Qinwen Zheng conquers Amanda Anisimova 3-6 6-1 6-2 in the 4th round in Beijing on Wednesday. Zheng will square off with Mirra Andreeva in the quarter. This will be her most significant achievement in this competition. Previously, the best she could do was reaching the 1st round in 2023. Here you can see her history at this event.
Qinwen added to her prize money $ 84,000 after winning this match. She has already won $ 185,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Qinwen will add $ 140,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 325,000 in total.
Highlights Qinwen Zheng vs. Amanda Anisimova China Open – Beijing
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:22
After this match, the head to head between Zheng and Anisimova is 2-0 for Qinwen.
Draw and next match H2H: Qinwen Zheng vs. Mirra Andreeva – stats
Zheng will face Andreeva in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Qinwen Zheng and Mirra Andreeva since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Zheng was great in turning the match in the last 2 sets after losing the opener. In fact, she conceded only 3 games in the last 2 sets after winning 66 points vs. Andreeva’s 50 points.
Live score progression and stats
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Anisimova clinched in the 8th game (5-3) before ultimately winning the set (6-3).
The Chinese was outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-3 to 6-3.
Amanda was perfect in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-0 40-A), the 4th (2-1 40-A), the 8th (4-3 15-40) and the 10th game (6-2 30-40). In addition on the other side, the Chinese was unerring in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (3-5 40-A).
They contested 82 points. The American conquered the set after winning 6 points more than the Chinese (44-38). The American lost 12 points on serve (23-12). Regarding the other side of the net, Zheng conceded 21 points on serve (26-21).
Zheng started the set strong after breaking Amanda Anisimova in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Zheng reinforced her lead after breaking the American in the 4th (4-0) game before conquering the set (6-1).
There was a pivotal moment in this set when the Chinese won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.
They played 51 points. The Chinese was the one to win the set after conquering 11 points more than Anisimova (31-20). The Chinese was extremely solid on serve to concede just 2 points (12-2). On the other side, the American conceded 19 points on serve (18-19).
Qinwen in this set didn’t concede much to Amanda and eventually she won 6-2 after breaking Amanda in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.
An important stage of this set was when Zheng won 4 consecutive games in the 3rd set so as to convert the scoreline from 1-1 to 5-1.
The Chinese converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 5th game (3-1 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Anisimova was unable to convert any of her 5 break points. She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (2-5 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 65 points. Qinwen was the winner of the set after clinching 7 more points than Anisimova (36-29). Qinwen conceded 18 points on serve (24-18). In addition, on the other side, Anisimova conceded 12 points on serve (11-12).
Tennis Scores in Beijing
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- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Madison KeysKeys (6-4 6-3)
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- Mirra AndreevaAndreeva – Magda LinetteLinette (6-1 6-3)
- Yuliia StarodubtsevaStarodubtseva – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (7-5 6-0)
- Cori GauffGauff – Naomi OsakaOsaka (3-6 6-4 ret.)
- Paula BadosaBadosa – Jessica PegulaPegula (6-4 6-0)
- Shuai ZhangZhang – Magdalena FrechFrech (6-4 6-2)
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