Qinwen Zheng ousts Liu in the quarter. HIGHLIGHTS – TOKYO RESULTS

TORAY PAN PACIFIC OPEN - TOKYO DRAW AND RESULTS. Zheng ousts Liu to square off with Veronika Kudermetova in the semifinal

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Qinwen Zheng vs. Claire Liu

Qinwen Zheng prevails over Claire Liu 6-4 7-5 in the quarter in Tokyo on Friday. Zheng will face off with Veronika Kudermetova in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 3 minutes.

Zheng
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Zheng's Record

Highlights Qinwen Zheng vs. Claire Liu Toray Pan Pacific Open – Tokyo

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Zheng
Liu
Qinwen Zheng
6-4 7-5
2h:03
Claire Liu
79
79
Total points
71
71
32
32
Winners
38
38
41%
41%
Ratio Winners
54%
54%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
5
5
3
3
Double Faults
0
0
57%
57%
1st in
68%
68%
82%
82%
1st won
69%
69%
32/39
32/39
1st won
38/55
38/55
40%
40%
2nd won
31%
31%
12/30
12/30
2nd won
8/26
8/26
-- Break Points --
4/11
4/11
Total
2/6
2/6
36%
36%
Won
33%
33%
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At the end of the match, Zheng scored 79 points vs. Claire’s 71.

Zheng

Qinwen served extremely well to win 82% of the points (32/39) behind her first serve. Anyhow she won only 40% points (12/30) on her second serve. Zheng won this match even if she had some problems converting her break points since she converted only 36% (4/11) of the procured opportunities.

Liu

On the other side, Claire was battling in converting her break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

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

Draw and next match H2H: Qinwen Zheng vs. Veronika Kudermetova – stats

Zheng will face Kudermetova in the semifinal.

There is no head to head record between Qinwen Zheng and Veronika Kudermetova since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Qinwen Zheng Draw info

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Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Zheng clinched in the 7th game (4-3) just before eventually conquering the set (6-4).

The Chinese converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 7th game (3-3 30-40). On the other side, the Chinese didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 61 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Qinwen won just 3 points more than Liu (32-29). Qinwen dropped 10 points on serve (21-10). On the other side, the American conceded 11 points on serve (19-11).

Zheng was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Claire Liu in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the Chinese to win the set because Liu found the way to break back in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 4th (2-2) game. Zheng kept her cool to break Claire in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).

The Chinese converted 33% of her break points (3/9). She had 9 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 3rd (1-1 15-40), the 9th (4-4 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40 and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Liu converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (1-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (5-6 40-A and 40-A).

They contested 89 points. The Chinese conquered the set after winning 5 points more than Claire (47-42). Qinwen lost 15 points on serve (23-15). On the other side, Claire conceded 24 points on serve (27-24).

 

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