
Veronika Kudermetova hustles Qinwen Zheng 3-6 6-3 6-4 in the quarter in Rome on Tuesday. Kudermetova will play against Anhelina Kalinina in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 31 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this competition. Previously, the best she could do was reach the 3rd round in 2021. Here you can see her history at this event.
Kudermetova added to her prize money € 69,560 after conquering this match. She has already won € 143,490 up to now in this event. If she wins the next match, Kudermetova will add € 128,710 to her earnings to get in total € 272,200.
Highlights Veronika Kudermetova vs. Qinwen Zheng Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Veronika scored 93 points vs. Qinwen’s 85.
Kudermetova
The Russian fired 11 aces and she committed 2 double faults. The Russian was well focused in converting 57% of the break points that she procured (4/7).
Zheng
On the other side, Qinwen didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (3/6). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this contest, the head to head between Kudermetova and Zheng is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Veronika Kudermetova vs. Anhelina Kalinina – stats
Kudermetova will take on Kalinina in the semifinal.
This will be the 3rd time that Veronika Kudermetova and Anhelina Kalinina fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Kudermetova and Kalinina (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Kalinina won 6-3 5-7 7-5 in the 1st round in Dubai back in February 2023.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Chinese grabbed in the 8th game (5-3) just before finally winning the set (6-3).
The Russian was outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-3 to 6-3.
Zheng was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 8th game (4-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Veronika wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 5th game (2-2 30-40).
They played 78 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Qinwen won just 2 more points than Kudermetova (40-38). Zheng surrendered 16 points on serve (26-16). on the other side of the court, the Russian conceded 14 points on serve (22-14).
Kudermetova won the set after she broke Qinwen in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (5-3) game. The Chinese tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Nonetheless, Veronika didn’t blink to conquer the set 6-3.
Veronika converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 6th (3-2 0-40), the 7th (4-3 0-40) and the 10th game (6-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Chinese was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 7th game (2-4 0-40).
They contested 46 points. Kudermetova won 10 more points than the Chinese (28-18). Veronika dropped 7 points on serve (12-7). on the other side of the net, Zheng conceded 16 points on serve (11-16).
Kudermetova conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Qinwen Zheng in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. However, that wasn’t sufficient for Veronika to win the set because the Chinese managed to break back in the 4th (1-3) game.
The Russian was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 3rd game (2-0 30-40). On the other side, Qinwen converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 4th game (0-3 0-40 and 15-40).
They played 52 points. This set was so close that, Kudermetova won this set even if she scored the same amount of points as her opponent. Kudermetova surrendered 12 points on serve (19-12). Regarding the other side of the net, the Chinese conceded 7 points on serve (14-7).
Tennis Scores in Rome
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