Qinwen Zheng dispatches Karolina Muchova 6-4 4-6 6-2 in the final in Palermo on Sunday. The battle lasted 2 hours and 49 minutes. This is the second that Qinwen has won the tournament. Here, you can see when her history at this event.
Highlights Qinwen Zheng vs. Karolina Muchova Palermo Ladies Open – Palermo
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:49
At the end of the match, Zheng scored 100 points vs. Karolina’s 88.
Zheng
The Chinese won this match even if she was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points as she converted only 37% (7/19) of the procured opportunities.
Muchova
On the other side, Karolina was pretty effective at converting 63% of the break points that she conquered points (5/8). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Zheng and Muchova is 1-1.
This was the 3rd career title for Qinwen. She won the previous title in Palermo. (see list of titles and finals). The Czech 4th remains with 1 title after she conquered the tournament in Seoul 2019. (see list of titles and finals)
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Zheng was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Karolina Muchova in the 1st game (1-0). However, Zheng found the way to come back to break Karolina 3 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 8th (4-4) gamein the 10th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
The Chinese failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 40.
The Czech was not able to offer any resistance in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-4 to 6-4.
The Chinese converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 8th (3-4 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40). Also, on the other side, the Czech converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 7th (3-3 0-40) and the 11th game (3-6 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 76 points. This set was so close that, Zheng won this set even if she scored the same amount of points as her opponent. Qinwen lost 23 points on serve (22-23). on the other side of the court, Muchova conceded 16 points on serve (15-16).
Zheng had a strong start of this set after breaking Karolina Muchova in the 2nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, that was not enough for Muchova to win the set as Qinwen found the way to break back in the 6th (2-4) game.
Karolina was perfect in converting all her break points in the 5th game (3-1 0-40 and 15-40). In addition on the other side, Qinwen was spot on in converting all her break points in the 6th (1-4 15-40) and the 10th game (4-5 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 60 points. It’s worth to point out that, Muchova won this set even if she scored less points 2 than the Chinese (29-31). The Czech dropped 14 points on serve (20-14). Regarding the other side of the net, Zheng conceded 9 points on serve (17-9).
Zheng took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Karolina Muchova in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Yet, that was not enough for Qinwen to win the set because Muchova managed to break back in the 5th (2-3) game. Qinwen maintained her focus to break Karolina in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Qinwen converted 37% of her break points (3/8). She had 8 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 4th (3-0 30-40), the 6th (3-2 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40). On the other side, Muchova was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 5th game (1-3 40-A).
They played 52 points. The Chinese was the one to win the set after conquering 10 more points than Muchova (31-21). Qinwen lost 6 points on serve (11-6). Regarding the other side of the net, Muchova conceded 20 points on serve (15-20).
