Varvara Lepchenko surprises Zhang in the 1st round of the French Open – FRENCH OPEN RESULTS

FRENCH OPEN - PARIS DRAW AND RESULTS. Lepchenko stuns Zhang to come up against Karolina Muchova in the 2nd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Varvara Lepchenko vs. Shuai Zhang

Varvara Lepchenko upsets Shuai Zhang 6-3 6-3 in the 1st round in Paris on Tuesday. Lepchenko will fight against Karolina Muchova in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 31 minutes. Her most significant achievement in this tournament was reaching the 4th round in 2012. Here you can see her history at this event.

Lepchenko
Paris
Lepchenko's Record

The American added to her prize money € 24,000 after winning this match. She has won already € 84,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Varvara will add € 29,000 to her earnings to get in total € 113,000 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Lepchenko
Zhang
Varvara Lepchenko
6-3 6-3
1h:31
Shuai Zhang
76
76
Total points
62
62
23
23
Winners
27
27
30%
30%
Ratio Winners
44%
44%
18
18
Unforced
18
18
50%
50%
Ratio Unforced
50%
50%
5/7
5/7
Net Approaches
3/3
3/3
71%
71%
Perc
100%
100%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
0
0
1
1
Double Faults
6
6
59%
59%
1st in
61%
61%
62%
62%
1st won
59%
59%
23/37
23/37
1st won
27/46
27/46
65%
65%
2nd won
41%
41%
17/26
17/26
2nd won
12/29
12/29
165
165
Fastest serve
162
162
149
149
AVG 1st Serve
148
148
122
122
AVG 2nd Serve
133
133
-- Break Points --
4/12
4/12
Total
1/5
1/5
33%
33%
Won
20%
20%
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At the end of the match, Varvara scored 76 points vs. Zhang’s 62.

Lepchenko

Lepchenko won this match even if she had some problems converting her break points as she converted only 33% (4/12) of the procured opportunities.

Zhang

On the other side, the Chinese was struggling when converting her break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Lepchenko and Zhang is 2-4 for Shuai.

Draw and next match H2H: Varvara Lepchenko vs. Karolina Muchova – stats

Lepchenko will fight against Muchova in the 2nd round.

There is no head to head record between Varvara Lepchenko and Karolina Muchova since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Varvara Lepchenko Draw info

Live score progression and stats

Lepchenko had a strong start of this set after breaking Muchova in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, that was not enough for the American to win the set since Shuai managed to break back in the 2nd (1-1) game. The American kept her focus to break Zhang in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 9th (6-3) game.

Lepchenko converted 42% of her break points (3/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Zhang was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 2nd game (0-1 40-A).

They contested 62 points. Lepchenko won 6 more points than the Chinese (34-28). Varvara surrendered 11 points on serve (16-11). On the other side, Zhang conceded 18 points on serve (17-18).

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Varvara conquered in the 8th game (5-3) just before finally conquering the set (6-3).

Varvara converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40). On the other side, the Chinese was unable to convert any of her 4 break points. She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 5th game (2-2 40-A and 40-A).

They contested 74 points. Varvara was the winner of the set after clinching 8 more points than Zhang (41-33). Varvara conceded 12 points on serve (24-12). In addition, on the other side, Shuai conceded 17 points on serve (21-17).

 

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