Qinwen Zheng prevails over Diana Shnaider 7-6(5) 6-3 in the semifinal in Tokyo on Saturday. Zheng will try to keep the momentum against Sofia Kenin in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 49 minutes. This run will match her most significant achievement in this tournament. Here you can see her history at this event.
Zheng added to her prize money $ 36,361 after winning this match. She has already won $ 87,566 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Chinese will add $ 54,434 to her earnings to get in total $ 142,000 in total.
Highlights Qinwen Zheng vs. Diana Shnaider Toray Pan Pacific Open – Tokyo
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:49
At the end of the match, Zheng scored 78 points vs. the Russian’s 66.
Zheng
Qinwen served extremely well to win 78% of the points (29/37) behind her first serve. Anyhow she won only 47% points (16/34) on her second serve. The Chinese won this match even if she was battling in converting her break points after she converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.
Shnaider
On the other side, Diana was pretty focused in converting 60% of the break points that she conquered points (3/5). Yet, that was not enough to win the match.
After this encounter, the head to head between Zheng and Shnaider is 1-0 for Qinwen.
Draw and next match H2H: Qinwen Zheng vs. Sofia Kenin – stats
Zheng will compete against Kenin in the final.
There is no head to head record between Qinwen Zheng and Sofia Kenin since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Zheng came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Diana Shnaider in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Notwithstanding, that wasn’t sufficient for Zheng to win the set because Diana succeeded in breaking back in the 6th (2-4) and in the 10th (5-5) game.
It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when Zheng won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to change the score from 0-0 to 4-0.
Qinwen converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 3rd (2-0 15-40) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). In addition on the other side, Shnaider converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had her opportunities in the 6th (1-4 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (4-5 40-A).
They contested 94 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Qinwen won just 2 more points than Diana (48-46). Zheng lost 18 points on serve (26-18). In addition, on the other side, Diana conceded 22 points on serve (28-22).
The Chinese clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, Zheng broke back in the 4th (2-2) and in the 6th (4-2) game to conquer the set 6-3.
It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when the Chinese won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the game count from 1-2 to 5-2.
The Chinese converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 5th game (3-2 0-40 and 15-40). In addition on the other side, Diana converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 3rd game (1-1 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 50 points. The Chinese was the one to win the set after conquering 8 more points than the Russian (29-21). The Chinese lost 7 points on serve (14-7). On the other side, Shnaider conceded 15 points on serve (14-15).
Tennis Scores in Tokyo
- Sofia KeninKenin – Katie BoulterBoulter (6-4 6-4)
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Diana ShnaiderShnaider (7-65 6-3)
Upcoming matches
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Sofia KeninKenin (0-0) – H2H details and stats
