no. 87, Zheng got to the 2nd round after defeating Clara Burel 6-4 6-1.
In the 1st round, Saisai had a good straight sets win against Burel (6-4 6-1). During the match Zheng scored 74 points vs Burel’s 56. The Chinese was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Zheng scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Saisai Zheng lost the serve once and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Zheng put 70% of her first serves in, winning 65% (28/43) of the points behind her 1st serve and 56% (10/18) on the 2nd serve. Zheng broke Burel 5 times after converting 83% of her break points (5/6).
Her best result of the current year was winning the title in the W60+H Caldas da Rainha where she overcame Harmony Tan in the final 6-4 3-6 6-3.
Saisai has an aggregate 18-18 win-loss record in 2021, 5-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Linz
Saisai has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Paolini | Zheng |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 27 | 17 |
| Pts | 106-106 | 74-56 |
| Total Points | 212 | 130 |
| Winners | 44 | 28 |
| %Winners | 42% | 38% |
Both Paolini and Zheng played 1 match. At the moment, Jasmine Paolini surrendered 1 set while Saisai Zheng hasn’t conceded a set so far. Paolini has played 1 set more than Zheng (3 vs 2). Therefore, Paolini played 10 games more than Zheng. Paolini scored 44 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Zheng managed to score 28 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Paolini | Zheng |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 1 |
| 1st in | 68/104 | 43/61 |
| %1st in | 65% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 44/68 | 28/43 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 15/36 | 10/18 |
| %2nd pts | 42% | 56% |
Paolini didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Zheng scored 1 ace . Paolini won 65% points behind her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Zheng won 65% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Paolini | Zheng |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/16 | 5/6 |
| % Converted | 31% | 83% |
| Conceded | 12 | 6 |
| Saved | 9 | 5 |
| % Saved | 75% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Jasmine broke her opponent 5 times with a 31% conversion rate. Jasmine dropped her serve 3 times and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded. Saisai broke her opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. The Chinese conceded her serve once and she saved 83% of the break points that she conceded.
| Paolini | |||
| R1 Yastremska |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 106-106 | 106-106 | |
| Total points | 212 | 212 | |
| Winners | 44 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 68/104 | 68/104 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 44/68 | 44/68 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/36 | 15/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/16 | 5/16 | |
| Converted % | 31% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 9/12 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Zheng | |||
| R1 Burel |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 74-56 | 74-56 | |
| Total points | 130 | 130 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 43/61 | 43/61 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 28/43 | 28/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 10/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/6 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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