Shuai Peng tops Lin Zhu 6-4 7-65 in the quarter in Nanchang on Friday. Peng will seek to keep on going in this event against Elena Rybakina in the semifinal.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Peng had a favorable start in this set after breaking Zhu in the 2nd game (2-0). Anyhow, that was not enough for Peng to win the set since Lin found the way to break back in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 7th (4-3) game. Peng maintained her focus to break Lin in the 8th (4-4) and in the 10th (6-4) game.
2nd set.
Peng took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Zhu in the 2nd game (2-0). Yet, there was more to do for Shuai to win the set since Zhu found the way to break back in the 3rd (1-2), in the 5th (2-3) and in the 9th (4-5) game. Shuai maintained her focus before winning the set at the tiebreak at 5.
Statistics
At the end of the match, Shuai scored 73 points vs. Lin’s 66 points.
Shuai was pretty focused in converting 60% of the break points that she conquered (6/10). On the other side, Zhu didn’t lose the focus when converting 63% of the break points that she procured points (5/8). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this encounter, the head to head between Peng and Zhu is 2-0 for Shuai.
Next Match: Shuai Peng vs. Elena Rybakina – stats
Peng will compete against Rybakina in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Shuai Peng and Elena Rybakina since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other at pro level.
Tennis Scores in Nanchang
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Viktorija GolubicGolubic (6-4 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Rebecca PetersonPeterson – Magda LinetteLinette (6-3 6-73 7-65) – See score progression
- Shuai PengPeng – Lin ZhuZhu (6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Nina StojanovicStojanovic – Kateryna KozlovaKozlova (6-75 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Shuai PengPeng – Elena RybakinaRybakina (0-0) – See H2H details
- Rebecca PetersonPeterson – Nina StojanovicStojanovic (0-0) – See H2H details