SHENZHEN RESULTS. Zhang hustles Linette in the 1st round

Shuai Zhang victorious over Magda Linette 6-4 6-2 in the 1^st round in Shenzhen on Sunday. Zhang will engage against Kateryna Bondarenko in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st 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 9^th game (5-4) before winning the set (6-4).

2^nd set.

Linette had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Zhang in the 2^nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, Shuai was not done to come back to break the Pole 3 times in the 3^rd (1-2), in the 5^th (3-2) and in the 7^th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).

Magda was dominated in the last 6 games of the set (from 0-2 to 6-2).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Shuai scored 64 points vs. Linette’s 43 points.

The Chinese served extremely well to win 79% of the points (30/38) behind her first serve, and she won 50% points (7/14) on her second serve. Shuai won this match even if she had some problems in converting her break points as she converted only 40% (4/10). On the other side, Magda had some problems in converting her break points as she converted only 20% of her break points (1/5). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this encounter, the head to head between Zhang and Linette is 5-0 for Shuai.

Highlights Shuai Zhang vs. Magda Linette Shenzhen Open – Shenzhen

Next Match: Shuai Zhang vs. Kateryna Bondarenko – stats

Zhang will compete against Bondarenko in the 2^nd round.

This will be the 2^nd time that Shuai Zhang and Kateryna Bondarenko play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Bondarenko (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Bondarenko won 6-4 6-4 in the qualifications in Doha back in 2011.

Tennis Scores in Shenzhen

• Kateryna BondarenkoBondarenko – Misaki DoiDoi (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Shuai ZhangZhang – Magda LinetteLinette (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Elise MertensMertens – Lesya TsurenkoTsurenko (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Xiyu WangWang – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (3-6 6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Yafan WangWang – Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo (1-6 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (6-4 6-4) – See score progression

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• Shuai ZhangZhang – Kateryna BondarenkoBondarenko (0-1) – See H2H details