TENNIS SCORES. Petra Martic victorious over Ferro in the 2nd round of the Zhengzhou Open

ZHENGZHOU OPEN - ZHENGZHOU. Martic victorious over Ferro to play Aryna Sabalenka or Jelena Ostapenko in the 3rd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Petra Martic vs. Fiona Ferro

Petra Martic ousts Fiona Ferro 3-6 6-1 6-2 in the 2nd round in Zhengzhou on Wednesday. Martic will fight against Aryna Sabalenka or Jelena Ostapenko in the 3rd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the French Player conquered in the 4th game (3-1) before winning the set (6-3).

2nd set.

Petra was too good to drop just 1 game before breaking Fiona 2 times and win the set 6-1.

The French Player was not able to offer any resistance in the last 5 games of the set (from 1-1 to 6-1).

3rd set.

Martic commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Ferro in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, that wasn’t sufficient for Petra to win the set as Ferro succeeded in breaking back in the 2nd (1-1) game. The Croatian maintained her cool to break Fiona in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game before winning the set (6-2).

A crucial moment of the match was when Petra won 4 consecutive games in the 3rd set to change the scoreline from 1-1 to 5-1.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Martic scored 79 points vs. the French Player’s 63 points.

The Croatian served exceptionally well to win 80% of the points (35/44) behind her first serve. Yet she won only 42% points (10/24) on her second serve. Petra won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points because she converted only 36% (5/14). On the other side, the French Player was battling in converting her break points as she converted only 40% of her break points (2/5). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this contest, the head to head between Martic and Ferro is 1-0 for Petra.

Next Match: Petra Martic vs. Aryna Sabalenka or Jelena Ostapenko – stats

Martic will face either Aryna Sabalenka or Jelena Ostapenko in the 3rd round. The head to head is 0-1 vs. Aryna Sabalenka and 2-0 vs. Jelena Ostapenko.

Tennis Scores in Zhengzhou

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