Qinwen Zheng ousts Boulter in the 2nd round to battle vs Wang. HIGHLIGHTS – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Zheng hustles Boulter to play Yafan Wang in the 3rd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Qinwen Zheng vs. Katie Boulter

Qinwen Zheng topples Katie Boulter 6-3 6-3 in the 2nd round in Melbourne on Thursday. Zheng will seek to keep on going in this event against Yafan Wang in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 35 minutes. This will be her most significant achievement in this competition. Previously, the best she could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2022 and 2023. Here you can see her history at this event.

Zheng
Melbourne
Zheng's Record

Zheng added to her prize money $ 75,000 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 255,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Qinwen will add $ 120,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 375,000 in total.

Highlights Qinwen Zheng vs. Katie Boulter Australian Open – Melbourne

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Zheng
Boulter
Qinwen Zheng
6-3 6-3
1h:35
Katie Boulter
70
70
Total points
55
55
30
30
Winners
16
16
43%
43%
Ratio Winners
29%
29%
24
24
Unforced
19
19
56%
56%
Ratio Unforced
44%
44%
3/5
3/5
Net Approaches
7/10
7/10
60%
60%
Perc
70%
70%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
1
1
8
8
Double Faults
3
3
55%
55%
1st in
48%
48%
77%
77%
1st won
62%
62%
30/39
30/39
1st won
16/26
16/26
34%
34%
2nd won
32%
32%
11/32
11/32
2nd won
9/28
9/28
186
186
Fastest serve
178
178
167
167
AVG 1st Serve
166
166
136
136
AVG 2nd Serve
150
150
-- Break Points --
5/6
5/6
Total
2/9
2/9
83%
83%
Won
22%
22%
See Full Stats

At the end of the match, Qinwen scored 70 points vs. Katie’s 55.

Zheng

The Chinese served extremely well to win 77% of the points (30/39) behind her first serve. Nonetheless she won only 34% points (11/32) on her second serve. Qinwen didn’t lose the concentration in converting 83% of the break points that she conquered (5/6).

Boulter

On the other side, the Brit was battling in converting her break points (only 22% – 2/9). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

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

Draw and next match H2H: Qinwen Zheng vs. Yafan Wang – stats

Zheng will take on Wang in the 3rd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Qinwen Zheng and Yafan Wang clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Wang (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Wang won 6-4 6-1 in the 1st round in Liuzhou back in 2018.

Qinwen Zheng Draw info

1st
Zheng
Boulter
6-3
6
3
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
2
0
1
0
2nd
Zheng
Boulter
6-3
6
3
5
3
4
3
3
3
2
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
 

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