TENNIS SCORES. Saisai Zheng victorious over Riske in the 2nd round of the Zhengzhou Open

ZHENGZHOU OPEN - ZHENGZHOU. Zheng aces Riske to come up against Ajla Tomljanovic in the quarter

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Saisai Zheng vs. Alison Riske

Saisai Zheng ousts Alison Riske 7-5 6-3 in the 2nd round in Zhengzhou on Friday. Zheng will play against Ajla Tomljanovic in the quarter.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Riske started the set in the best possible way after breaking Zheng in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Anyhow, the Chinese refused to bow to come back to break Riske 3 times in the 4th (1-3), in the 10th (5-5) gamein the 12th game before winning the set (7-5) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

The American was outplayed in the last 4 games of the set (from 3-5 to 7-5).

2nd set.

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the Chinese conquered in the 6th game (4-2) before winning the set (6-3).

Statistics

After this contest, the head to head between Zheng and Riske is 3-4 for Alison.

Next Match: Saisai Zheng vs. Ajla Tomljanovic – stats

Zheng will fight against Tomljanovic in the quarter.

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

The last time that they locked horns, Zheng won 6-2 4-6 7-5 in the 1st round in Dubai back in February 2019.

Tennis Scores in Zhengzhou

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