TENNIS SCORES. Tomljanovic stuns Bertens in the 2nd round of the Zhengzhou Open

Ajla Tomljanovic stuns Kiki Bertens 6-4 7-6¹ in the 2^nd round in Zhengzhou on Friday. Tomljanovic will have to play Saisai Zheng in the quarter.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Tomljanovic had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Bertens in the 1^st game (1-0). That was enough for the Croatian to win the set (6-4) since there were no other breaks anymore.

2^nd set.

The Croatian won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 4^th (1-3) game, Tomljanovic broke back in the 7^th (3-4) game before winning the set at the following breaker at 1.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Tomljanovic scored 88 points vs. Kiki’s 76 points.

The Croatian won this match even if she was not so effective in converting her break points as she converted only 15% (2/13). On the other side, the Dutch had some problems in converting her break points as she converted only 14% of her break points (1/7). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this encounter, the head to head between Tomljanovic and Bertens is 1-2 for Kiki.

Highlights Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Kiki Bertens Zhengzhou Open – Zhengzhou

Next Match: Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Saisai Zheng – stats

Tomljanovic will take on Zheng in the quarter.

This will be the 3^rd time that Ajla Tomljanovic and Saisai Zheng clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Tomljanovic and Zheng (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Zheng won 6-2 4-6 7-5 in the 1^st round in Dubai back in February 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