Qinwen Zheng surprises Paula Badosa Gibert 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in Tokyo on Wednesday after playing a marvellous match to deal with Claire Liu in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 18 minutes.
Highlights Qinwen Zheng vs. Paula Badosa Gibert Toray Pan Pacific Open – Tokyo
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Qinwen scored 59 points vs. the Spaniard’s 44.
Zheng
Zheng served pretty well to win 82% of the points (27/33) behind her first serve. Notwithstanding she won only 39% points (7/18) on her second serve. The Chinese was pretty good at converting 67% of the break points that she conquered (4/6).
Badosa
On the other side, Badosa was pretty good at converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (1/2). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.
After this encounter, the head to head between Zheng and Badosa is 1-0 for Qinwen.
Draw and next match H2H: Qinwen Zheng vs. Claire Liu – stats
Zheng will play Liu in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Qinwen Zheng and Claire Liu since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Zheng won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, The Chinese broke back in the 6th (3-3) and in the 8th (5-3) game to conquer the set 6-3.
The Spaniard was eclipsed in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-3 to 6-3.
Zheng was spot on in converting all her break points in the 6th (2-3 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40). On the other side, Badosa converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 3rd game (1-1 15-40).
They contested 52 points. Zheng was the winner of the set after clinching 6 points more than Paula (29-23). Qinwen conceded 11 points on serve (18-11). on the other side of the net, Paula conceded 11 points on serve (12-11).
Zheng had a strong start of this set after breaking Paula Badosa Gibert in the 1st game (1-0). Qinwen extended her lead after breaking Badosa in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).
The Chinese converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40). On the other side, the Chinese didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 50 points. Qinwen was the winner of the set after clinching 8 points more than Badosa (29-21). The Chinese surrendered 6 points on serve (16-6). On the other side, Badosa conceded 13 points on serve (15-13).
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