Irina Maria Bara and Qinwen Zheng will square off in the qualifications of the Kremlin Cup for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 2:30 pm on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.39
Irina Maria Bara -> 3
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Prediction and head to head Irina Maria Bara vs. Qinwen Zheng
There is no head to head record between Irina Maria Bara and Qinwen Zheng since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Irina Maria Bara
Ranked no. 114, the Romanian got to the qualifications after beating Natalia Vikhlyantseva 6-2 6-4.
In the qualifications, The Romanian had a good straight sets win against Vikhlyantseva (6-2 6-4). During the match, Maria Bara scored 76 points vs Vikhlyantseva’s 64. Maria Bara was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Maria Bara couldn’t to score even 1 ace in the match and she committed only 1 double fault. Irina Maria Bara lost the serve once and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Maria Bara put 80% of her first serves in, winning 63% (33/52) of the points behind her 1st serve and 54% (7/13) on the 2nd serve. Irina broke Vikhlyantseva 4 times after converting 36% of her break points (4/11).
Maria Bara has a winning win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 59% of her matches (235-163). 1-2 on indoor hard courts in 2021. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Maria Bara has a compiled14-15 win-loss record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.
Maria Bara’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the W100 Bonita Springs.
The Romanian has a composed 22-21 win-loss record in 2021, 1-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Moscow
Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2017. See her history.
Qinwen Zheng
Ranked no. 158, Qinwen reached the qualifications after defeating Anastasia Gasanova 6-4 6-2.
In the qualifications, The Chinese had a good straight sets win against Gasanova (6-4 6-2). During the match Zheng scored 60 points vs Gasanova’s 47. The Chinese was extremely aggressive to blast 22 winners.
About the serving games, Zheng blasted 7 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Qinwen Zheng lost the serve twice and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Zheng put 65% of her first serves in, winning 67% (22/33) of the points behind her 1st serve and 56% (10/18) on the 2nd serve. Zheng broke Gasanova 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).
Her best result of the year was winning the title in the W25 Hamburg where she beat Linda Fruhvirtova in the final 6-2 6-3 and in the W60 Stare Splavy where she overcame Aleksandra Krunic in the final 7-6(5) 6-3.
The Chinese has an overall 24-7 win-loss record in 2021, 8-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Maria Bara | Zheng |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 |
| Pts | 76-64 | 60-47 |
| Total Points | 140 | 107 |
| Winners | 33 | 22 |
| %Winners | 43% | 37% |
Both Maria Bara and Zheng played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Maria Bara and Zheng have played the same amount of sets 2. They also played the same amount of games (18). Irina scored 33 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Chinese made 22 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Maria Bara | Zheng |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 7 |
| 1st in | 52/65 | 33/51 |
| %1st in | 80% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 33/52 | 22/33 |
| %1st pts | 63% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 7/13 | 10/18 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 56% |
Maria Bara didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Zheng scored 7 aces . Maria Bara won 63% points on her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Zheng won 67% 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 | Maria Bara | Zheng |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/11 | 5/8 |
| % Converted | 36% | 63% |
| Conceded | 7 | 6 |
| Saved | 6 | 4 |
| % Saved | 86% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Irina broke her opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Maria Bara lost her serve once and she saved 86% of the break points that she conceded. Zheng broke her opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Zheng conceded her serve twice and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded.
| Maria Bara | |||
| Q1 Vikhlyantseva |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 76-64 | 76-64 | |
| Total points | 140 | 140 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 52/65 | 52/65 | |
| % 1st in | 80% | 80% | |
| 1st pts | 33/52 | 33/52 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/13 | 7/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Zheng | |||
| Q1 Gasanova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 60-47 | 60-47 | |
| Total points | 107 | 107 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 33/51 | 33/51 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 22/33 | 22/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 10/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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