Relentless Jessika Ponchet rolls over Zheng in the 1st round to play vs Rybakina. HIGHLIGHTS – U.S. OPEN RESULTS

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK DRAW AND RESULTS. Ponchet mullers Zheng to face Elena Rybakina in the 2nd round

Prediction and head to head Jessika Ponchet vs. Saisai Zheng

Jessika Ponchet sweeps aside Saisai Zheng 6-4 6-1 in the 1st round in New York on Tuesday after playing a marvellous match to fight against Elena Rybakina in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 5 minutes. This will be her most significant achievement in this tournament. Previously, the best she could do was reaching the qualifications in 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023. Here you can see her previous results at this event.

Ponchet
New York
Ponchet's Record

Ponchet added to her prize money $ 40,000 after winning this match. She has already won $ 140,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, the French player will add $ 75,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 215,000 in total.

Highlights Jessika Ponchet vs. Saisai Zheng U.S. Open – New York

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Ponchet
Zheng
58
58
Total points
39
39
20
20
Winners
12
12
34%
34%
Ratio Winners
31%
31%
8
8
Unforced
21
21
28%
28%
Ratio Unforced
72%
72%
9/14
9/14
Net Approaches
5/10
5/10
64%
64%
Perc
50%
50%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
0
0
4
4
Double Faults
0
0
47%
47%
1st in
52%
52%
80%
80%
1st won
52%
52%
20/25
20/25
1st won
12/23
12/23
50%
50%
2nd won
38%
38%
14/28
14/28
2nd won
8/21
8/21
191
191
Fastest serve
172
172
160
160
AVG 1st Serve
137
137
120
120
AVG 2nd Serve
122
122
-- Break Points --
5/6
5/6
Total
2/4
2/4
83%
83%
Won
50%
50%
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At the end of the match, Jessika scored 58 points vs. the Chinese’s 39.

Ponchet

The French player served very well to win 80% of the points (20/25) behind her first serve, and she won 50% points (14/28) on her second serve. The French player didn’t lose the focus when converting 83% of the break points that she procured (5/6).

Zheng

On the other side, Zheng was effective at converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (2/4). However, that was not enough to win the match.

After this encounter, the head to head between Ponchet and Zheng is 1-0 for Jessika.

Draw and next match H2H: Jessika Ponchet vs. Elena Rybakina – stats

Ponchet will face Rybakina in the 2nd round.

There is no head to head record between Jessika Ponchet and Elena Rybakina since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Jessika Ponchet Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Ponchet 6-4
PonchetZheng
6
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
PonchetZheng
5
4
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
PonchetZheng
5
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
PonchetZheng
5
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
PonchetZheng
4
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
PonchetZheng
4
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
PonchetZheng
3
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
PonchetZheng
2
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
PonchetZheng
2
0
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
PonchetZheng
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
0

Ponchet got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Saisai Zheng in the 2nd game (2-0). Anyhow, that was not enough for the French player to win the set as Zheng managed to break back in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 9th (4-5) game. Ponchet kept her focus to break Zheng in the 4th (3-1) and in the 10th (6-4) game.

Jessika was flawless in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-0 15-40), the 4th (2-1 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 0-40). On the other side, Zheng converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (3-5 30-40).

They contested 61 points. Jessika was the one to win the set after conquering 7 points more than the Chinese (34-27). The French player lost 14 points on serve (18-14). On the losing side, Zheng conceded 16 points on serve (13-16).

2nd Set -
Ponchet 6-1
PonchetZheng
6
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
PonchetZheng
5
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
40
30
PonchetZheng
4
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
PonchetZheng
3
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
PonchetZheng
3
0
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
PonchetZheng
2
0
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
PonchetZheng
1
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15

Ponchet was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Saisai Zheng in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Ponchet improved her lead after breaking Saisai in the 6th (5-1) game before conquering the set (6-1).

The French player was flawless in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-0 15-40) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40). On the other side, the French player didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 35 points. Ponchet was the one to win the set after conquering 11 more points than Zheng (23-12). Ponchet conceded 5 points on serve (16-5). In addition, on the other side, Saisai conceded 7 points on serve (7-7).

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

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