Angelique Kerber overcomes Qinwen Zheng 6-2 5-7 6-4 in the 2nd round in Indian Wells on Friday. Kerber will play Daria Kasatkina in the 3rd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 18 minutes. Her most significant achievement in this competition was reaching the final in 2019. Here you can see her history at this event.

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Kerber's Record

Angelique added to her prize money $ 24,270 after winning this match. She has won already $ 54,400 after this win. If she wins the next match, the German will add $ 40,175 to her earnings to get in total $ 94,575 in total.

Highlights Angelique Kerber vs. Qinwen Zheng BNP Paribas Open – Indian Wells

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Kerber
Zheng
6-2 5-7 6-4
2h:18
106
106
Total points
94
94
40
40
Winners
22
22
38%
38%
Ratio Winners
23%
23%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
4
4
7
7
Double Faults
11
11
62%
62%
1st in
46%
46%
61%
61%
1st won
51%
51%
40/66
40/66
1st won
22/43
22/43
43%
43%
2nd won
45%
45%
17/40
17/40
2nd won
23/51
23/51
-- Break Points --
8/15
8/15
Total
6/16
6/16
53%
53%
Won
38%
38%
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At the end of the match, Angelique scored 106 points vs. the Chinese’s 94.

Kerber

Angelique was sharp when converting 53% of the break points that she conquered (8/15).

Zheng

On the other side, Zheng was not so effective in converting her break points (only 38% – 6/16). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this match, the head to head between Kerber and Zheng is 1-0 for Angelique.

Draw and next match H2H: Angelique Kerber vs. Daria Kasatkina – stats

Kerber will fight against Kasatkina in the 3rd round.

This will be the 10th time that Angelique Kerber and Daria Kasatkina fight against each other. The head to head is 5-4 for Kerber (see full H2H stats), but Kasatkina has a winning record of 4-3 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Kerber won 6-2 1-6 6-4 in the 3rd round in Indian Wells back in 2021.

Live score progression and stats

The German in this set was much more effective than the Chinese and without many problems she won 6-2 after breaking Zheng in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.

Qinwen was powerless in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-2 to 6-2.

Kerber converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40). On the other side, Qinwen was unable to convert any of her 3 break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (1-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).

They played 56 points. The German was the winner of the set after clinching 12 points more than Qinwen (34-22). The German lost 8 points on serve (20-8). In addition, on the other side, Qinwen conceded 14 points on serve (14-14).

Kerber started the set in the best possible way after breaking Qinwen Zheng in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, that wasn’t sufficient for Qinwen to win the set because Kerber managed to break back in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 10th (5-5) game. Qinwen kept her cool to break Angelique in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 11th (6-5) game before conquering the set (7-5).

They played 76 points. The Chinese was the one to win the set after conquering 4 more points than Angelique (40-36). The Chinese lost 14 points on serve (17-14). On the losing side, Angelique conceded 23 points on serve (22-23).

Kerber had a racing start in this set after breaking Qinwen Zheng in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, Kerber was not done to come back to break Qinwen 4 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 6th (2-4), in the 8th (4-4) gamein the 10th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

Qinwen was eclipsed in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-4

to 6-4.

Angelique converted 50% of her break points (4/8). She had 8 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 40-A), the 5th (1-4 15-40 and 30-40), the 8th (3-4 15-40) and the 10th game (5-4 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). In addition on the other side, the Chinese converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 3rd (1-1 0-40), the 5th (3-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40).

They played 68 points. Angelique won 4 more points than the Chinese (36-32). Angelique conceded 18 points on serve (15-18). Regarding the other side of the net, Qinwen conceded 21 points on serve (14-21).

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