TENNIS SCORES. Shuai Peng shocks Pliskova in the 2nd round of the Jiangxi Open

JIANGXI OPEN - NANCHANG. Peng shocks Pliskova to fight against Lin Zhu in the quarter

Prediction and head to head Shuai Peng vs. Kristyna Pliskova

Shuai Peng upsets Kristyna Pliskova 6-3 0-6 6-4 in the 2nd round in Nanchang on Thursday. Peng will have to play Lin Zhu in the quarter.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Peng didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Pliskova in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Shuai to win the set since the Czech managed to break back in the 7th (3-4) game. The Chinese kept her cool to break Kristyna in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).

2nd set.

This was a one way set after Kristyna conceded no games to the Chinese before winning the set 6-0.

3rd set.

There was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that the Chinese conquered in the 9th game (5-4) before winning the set (6-4).

Statistics

Shuai won this encounter even if she conquered less points than the Czech (76 vs. 81).

The Chinese won this match even if she had a tough time in converting her break points since she converted only 43% (3/7). On the other side, the Czech didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (4/8). However, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this match, the head to head between Peng and Pliskova is 2-1 for Shuai.

Next Match: Shuai Peng vs. Lin Zhu – stats

Peng will play Zhu in the quarter.

This will be the 2nd time that Shuai Peng and Lin Zhu face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Peng (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Peng won 7-62 6-0 in the quarter in Nanchang back in 2017.

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