Qinwen Zheng shocks Sasnovich in the 1st round of the Australian Open. HIGHLIGHTS – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Zheng shocks Sasnovich to come up against Maria Sakkari in the 2nd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Qinwen Zheng vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich

Qinwen Zheng stuns Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-3 1-6 7-6(5) in the 1st round in Melbourne on Monday. Zheng will engage against Maria Sakkari in the 2nd round. The match lasted 2 hours and 27 minutes.

Zheng
Melbourne
Zheng's Record

Zheng added to her prize money $ 50,000 after winning this match. She has won already $ 140,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Zheng will add $ 40,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 180,000 in total.

Highlights Qinwen Zheng vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich Australian Open – Melbourne

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Zheng
Sasnovich
Qinwen Zheng
6-3 1-6 7-65
2h:27
Aliaksandra Sasnovich
99
99
Total points
98
98
29
29
Winners
37
37
29%
29%
Ratio Winners
38%
38%
37
37
Unforced
42
42
47%
47%
Ratio Unforced
53%
53%
1/2
1/2
Net Approaches
5/7
5/7
50%
50%
Perc
71%
71%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
3
3
10
10
Double Faults
4
4
43%
43%
1st in
66%
66%
71%
71%
1st won
55%
55%
29/41
29/41
1st won
37/67
37/67
46%
46%
2nd won
57%
57%
25/54
25/54
2nd won
20/35
20/35
181
181
Fastest serve
174
174
170
170
AVG 1st Serve
151
151
137
137
AVG 2nd Serve
136
136
-- Break Points --
4/13
4/13
Total
5/8
5/8
31%
31%
Won
63%
63%
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At the end of the match, Qinwen scored 99 points vs. Sasnovich’s 98.

Zheng

Qinwen won this match even if she had some problems converting her break points after she converted only 31% (4/13) of the procured opportunities.

Sasnovich

On the other side, the Belarussian was effective when converting 63% of the break points that she conquered points (5/8). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.

After this contest, the head to head between Zheng and Sasnovich is 1-0 for Qinwen.

Draw and next match H2H: Qinwen Zheng vs. Maria Sakkari – stats

Zheng will take on Sakkari in the 2nd round.

There is no head to head record between Qinwen Zheng and Maria Sakkari since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Qinwen Zheng Draw info

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1st Set -
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Zheng had a racing start in this set after breaking Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nonetheless, that wasn’t sufficient for Zheng to win the set as Sasnovich managed to break back in the 7th (2-5) game.

Qinwen failed to serve out the set when leading 5-1 to be broken at 30.

The Chinese was on the money in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-0 0-40) and the 6th game (4-1 0-40). On the other side, Sasnovich converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 7th game (1-5 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 48 points. The Chinese was the winner of the set after clinching 10 points more than Sasnovich (29-19). Qinwen conceded 11 points on serve (18-11). Regarding the other side of the net, the Belarussian conceded 11 points on serve (8-11).

2nd Set -
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Zheng had a strong start of this set after breaking Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, Aliaksandra refused to bow to come back to break the Chinese 3 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).

The Chinese was dominated in the last 6 games of the set when the game count went from 0-1 to 6-1.

The Belarussian was spot on in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-1 15-40), the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 40-A). In addition on the other side, Zheng was perfect in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 3rd game (1-1 30-40).

They played 43 points. Sasnovich conquered the set after winning 13 points more than the Chinese (28-15). The Belarussian dropped 9 points on serve (15-9). On the other side, Zheng conceded 13 points on serve (6-13).

3rd Set -
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Qinwen won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, The Chinese broke back in the 8th (4-4) game before bringing the set at the breaker that she won 10-5.

Qinwen missed the opportunity to break the Belarussian in the 4th game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Tiebreak

Qinwen won 5 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 3rd (3-0), 7th (5-2), 11th (7-4) and 15th (10-5) point. On the other side, Sasnovich won 2 minibreaks in the 4th (1-3) and 9th (3-6) point.

Qinwen won the tiebreak 10-5 after she conquered a decisive 3-1 lead.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 5-2, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, 7-4, 8-4, 9-4, 9-5, 10-5

The Chinese converted 11% of her break points (1/9). She had 9 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 8th (3-4 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Aliaksandra converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 3rd game (1-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 106 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Qinwen won just 2 points more than Sasnovich (54-52). The Chinese surrendered 17 points on serve (30-17). on the other side of the court, Aliaksandra conceded 24 points on serve (35-24).

 

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