TENNIS SCORES. Golubic stuns Zhang in the quarter in Guangzhou

Viktorija Golubic shocks Shuai Zhang 6-3 3-6 6-4 in the quarter in Guangzhou on Thursday. Golubic will clash against Samantha Stosur in the semifinal.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Viktorija won the set after she broke the Chinese 4 times in the 3^rd (2-1), in the 5^th (3-2), in the 7^th (4-3) and in the 9^th (6-3) game. Shuai tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4^th (2-2) and in the 6^th (3-3) game. Yet, the Swiss didn’t lose the lead before winning the set 6-3.

2^nd set.

Zhang had a racing start in this set after breaking Golubic in the 1^st game (1-0). However, there was more to do for Zhang to win the set since Golubic managed to break back in the 2^nd (1-1) game. The Chinese kept her focus to break the Swiss in the 3^rd (2-1) and in the 9^th (6-3) game.

3^rd set.

Zhang had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Golubic in the 2^nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, Golubic succeeded in coming back to break Zhang 4 times in the 3^rd (1-2), in the 5^th (3-2), in the 7^th (4-3) and in the 9^th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Golubic scored 102 points vs. the Chinese’s 96 points.

Golubic didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that she procured (9/18). On the other side, Zhang wasn’t that great in converting her break points as she converted only 44% of her break points (8/18). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this encounter, the head to head between Golubic and Zhang is 2-1 for Viktorija.

Next Match: Viktorija Golubic vs. Samantha Stosur – stats

Golubic will take on Stosur in the semifinal.

There is no head to head record between Viktorija Golubic and Samantha Stosur since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Tennis Scores in Guangzhou

• Anna BlinkovaBlinkova – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Samantha StosurStosur – Nina StojanovicStojanovic (6-2 7-6¹) – See score progression
• Viktorija GolubicGolubic – Shuai ZhangZhang (6-3 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Sofia KeninKenin – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (7-5 6-1) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Anna BlinkovaBlinkova – Sofia KeninKenin (0-0) – See H2H details
• Viktorija GolubicGolubic – Samantha StosurStosur (0-0) – See H2H details