Tatjana Maria routs the defending champion Lin Zhu 6-1 6-1 in the quarter in Seoul on Friday after playing a solid match to play Ekaterina Alexandrova in the semifinal. The match lasted just 59 minutes.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
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At the end of the match, Tatjana scored 54 points vs. Zhu’s 26.
Maria
Tatjana was sharp when converting 75% of the break points that she conquered (6/8).
Zhu
On the other side, Lin was not so effective in converting her break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Maria and Zhu is 1-0 for Tatjana.
Draw and next match H2H: Tatjana Maria vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova – stats
Maria will square off with Alexandrova in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Tatjana Maria and Ekaterina Alexandrova since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Maria was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Lin Zhu in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Maria improved her lead after breaking the Chinese in the 4th (4-0) game before conquering the set (6-1).
There was an important spell in this set when the German won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.
The German converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 3rd game (3-0 15-40). On the other side, Lin was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 0th game (0-1 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 42 points. Tatjana was the winner of the set after clinching 14 more points than Zhu (28-14). The German lost 6 points on serve (17-6). Regarding the other side of the net, Zhu conceded 11 points on serve (8-11).
Maria had a strong start of this set after breaking Lin Zhu in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, there was more to do for Maria to win the set since Lin managed to break back in the 2nd (1-1) game. The German maintained her cool to break Lin in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game.
Lin was completely outplayed in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-1 to 6-1.
Maria converted 80% of her break points (4/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 3rd (1-1 15-40), the 5th (3-1 0-40 and 15-40) and the 7th game (5-1 40-A). On the other side, the Chinese was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 2nd game (0-1 15-40).
They played 38 points. Tatjana was the one to win the set after conquering 14 points more than Zhu (26-12). Maria dropped 6 points on serve (9-6). on the other side of the net, Zhu conceded 17 points on serve (6-17).
Tennis Scores in Seoul
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Lulu SunSun (7-5 7-66) – Stats and score progression
- Tatjana MariaMaria – Lin ZhuZhu (6-1 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Emma RaducanuRaducanu – Magda LinetteLinette (6-2 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Victoria Jimenez KasintsevaJimenez Kasintseva (6-2 6-1) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Emma RaducanuRaducanu (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Tatjana MariaMaria – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (0-0) – H2H details and stats
