Qinwen Zheng downs Mirra Andreeva 5-7 6-0 6-4 in the quarter in Beijing on Friday. Zheng will play against Karolina Muchova in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 32 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this event. Previously, the best she could do was reaching the 1st round in 2023. Here you can see her previous results at this event.
Zheng added to her prize money $ 140,000 after winning this match. She has already won $ 325,000 so far in this tournament. If she wins the next match, Qinwen will add $ 260,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 585,000.
Highlights Qinwen Zheng vs. Mirra Andreeva China Open – Beijing
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
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At the end of the match, Zheng scored 101 points vs. Mirra’s 89.
Zheng
Zheng served very well to win 75% of the points (30/40) behind her first serve. However she won only 30% points (14/46) on her second serve. The Chinese was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that she conquered (9/18).
Andreeva
On the other side, the Russian was sharp when converting 60% of the break points that she procured points (6/10). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this encounter, the head to head between Zheng and Andreeva is 1-0 for Qinwen.
Draw and next match H2H: Qinwen Zheng vs. Karolina Muchova – stats
Zheng will take on Muchova in the semifinal.
This will be the 3rd time that Qinwen Zheng and Karolina Muchova face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Zheng and Muchova (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Zheng won 6-4 4-6 6-2 in the final in Palermo back in July 2024.
Live score progression and stats
Zheng got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Mirra Andreeva in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Anyhow, there was more work to do for Andreeva to win the set since the Chinese found the way to break back in the 5th (1-4), in the 7th (3-4) and in the 9th (5-4) game. The Russian kept her cool to break Qinwen in the 10th (5-5) and in the 12th (7-5) game.
Mirra failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 40.
Qinwen was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 4-5 to 7-5. Anyhow also Zheng won 5 consecutive games from 0-4 to 5-4
The Russian was unerring in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (3-0 30-40), the 6th (4-1 40-A), the 9th (4-5 15-40) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Zheng was perfect in converting all her break points in the 5th (0-4 0-40), the 7th (2-4 40-A), the 9th (4-4 30-40 and 40-A) and the 13th game (4-7 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 94 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Mirra won just 2 more points than Zheng (48-46). Andreeva conceded 29 points on serve (26-29). In addition, on the other side, the Chinese conceded 22 points on serve (17-22).
This set was completely one-sided since the Chinese conceded no games to Andreeva before winning the set 6-0.
Zheng converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 2nd (2-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (4-0 40-A) and the 7th game (6–1 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Qinwen didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 42 points. Zheng won 10 more points than Andreeva (26-16). Qinwen was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (12-4). on the other side of the court, Andreeva conceded 14 points on serve (12-14).
Zheng had a strong start of this set after breaking Mirra Andreeva in the 2nd game (2-0). Nonetheless, the Chinese succeeded in coming back to break Mirra 3 times in the 3rd (1-2), in the 7th (3-4) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).
Andreeva had no answers in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-4 to 6-4.
Zheng converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-2 0-40 and 15-40), the 7th (2-4 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Mirra was perfect in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 0-40) and the 6th game (3-2 15-40).
They contested 54 points. Zheng was the winner of the set after clinching 4 points more than the Russian (29-25). Zheng surrendered 16 points on serve (15-16). on the other side of the net, Andreeva conceded 14 points on serve (9-14).
Tennis Scores in Beijing
- Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (7-65 2-6 6-4)
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Mirra AndreevaAndreeva (5-7 6-0 6-4)
- Cori GauffGauff – Yuliia StarodubtsevaStarodubtseva (2-6 6-2 6-2)
- Paula BadosaBadosa – Shuai ZhangZhang (6-1 7-64)
Upcoming matches
- Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Qinwen ZhengZheng (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Cori GauffGauff – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (2-3) – H2H details and stats
