Stubborn Qinwen Zheng survives Kudermetova in the semifinal. HIGHLIGHTS – TOKYO RESULTS

Qinwen Zheng outlasts Veronika Kudermetova 5-7 6-3 7-6(3) in the semifinal in Tokyo on Saturday after conquering a huge battle. Zheng will play against Liudmila Samsonova in the final. The match lasted just 56 minutes.

Tokyo

Zheng's Record

Highlights Qinwen Zheng vs. Veronika Kudermetova Toray Pan Pacific Open – Tokyo

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Zheng

Kudermetova

5-7 6-3 7-6³
0h:56

110

110

Total points

107

107

52

52

Winners

40

40

47%

47%

Ratio Winners

37%

37%

-- Serve --

8

8

Aces

6

6

5

5

Double Faults

2

2

53%

53%

1st in

62%

62%

78%

78%

1st won

71%

71%

52/67

52/67

1st won

40/56

40/56

49%

49%

2nd won

63%

63%

29/59

29/59

2nd won

22/35

22/35

-- Break Points --

2/3

2/3

Total

2/10

2/10

67%

67%

Won

20%

20%

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At the end of the match, Zheng scored 110 points vs. the Russian’s 107.

Zheng

Qinwen served very well to win 78% of the points (52/67) behind her first serve. Nonetheless she won only 49% points (29/59) on her second serve. Qinwen was effective at converting 67% of the break points that she procured (2/3).

Kudermetova

On the other side, Kudermetova had a tough time converting her break points (only 20% – 2/10). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

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

Draw and next match H2H: Qinwen Zheng vs. Liudmila Samsonova – stats

Zheng will play Samsonova in the final.

This will be the 2^nd time that Qinwen Zheng and Liudmila Samsonova fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Zheng (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Zheng won 6-3 6-2 in the 1^st round in Palermo back in 2021.

Live score progression and stats

Kudermetova won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 4^th (1-3) game, The Russian broke back in the 7^th (3-4) and in the 11^th (6-5) game to win the set 7-5.

They played 83 points. The Russian conquered the set after winning 7 more points than Qinwen (45-38). Kudermetova dropped 11 points on serve (21-11). on the other side of the court, the Chinese conceded 24 points on serve (27-24).

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Qinwen grabbed in the 4^th game (3-1) before ultimately winning the set (6-3).

They contested 52 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Chinese won just 2 points more than Kudermetova (27-25). The Chinese dropped 10 points on serve (21-10). In addition, on the other side, Veronika conceded 6 points on serve (15-6).

The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Eventually, Qinwen won the tiebreak at 7-3.

Tiebreak

Zheng won 3 minibreaks in the 5^th (3-2), 8^th (6-2) and 10^th (7-3) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 6-2, 6-3, 7-3

Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. On the other side, Veronika wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 2^nd game (1-1 40-A).

They played 83 points. The Chinese won 5 more points than Kudermetova (44-39). Qinwen dropped 11 points on serve (32-11). In addition, on the other side, the Russian conceded 12 points on serve (28-12).

Tennis Scores in Tokyo

• Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova – Shuai ZhangZhang (7-6⁴ 6-2) – Stats and score progression
• Qinwen ZhengZheng – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (5-7 6-3 7-6³) – Stats and score progression

Upcoming matches

• Qinwen ZhengZheng – Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova (1-0) – H2H details and stats