TENNIS SCORES. Svetlana Kuznetsova hustles Zheng in the qualifications in Wuhan

Svetlana Kuznetsova prevails over Qinwen Zheng 6-2 6-4 in the qualifications in Wuhan on Friday. Kuznetsova will play Bethanie Mattek-Sands in the qualifications.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Svetlana in this set stepped up in great fashion to overplay the Chinese and consequentely she won 6-2 after breaking Qinwen in the 3^rd (2-1) and in the 7^th (5-2) game.

2^nd set.

Kuznetsova conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Zheng in the 1^st game (1-0). However, there was more to do for the Russian to win the set since Zheng found the way to break back in the 8^th (3-5) game.

The Russian failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 30.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Svetlana scored 72 points vs. the Chinese’s 57 points.

Kuznetsova served very well to win 84% of the points (32/38) behind her first serve. However she won only 21% points (3/14) on her second serve. The Russian won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points as she converted only 40% (4/10). On the other side, the Chinese was struggling in converting her break points since she converted only 33% of her break points (1/3). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this match, the head to head between Kuznetsova and Zheng is 1-0 for Svetlana.

Next Match: Svetlana Kuznetsova vs. Bethanie Mattek-Sands – stats

Kuznetsova will square off with Mattek-Sands in the qualifications.

This will be the 3^rd time that Svetlana Kuznetsova and Bethanie Mattek-Sands play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Kuznetsova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Kuznetsova won 7-6¹ 6-4 in the 1^st round in Doha back in 2013.

Tennis Scores in Wuhan

• Xinyun HanHan – Fiona FerroFerro (2-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Lauren DavisDavis – Lesley KerkhoveKerkhove (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Christina MchaleMchale – Andrea PetkovicPetkovic (6-0 7-5) – See score progression
• Kateryna KozlovaKozlova – Sachia VickeryVickery (5-7 7-6⁴ 6-0) – See score progression
• Kurumi NaraNara – Xin Yu WangYu Wang (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Ellen PerezPerez – Jil TeichmannTeichmann (3-6 6-0 6-3) – See score progression
• Bernarda PeraPera – Nicole GibbsGibbs (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Zarina DiyasDiyas – Clara TausonTauson (6-4 2-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Jennifer BradyBrady – Yue YuanYuan (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Rebecca PetersonPeterson – Heather WatsonWatson (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Yanina WickmayerWickmayer (7-6⁴ 6-3) – See score progression
• Svetlana KuznetsovaKuznetsova – Qinwen ZhengZheng (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Lin ZhuZhu – Gabriela DabrowskiDabrowski (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Bethanie Mattek-SandsMattek-Sands – Fang Ying XunYing Xun (2-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Tamara ZidansekZidansek – Whitney OsuigweOsuigwe (1-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Ons JabeurJabeur – Patricia Maria TigMaria Tig (0-0) – See H2H details
• Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Kurumi NaraNara (0-0) – See H2H details
• Rebecca PetersonPeterson – Kateryna KozlovaKozlova (0-0) – See H2H details
• Xinyun HanHan – Christina MchaleMchale (0-0) – See H2H details
• Lauren DavisDavis – Zarina DiyasDiyas (1-0) – See H2H details
• Svetlana KuznetsovaKuznetsova – Bethanie Mattek-SandsMattek-Sands (2-0) – See H2H details
• Jennifer BradyBrady – Ellen PerezPerez (0-0) – See H2H details
• Tamara ZidansekZidansek – Bernarda PeraPera (0-0) – See H2H details