Qinwen Zheng and Melania Delai will play each other in the qualifications of the Palermo Ladies Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 5:30 pm on Court 6. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Qinwen Zheng who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Qinwen Zheng is the pick to win this match.
Qinwen Zheng -> 1.041
Melania Delai -> 10.75
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Prediction and head to head Qinwen Zheng vs. Melania Delai
This will be the 2nd time that Qinwen Zheng and Melania Delai square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Zheng (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Zheng won 4-6 6-2 6-0 in the quarter in W15 Cordenons back in 2020.
Qinwen Zheng
Ranked no. 169 (career-high), the Chinese reached the qualifications after beating Louisa Chirico 6-2 6-0.
In the qualifications, Zheng had a good straight sets win against Chirico (6-2 6-0). During the match, Zheng scored 62 points vs Chirico’s 36. Qinwen was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Zheng recorded 8 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Qinwen Zheng lost the serve once and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Zheng put 65% of her first serves in, winning 82% (23/28) of the points behind her 1st serve and 40% (6/15) on the 2nd serve. Zheng broke Chirico 6 times after converting 60% of her break points (6/10).
Zheng has a fantastic match record in the last 5 years having won 72% of her matches (87-34). 14-5 on clay in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Zheng has a compiled42-12 win-loss record in the last 5 years on clay.
Zheng has a composed 21-6 win-loss record in 2021, 14-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Palermo
The Chinese has never competed in this tournament before.
Melania Delai
Ranked no. 596, the Italian got to the qualifications after beating Samantha Murray 2-6 6-3 6-2.
In the qualifications against Murray, Melania recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-3 6-2). During the match Delai scored 85 points vs Murray’s 70. Melania was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.
About the serving games, Delai couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 4 double faults. Melania Delai lost the serve 5 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Delai put 71% of her first serves in, winning 58% (32/55) of the points behind her 1st serve and 59% (13/22) on the 2nd serve. Melania broke Murray 6 times after converting 55% of her break points (6/11).
The Italian has an overall 9-14 win-loss record in 2021, 8-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Palermo
Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2020. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zheng | Delai |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 14 | 25 |
| Pts | 62-36 | 85-70 |
| Total Points | 98 | 155 |
| Winners | 23 | 32 |
| %Winners | 37% | 38% |
Both Zheng and Delai played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Melania Delai conceded 1 set while Qinwen Zheng hasn’t dropped a set so far. Zheng has played 1 set(s) less than Delai (2 vs 3). Therefore, Zheng played 11 games less than Delai. Zheng scored 23 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Delai managed to score 32 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zheng | Delai |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 0 |
| 1st in | 28/43 | 55/77 |
| %1st in | 65% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 23/28 | 32/55 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 58% |
| 2nd pts | 6/15 | 13/22 |
| %2nd pts | 40% | 59% |
Zheng struck 8 aces . Delai didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Zheng won 82% points on her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 40% of the points. On the other side, Delai won 58% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zheng | Delai |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 6 |
| Converted | 6/10 | 6/11 |
| % Converted | 60% | 55% |
| Conceded | 2 | 9 |
| Saved | 1 | 4 |
| % Saved | 50% | 44% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 5 |
Qinwen broke her opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Chinese lost her serve once and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. Delai broke her opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. Melania conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 44% of the break points that she conceded.
| Zheng | |||
| Q1 Chirico |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 62-36 | 62-36 | |
| Total points | 98 | 98 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 28/43 | 28/43 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 23/28 | 23/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/15 | 6/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 40% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 6/10 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Delai | |||
| Q1 Murray |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 85-70 | 85-70 | |
| Total points | 155 | 155 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 55/77 | 55/77 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 32/55 | 32/55 | |
| % 1st pts | 58% | 58% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/22 | 13/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/11 | 6/11 | |
| Converted % | 55% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 4/9 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 44% | 44% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
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