Raducanu surprises Zhang in the 2nd round of the U.S. Open. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – U.S. OPEN RESULTS

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK DRAW AND RESULTS. Raducanu stuns Zhang to face Sara Sorribes Tormo in the 3rd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Emma Raducanu vs. Shuai Zhang

Emma Raducanu surprises Shuai Zhang 6-2 6-4 in the 2nd round in New York on Thursday. Raducanu will seek to keep on going in this event against Sara Sorribes Tormo in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 22 minutes.

Raducanu
New York
Raducanu's Record

Emma added to her prize money $ 65,000 after conquering this match. She has won already $ 180,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Emma will add $ 85,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 265,000 in total.

Highlights Emma Raducanu vs. Shuai Zhang U.S. Open – New York

Raducanu’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Raducanu
Zhang
Emma Raducanu
6-2 6-4
1h:22
Shuai Zhang
78
78
Total points
55
55
28
28
Winners
32
32
36%
36%
Ratio Winners
58%
58%
11
11
Unforced
15
15
42%
42%
Ratio Unforced
58%
58%
4/4
4/4
Net Approaches
5/5
5/5
100%
100%
Perc
100%
100%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
2
2
0
0
Double Faults
5
5
72%
72%
1st in
69%
69%
85%
85%
1st won
53%
53%
28/33
28/33
1st won
32/60
32/60
54%
54%
2nd won
44%
44%
7/13
7/13
2nd won
12/27
12/27
175
175
Fastest serve
167
167
155
155
AVG 1st Serve
150
150
141
141
AVG 2nd Serve
130
130
-- Break Points --
4/11
4/11
Total
1/1
1/1
36%
36%
Won
100%
100%
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At the end of the match, the Brit scored 78 points vs. the Chinese’s 55.

Raducanu

Emma served very well to win 85% of the points (28/33) behind her first serve, and she won 54% points (7/13) on her second serve. Emma 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.

Zhang

On the other side, Zhang was absolutely great in converting the only break point that she converted. Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.

After this contest, the head to head between Raducanu and Zhang is 1-1.

Draw and next match H2H: Emma Raducanu vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo – stats

Raducanu will square off with Sorribes Tormo in the 3rd round.

There is no head to head record between Emma Raducanu and Sara Sorribes Tormo since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Emma Raducanu Draw info

Live score progression and stats

Raducanu had a great start in this set after breaking Shuai Zhang in the 1st game (1-0). Emma extended her lead after breaking Zhang in the 5th (4-1) game before winning the set (6-2).

They played 47 points. The Brit conquered the set after winning 15 points more than Shuai (31-16). The Brit was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (16-2). Regarding the other side of the net, the Chinese conceded 15 points on serve (14-15).

Raducanu commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Shuai Zhang in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. However, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the Brit to win the set since Zhang succeeded in breaking back in the 6th (2-4) game.

It is worth noting that a key moment of this set was when Emma won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.

They contested 68 points. The Brit was the winner of the set after clinching 4 points more than Shuai (36-32). Emma lost 9 points on serve (16-9). on the other side of the court, Shuai conceded 20 points on serve (23-20).

 

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