Shuai Zhang shocks Mccartney Kessler 7-6(5) 7-6(1) in the 1st round in Beijing on Wednesday. Zhang will seek to keep on going in this event against Emma Navarro in the 2nd round. The battle lasted exactly 2 hours. Her most significant achievement in this event was reaching the quarter in 2016 and 2018. Here you can see her history at this event.
The Chinese added to her prize money $ 11,250 after winning this match. She has already won $ 34,500 after this win. If she wins the next match, Shuai will add $ 24,600 to her earnings to get in total $ 59,100 in total.
Highlights Shuai Zhang vs. Mccartney Kessler China Open – Beijing
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Chinese scored 94 points vs. Kessler’s 82.
Zhang
The Chinese won this match even if she was battling in converting her break points as she converted only 36% (4/11) of the procured opportunities.
Kessler
On the other side, Kessler was well focused in converting 67% of the break points that she conquered points (4/6). Yet, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Zhang and Kessler is 1-0 for Shuai.
Draw and next match H2H: Shuai Zhang vs. Emma Navarro – stats
Zhang will face Navarro in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Shuai Zhang and Emma Navarro since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Zhang started the set strong after breaking Mccartney Kessler in the 1st game (1-0). However, Shuai found the way to come back to break Kessler in the 10th (5-5) game before winning the set (7-6).
The Chinese converted 14% of her break points (1/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 9th (4-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 14th game (7-5 15-40). In addition on the other side, Mccartney converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40).
They played 86 points. Shuai was the winner of the set after clinching 8 more points than Mccartney (47-39). Zhang lost 14 points on serve (30-14). on the other side of the net, Kessler conceded 17 points on serve (25-17).
Shuai won the set after she broke Mccartney in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (5-4) game. Mccartney tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (4-4) and in the 10th (5-5) game. Yet, Shuai managed to stay calm and finish the job to finally clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 1.
The Chinese failed to serve out the set when leading 5-4 to be broken at 40.
Tiebreak
The Chinese won 3 minibreaks in the 4th (3-1), 7th (6-1) and 8th (7-1) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 6-1, 7-1
Shuai converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 7th (3-3 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Mccartney was unerring in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 8th (3-4 40-A) and the 10th game (4-5 40-A).
They played 90 points. The Chinese was the one to win the set after conquering 4 more points than the American (47-43). The Chinese dropped 21 points on serve (25-21). on the other side of the net, Kessler conceded 22 points on serve (22-22).
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