Shuai Zhang topples Madison Keys 7-5 7-6(5) in the 2nd round in San Jose on Wednesday. Zhang is going to play against Ana Konjuh in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 41 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this event. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the 1st round in 2014, 2018 and 2019. Here you can see her history at this event.
The Chinese added to her prize money $ 7,300 after conquering this match. She has won already $ 15,500 after this win. If she wins the next match, Shuai will add $ 16,900 to her earnings to get in total $ 32,400 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Chinese scored 85 points vs. Keys’s 77.
Zhang
Zhang won this match even if she had a tough time converting her break points since she converted only 36% (4/11) of the procured opportunities.
Keys
On the other side, Madison had a tough time converting her break points (only 30% – 3/10). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Zhang and Keys is 5-2 for Shuai.
Draw and next match H2H: Shuai Zhang vs. Ana Konjuh – stats
Zhang will fight against Konjuh in the quarter.
This will be the 3rd time that Shuai Zhang and Ana Konjuh face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Konjuh (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Konjuh won 6-0 6-1 in the 1st round in Dubai back in 2017.
Live score progression and stats
The Chinese won the set after she broke Keys in the 5th (3-2) and in the 11th (6-5) game. Madison tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10th (5-5) game. Notwithstanding, Shuai kept the focus to win the set 7-5.
Shuai converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 0-40), the 9th (5-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Also, on the other side, Madison converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 6th (2-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (4-5 15-40).
They contested 75 points. Zhang was the one to win the set after conquering 5 more points than Madison (40-35). The Chinese conceded 16 points on serve (26-16). On the other side, the American conceded 14 points on serve (19-14).
Konjuh came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Madison Keys in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Anyhow, the Chinese refused to bow to find the way to come back to break Keys in the 7th (3-4) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set at the breaker at 5.
Zhang failed to serve out the set when leading 5-4 to be broken at 40.
A defining moment of this set was when the Chinese won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to convert the score from 1-4 to 5-4.
Tiebreak
The Chinese won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (3-1), 9th (6-3) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Madison won 3 minibreaks in the 3rd (1-2), 10th (4-6) and 11th (5-6) point.
The Chinese won the tiebreak 7-5 after she conquered a decisive 5-3 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 6-3, 6-4, 6-5, 7-5
Shuai converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 6th (2-4 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Also, on the other side, Madison converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40 and 15-40) and the 10th game (4-5 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 86 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Zhang won just 2 points more than the American (44-42). The Chinese surrendered 18 points on serve (25-18). Regarding the other side of the net, Keys conceded 19 points on serve (24-19).
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