TENNIS SCORES ZHENGZHOU. Superb Sabalenka vanquishes Ostapenko in the 2nd round in Zhengzhou

Aryna Sabalenka breezes past Jelena Ostapenko 6-1 6-2 in the 2^nd round in Zhengzhou on Friday after playing a solid match to come up against Petra Martic in the quarter.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Ostapenko had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Sabalenka in the 1^st game (1-0). Nonetheless, Sabalenka refused to bow to find the way to come back to break the Latvian 3 times in the 2^nd (1-1), in the 4^th (3-1) and in the 6^th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).

Jelena was not able to offer any resistance in the last 6 games of the set (from 0-1 to 6-1).

2^nd set.

Ostapenko had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Sabalenka in the 2^nd game (2-0). However, Aryna managed to stage a good comeback to break the Latvian 3 times in the 3^rd (1-2), in the 5^th (3-2) and in the 7^th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).

Jelena lost the plot in the last 6 games of the set (from 0-2 to 6-2).

Statistics

After this encounter, the head to head between Sabalenka and Ostapenko is 1-0 for Aryna.

Highlights Aryna Sabalenka vs. Jelena Ostapenko Zhengzhou Open – Zhengzhou

Next Match: Aryna Sabalenka vs. Petra Martic – stats

Sabalenka will come up against Martic in the quarter.

This will be the 2^nd time that Aryna Sabalenka and Petra Martic play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Sabalenka (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Sabalenka won 6-1 6-4 in the 1^st round in Cincinnati back in August 2019.

Tennis Scores in Zhengzhou

• Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Kiki BertensBertens (6-4 7-6¹) – See score progression
• Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Polona HercogHercog (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Saisai ZhengZheng – Alison RiskeRiske (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Sofia KeninKenin – Alize CornetCornet (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Petra MarticMartic – Fiona FerroFerro (3-6 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Kristina MladenovicMladenovic – Caroline GarciaGarcia (7-5 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (0-4) – See H2H details
• Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Sofia KeninKenin (3-0) – See H2H details
• Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Saisai ZhengZheng (1-1) – See H2H details
• Petra MarticMartic – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (0-1) – See H2H details