Danielle Rose Collins and Shuai Zhang will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Palermo Ladies Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 7:30 pm on Centre Court. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Danielle Rose Collins who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Danielle Rose Collins is the pick to win this match.
Danielle Rose Collins -> 1.35
Shuai Zhang -> 3.44

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Prediction and head to head Danielle Rose Collins vs. Shuai Zhang

This will be the 2nd time that Danielle Rose Collins and Shuai Zhang clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Collins (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.

The last time that they fought against each other, Collins won 6-4 5-7 6-2 in the 1st round in San Jose back in 2019.

Danielle Rose Collins

Ranked no. 44, Danielle got to the semifinal after defeating Katharina Gerlach 7-5 6-3, Maddison Inglis 6-4 6-1 and Astra Sharma 6-1 6-4.

In the quarter, Collins had a good straight sets win against Sharma (6-1 6-4). During the match, Collins scored 63 points vs Sharma’s 42. Collins was pretty aggressive to blast 20 winners.

Talking about the service games, Collins fired 5 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Danielle Rose Collins was exceptionally effective on serve to win 71% (20/28) of her 1st serve and 58% (14/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. Collins broke Sharma 5 times after converting 45% of her break points (5/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Danielle started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to conquer 58% of the points she played.

Collins has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 62% of her matches (150-93). 9-3 on clay in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Collins has a composed44-22 match record in the last 6 years on clay.

Danielle’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Melbourne and Budapest.

Collins has a composed 20-9 win-loss record in 2021, 9-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Palermo

Danielle has never competed in this tournament before.

Palermo
Collins's Record

Shuai Zhang

Ranked no. 57, the Chinese got to the semifinal after beating Cristina Bucsa 7-5 6-3, Francesca Di Lorenzo 6-1 6-2 and Olga Danilovic 4-6 6-3 7-62.

In the quarter against Danilovic, Shuai recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 7-62). During the match Zhang scored 108 points vs Danilovic’s 105. Zhang was exceptionally aggressive to blast 48 winners.

About the serving games, Zhang scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 4 double faults. Shuai Zhang lost the serve 5 times and she saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Zhang put 67% of her first serves in, winning 62% (48/78) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (17/38) on the 2nd serve. The Chinese broke Danilovic 5 times after converting 71% of her break points (5/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Chinese started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points she played.

Zhang’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in Nottingham.

Zhang has an aggregate 10-13 win-loss record in 2021, 4-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Palermo
Zhang's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

D.Collins
S.Zhang
4h:01
4h:01
Time on court​
5h:08
5h:08
1h:12
1h:12
Last match​
!
2h:36
2h:36
3
3
Match played
3
3
55
55
Games Played​
68
68
6
6
Set played​​
7
7
195
195
Total points​
243
243
65
65
Avg point​
81
81
66
66
Winners
102
102
22
22
Avg Winners​
34
34
34%
34%
Ratio winners
42%
42%
-- Serve --
15
15
Aces
4
4
5
5
Avg Aces
1.3
1.3
6
6
Double Faults
11
11
2
2
Avg Double Faults
3.7
3.7
66/89
66/89
1st won total​
102/162
102/162
!
74%
74%
1st won %
63%
63%
36/72
36/72
2nd won total​
35/77
35/77
50%
50%
2nd won %
45%
45%
-- Break Points --
16/29
16/29
BP won
16/24
16/24
5.3/9.7
5.3/9.7
Avg BP won
5.3/8
5.3/8
!
55%
55%
Won
!
67%
67%
14
14
Conceded
25
25
4.7
4.7
Avg Conceded
8.3
8.3
7
7
Broken
10
10
2.3
2.3
Avg Broken
3.3
3.3
7
7
Saved
15
15
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Collins Zhang
Match played 3 3
Tot Set 6 7
Tot Games 55 68
Pts 195-139 243-201
Total Points 334 444
Winners 66 102
%Winners 34% 42%

Both Collins and Zhang played 3 matches. At the moment, Shuai Zhang dropped 1 set while Danielle Rose Collins hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Collins has played 1 set(s) less than Zhang (6 vs 7). Therefore, Collins played 13 games less than Zhang. Danielle scored 66 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Zhang bagged 102 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve Collins Zhang
Aces 15 4
Avg per match 5 1.3
1st in 89/161 162/239
%1st in 55% 68%
1st pts 66/89 102/162
%1st pts 74% 63%
2nd pts 36/72 35/77
%2nd pts 50% 45%

Collins bagged 15 aces (5 per match). Zhang recorded 4 aces (1.3 per match). Collins won 74% points behind her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Zhang won 63% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 45% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Collins Zhang
Won 16 16
Converted 16/29 16/24
% Converted 55% 67%
Conceded 14 25
Saved 7 15
% Saved 50% 60%
Times Broken 7 10

Collins broke her opponents 16 times with a 55% conversion rate. The American conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. Shuai broke her opponents 16 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Chinese conceded her serve 10 times and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded.

Collins
R1
Gerlach		 R2
Inglis		 1/4
Sharma		 Total
Score 7-5 6-3 6-4 6-1 6-1 6-4
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 21 17 17 55
pts 69-54 63-43 63-42 195-139
Total points 123 106 105 334
Winners 23 23 20 66
%Winners 33% 37% 32% 34%
SERVE
Aces 2 8 5 15
Double Faults 2 2 2 6
1st in 31/53 30/56 28/52 89/161
% 1st in 58% 54% 54% 55%
1st pts 23/31 23/30 20/28 66/89
% 1st pts 74% 77% 71% 74%
2nd pts 12/22 10/26 14/24 36/72
% 2nd pts 55% 38% 58% 50%
Breaks
Won 5 6 5 16
Converted 5/10 6/8 5/11 16/29
Converted % 50% 75% 45% 55%
Conceded 5 5 4 14
Saved 3/5 2/5 2/4 7
Saved % 60% 40% 50% 50%
Times Broken 2 3 2 7
Zhang
R1
Bucsa		 R2
Di		 1/4
Danilovic		 Total
Score 7-5 6-3 6-1 6-2 4-6 6-3 7-62
Tot Set 2 2 3 7
Tot Games 21 15 32 68
pts 75-60 60-36 108-105 243-201
Total points 135 96 213 444
Winners 27 27 48 102
%Winners 36% 45% 44% 42%
SERVE
Aces 0 3 1 4
Double Faults 3 4 4 11
1st in 43/62 41/61 78/116 162/239
% 1st in 69% 67% 67% 68%
1st pts 27/43 27/41 48/78 102/162
% 1st pts 63% 66% 62% 63%
2nd pts 8/19 10/20 17/38 35/77
% 2nd pts 42% 50% 45% 45%
Breaks
Won 6 5 5 16
Converted 6/12 5/5 5/7 16/24
Converted % 50% 100% 71% 67%
Conceded 7 4 14 25
Saved 3/7 3/4 9/14 15
Saved % 43% 75% 64% 61%
Times Broken 4 1 5 10

Tennis Scores in Palermo

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