Shuai Zhang and Zarina Diyas will fight against each other in the 3rd round of the Nottingham Open for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 4:30 pm on Court 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Zarina Diyas who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Zarina Diyas is the pick to win this match.
Zarina Diyas -> 1.59
Shuai Zhang -> 2.42
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Prediction and head to head Shuai Zhang vs. Zarina Diyas
This will be the 5th time that Shuai Zhang and Zarina Diyas play each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Diyas (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.
The last time that they squared off, Zhang won 6-4 7-5 in the quarter in Hiroshima back in 2018.
Shuai Zhang
Ranked no. 46, Zhang got to the 3rd round after defeating Arina Rodionova 6-4 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Shuai had a good straight sets win against Rodionova (6-4 6-3). During the match, Zhang scored 81 points vs Rodionova’s 64. The Chinese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about the service games, Zhang blasted 3 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Shuai Zhang lost the serve twice and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Zhang put 68% of her first serves in, winning 66% (38/58) of the points behind her 1st serve and 52% (14/27) on the 2nd serve. The Chinese broke Rodionova 4 times after converting 50% of her break points (4/8).
Zhang has a good match record in the last 10 years having won 56% of her matches (275-212). 1-0 on grass in 2021. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Zhang has a composed 18-20 win-loss record in the last years on grass.
Shuai has a compiled 2-9 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Nottingham
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2019. See her history.
Zarina Diyas
Ranked no. 93, Diyas got to the 3rd round after beating Lizette Cabrera 4-6 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Cabrera, Zarina recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-4). During the match Diyas scored 99 points vs Cabrera’s 93. Zarina was exceptionally aggressive to blast 49 winners.
Talking about serving, Diyas bagged 2 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Zarina Diyas lost the serve 3 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Diyas put 75% of her first serves in, winning 64% (49/76) of the points behind her 1st serve and 56% (14/25) on the 2nd serve. The Kazakhstani broke Cabrera 4 times after converting 31% of her break points (4/13).
The Kazakhstani has a composed 9-9 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zhang | Diyas |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 29 |
| Pts | 81-64 | 99-93 |
| Total Points | 145 | 192 |
| Winners | 38 | 49 |
| %Winners | 47% | 49% |
Both Zhang and Diyas played 1 match. At the moment, Zarina Diyas dropped 1 set while Shuai Zhang hasn’t dropped a set so far. Zhang has played 1 set(s) less than Diyas (2 vs 3). Therefore, Zhang played 10 games less than Diyas. The Chinese scored 38 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Zarina managed to score 49 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zhang | Diyas |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 2 |
| 1st in | 58/85 | 76/101 |
| %1st in | 68% | 75% |
| 1st pts | 38/58 | 49/76 |
| %1st pts | 66% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 14/27 | 14/25 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 56% |
Zhang bagged 3 aces . Diyas scored 2 aces . Zhang won 66% points on her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Diyas won 64% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zhang | Diyas |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/13 |
| % Converted | 50% | 31% |
| Conceded | 8 | 6 |
| Saved | 6 | 3 |
| % Saved | 75% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
The Chinese broke her opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Zhang lost her serve twice and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded. The Kazakhstani broke her opponent 4 times with a 31% conversion rate. Diyas conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.
| Zhang | |||
| R2 Rodionova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 81-64 | 81-64 | |
| Total points | 145 | 145 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 58/85 | 58/85 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 38/58 | 38/58 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/27 | 14/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Diyas | |||
| R2 Cabrera |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 99-93 | 99-93 | |
| Total points | 192 | 192 | |
| Winners | 49 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 76/101 | 76/101 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 49/76 | 49/76 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/25 | 14/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/13 | 4/13 | |
| Converted % | 31% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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WLWWWWWLWW Tennis Scores in Nottingham
- Caty McNallyMcNally – Nao HibinoHibino (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Katie BoulterBoulter – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Heather WatsonWatson – Tara MooreMoore (6-3 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck – Marina MelnikovaMelnikova (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Shuai ZhangZhang – Arina RodionovaRodionova (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Kristina MladenovicMladenovic – Kurumi NaraNara (6-2 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
- Lauren DavisDavis – Harriet DartDart (1-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Donna VekicVekic – Leonie KungKung (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Kateryna KozlovaKozlova – Madison BrengleBrengle (6-3 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
- Nina StojanovicStojanovic – Oceane DodinDodin (7-64 7-5) – See score progression
- Viktorija GolubicGolubic – Kristie AhnAhn (6-1 0-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Georgina Garcia-PerezGarcia-Perez – Christina MchaleMchale (6-77 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Zarina DiyasDiyas – Lizette CabreraCabrera (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Johanna KontaKonta – Lesley Pattinama KerkhovePattinama Kerkhove (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Tereza MartincovaMartincova – Caroline DolehideDolehide (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Heather WatsonWatson – Tara MooreMoore (6-3 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Xiyu WangWang – Alison RiskeRiske (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Johanna KontaKonta – Kateryna KozlovaKozlova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Viktorija GolubicGolubic – Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Donna VekicVekic – Nina StojanovicStojanovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Georgina Garcia-PerezGarcia-Perez – Tereza MartincovaMartincova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Kristina MladenovicMladenovic – Caty McNallyMcNally (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zarina DiyasDiyas – Shuai ZhangZhang (3-1) – H2H and prediction
- Katie BoulterBoulter – Heather WatsonWatson (0-1) – H2H and prediction
