Shuai Zhang and Yue Yuan will face off in the semifinal of the Open Angers Arena Loire for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 4:00 pm on Central P21. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Shuai Zhang who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Shuai Zhang is the pick to win this match.
Shuai Zhang -> 1.61
Yue Yuan -> 2.375
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Prediction and head to head Shuai Zhang vs. Yue Yuan
There is no head to head record between Shuai Zhang and Yue Yuan since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Shuai Zhang
Ranked no. 62, Zhang reached the semifinal after beating Ylena In-Albon 6-3 6-3, Anna Blinkova 6-1 6-1 and Kristina Mladenovic 6-3 6-2.
In the quarter, Shuai had a good straight sets win against Mladenovic (6-3 6-2). During the match, Zhang scored 67 points vs Mladenovic’s 49. The Chinese was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Zhang bagged 5 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Shuai Zhang was pretty effective on serve to win 75% (27/36) of her 1st serve and 53% (9/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Shuai broke Mladenovic 4 times after converting 67% of her break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Zhang started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to win 61% of the points she played.
Zhang has a winning record in the last 10 years having won 56% of her matches (295-229). 4-3 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Zhang has an overall 12-11 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Shuai’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in Nottingham.
Shuai has a compiled 22-26 win-loss record in 2021, 4-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Angers
Zhang has never competed in this tournament before.
Yue Yuan
Ranked no. 293, the Chinese got to the semifinal after defeating Leolia Jeanjean 6-3 6-3, Selena Janicijevic 6-2 6-0, Leonie Kung 6-1 6-2, Greetje Minnen 6-3 6-3 and Jana Fett 7-5 3-6 6-0.
In the quarter, The Chinese defeated Fett (7-5 3-6 6-0). During the match Yuan scored 105 points vs Fett’s 95. Yuan was exceptionally aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Talking about serving, Yuan was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 2 double faults. Yue Yuan lost the serve 5 times and she saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Yuan put 84% of her first serves in, winning 57% (46/81) of the points behind her 1st serve and 38% (6/16) on the 2nd serve. Yue broke Fett 8 times after converting 50% of her break points (8/16).
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 57% of the points she played.
Yuan has an aggregate 24-16 win-loss record in 2021, 15-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zhang | Yuan |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 11 |
| Tot Games | 49 | 92 |
| Pts | 184-119 | 357-268 |
| Total Points | 303 | 625 |
| Winners | 82 | 133 |
| %Winners | 45% | 37% |
Zhang played 3 matches while Yuan competed in 5 matches. Yuan started her run from the qualifications while Zhang had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Yue Yuan conceded 1 set while Shuai Zhang hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Zhang has played 5 set(s) less than Yuan (6 vs 11). Therefore, Zhang played 43 games less than Yuan. Zhang scored 82 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Yue fired 133 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zhang | Yuan |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 17 | 22 |
| Avg per match | 5.7 | 4.4 |
| 1st in | 102/144 | 196/300 |
| %1st in | 71% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 82/102 | 133/196 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 20/42 | 56/104 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 54% |
Zhang scored 17 aces (5.7 per match). Yuan bagged 22 aces (4.4 per match). Zhang won 80% points on her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Yuan won 68% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zhang | Yuan |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 26 |
| Converted | 13/24 | 26/45 |
| % Converted | 54% | 58% |
| Conceded | 12 | 22 |
| Saved | 10 | 14 |
| % Saved | 83% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 8 |
Shuai broke her opponents 13 times with a 54% conversion rate. Shuai lost her serve twice and she saved 83% of the break points that she conceded. Yue broke her opponents 26 times with a 58% conversion rate. The Chinese conceded her serve 8 times and she saved 64% of the break points that she conceded.
| Zhang | |||||
| R1 In-Albon |
R2 Blinkova |
1/4 Mladenovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-1 6-1 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 14 | 17 | 49 | |
| pts | 64-42 | 53-28 | 67-49 | 184-119 | |
| Total points | 106 | 81 | 116 | 303 | |
| Winners | 31 | 24 | 27 | 82 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 45% | 40% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 8 | 5 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 38/52 | 28/39 | 36/53 | 102/144 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 72% | 68% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 31/38 | 24/28 | 27/36 | 82/102 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 86% | 75% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/14 | 5/11 | 9/17 | 20/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 45% | 53% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 5/10 | 4/6 | 13/24 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | 67% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 1 | 6 | 12 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 1/1 | 5/6 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 100% | 83% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Yuan | |||||||
| Q1 Jeanjean |
Q3 Janicijevic |
R1 Kung |
R2 Minnen |
1/4 Fett |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-2 6-0 | 6-1 6-2 | 6-3 6-3 | 7-5 3-6 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 27 | 92 | |
| pts | 69-53 | 58-33 | 60-38 | 65-49 | 105-95 | 357-268 | |
| Total points | 122 | 91 | 98 | 114 | 200 | 625 | |
| Winners | 32 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 46 | 133 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 36% | 32% | 23% | 44% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 8 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 22 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 44/65 | 24/41 | 24/47 | 23/50 | 81/97 | 196/300 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 59% | 51% | 46% | 84% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 32/44 | 21/24 | 19/24 | 15/23 | 46/81 | 133/196 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 88% | 79% | 65% | 57% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/21 | 6/17 | 14/23 | 20/27 | 6/16 | 56/104 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 35% | 61% | 74% | 38% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 26 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 6/9 | 4/7 | 4/8 | 8/16 | 26/45 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 67% | 57% | 50% | 50% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 22 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 3/4 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 9/14 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 75% | – | 50% | 64% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | |
Head 2 Head
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