Qinwen Zheng stuns Sloane Stephens 6-3 4-6 6-0 in the 1st round in Charleston on Tuesday. Zheng will face Ekaterina Alexandrova in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 2 minutes.

Charleston
Zheng's Record

Highlights Qinwen Zheng vs. Sloane Stephens Credit One Charleston Open – Charleston

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Zheng
Stephens
6-3 4-6 6-0
2h:02
87
87
Total points
73
73
28
28
Winners
33
33
32%
32%
Ratio Winners
45%
45%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
1
1
6
6
Double Faults
2
2
45%
45%
1st in
70%
70%
85%
85%
1st won
54%
54%
28/33
28/33
1st won
33/61
33/61
40%
40%
2nd won
42%
42%
16/40
16/40
2nd won
11/26
11/26
-- Break Points --
6/16
6/16
Total
3/5
3/5
38%
38%
Won
60%
60%
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At the end of the match, Zheng scored 87 points vs. Sloane’s 73.

Zheng

The Chinese served pretty well to win 85% of the points (28/33) behind her first serve. Nonetheless she won only 40% points (16/40) on her second serve. The Chinese won this match even if she was not so effective in converting her break points after she converted only 38% (6/16) of the procured opportunities.

Stephens

On the other side, Sloane was pretty focused in converting 60% of the break points that she procured points (3/5). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.

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

Draw and next match H2H: Qinwen Zheng vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova – stats

Zheng will play Alexandrova in the 2nd round.

There is no head to head record between Qinwen Zheng and Ekaterina Alexandrova since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Live score progression and stats

Zheng was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Sloane Stephens in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, the Chinese found the way to come back to break Sloane in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 4th (3-1) game before winning the set (6-3).

Certainly, a key moment was when Qinwen won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to convert the score from 0-1 to 4-1.

Zheng converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 4th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40). On the other side, Sloane was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 1st game (0-0 0-40).

They played 56 points. Qinwen won 4 points more than the American (30-26). Qinwen conceded 10 points on serve (16-10). Regarding the other side of the net, Sloane conceded 14 points on serve (16-14).

Zheng conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Sloane Stephens in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Stephens to win the set as Qinwen found the way to break back in the 7th (3-4) game. The American maintained her cool to break Zheng in the 10th (6-4) game.

Sloane was unerring in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-0 15-40) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40 and 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the Chinese was flawless in converting all her break points in the 7th game (2-4 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).

They contested 70 points. Stephens was the one to win the set after conquering 6 more points than the Chinese (38-32). The American lost 17 points on serve (25-17). Regarding the other side of the net, the Chinese conceded 13 points on serve (15-13).

Sloane lost her way in this set and the Chinese won the set 6-0

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Qinwen converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 3rd (2-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 5th game (4-0 0-40). On the other side, Sloane wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 4th game (0-3 30-40).

They contested 35 points. Zheng was the one to win the set after conquering 17 points more than Sloane (26-9). The Chinese dropped 5 points on serve (13-5). On the losing side, the American conceded 13 points on serve (4-13).

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