Kontaveit ousts Zhang in the 1st round. HIGHLIGHTS – ABU DHABI RESULTS

MUBADALA ABU DHABI OPEN - ABU DHABI DRAW AND RESULTS. Kontaveit tops Zhang

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Anett Kontaveit vs. Shuai Zhang

Anett Kontaveit prevails over Shuai Zhang 4-6 7-6(4) 6-4 in the 1st round in Abu Dhabi on Monday. The battle lasted 2 hours and 21 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this competition. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the 1st round in 2021. Here you can see her history at this event.

Kontaveit
Abu Dhabi
Kontaveit's Record

Highlights Anett Kontaveit vs. Shuai Zhang Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open – Abu Dhabi

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Kontaveit
Zhang
Anett Kontaveit
4-6 7-64 6-4
2h:21
Shuai Zhang
111
111
Total points
108
108
53
53
Winners
47
47
48%
48%
Ratio Winners
44%
44%
-- Serve --
10
10
Aces
3
3
6
6
Double Faults
2
2
63%
63%
1st in
65%
65%
70%
70%
1st won
73%
73%
53/76
53/76
1st won
47/64
47/64
52%
52%
2nd won
49%
49%
23/44
23/44
2nd won
17/35
17/35
-- Break Points --
3/6
3/6
Total
3/13
3/13
50%
50%
Won
23%
23%
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At the end of the match, Kontaveit scored 111 points vs. the Chinese’s 108.

Kontaveit

Kontaveit blasted 10 aces and she committed 6 double faults. Anett was effective at converting 50% of the break points that she conquered (3/6).

Zhang

On the other side, Shuai was far from perfect in converting her break points (only 23% – 3/13). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Kontaveit and Zhang is 4-2 for Anett.

Anett Kontaveit Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Zhang 6-4
ZhangKontaveit
6
4
15
15
30
15
40
15
ZhangKontaveit
5
4
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
ZhangKontaveit
5
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
ZhangKontaveit
4
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
ZhangKontaveit
3
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
ZhangKontaveit
2
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
ZhangKontaveit
1
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
ZhangKontaveit
0
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
ZhangKontaveit
0
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
ZhangKontaveit
0
1
0
15
0
30
0
40

Kontaveit was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Shuai Zhang in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, Zhang managed to stage a good comeback to break Anett in the 5th (2-3) and in the 7th (4-3) game before winning the set (6-4).

A defining moment of this set was when Shuai won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to bring the score from 0-3 to 5-3.

The Chinese was unerring in converting all her break points in the 5th (1-3 30-40) and the 7th game (3-3 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Anett was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 2nd game (3-1 40-A).

They played 57 points. Shuai was the one to win the set after conquering 7 points more than Kontaveit (32-25). The Chinese lost 6 points on serve (19-6). on the other side of the court, Anett conceded 13 points on serve (19-13).

2nd Set -
Kontaveit 7-6
KontaveitZhang
7
6
K
1
0
Z
1
1
Z
2
1
K
3
1
K
4
1
Z
4
2
Z
5
2
K
5
3
K
6
4
Z
7
4
KontaveitZhang
6
6
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
KontaveitZhang
6
5
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
KontaveitZhang
5
5
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
KontaveitZhang
5
4
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
KontaveitZhang
5
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
KontaveitZhang
5
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
KontaveitZhang
4
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
KontaveitZhang
3
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
KontaveitZhang
2
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
KontaveitZhang
2
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
KontaveitZhang
1
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
KontaveitZhang
1
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40

Anett won the set after she broke Shuai in the 6th (4-2) game. Shuai tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9th (5-4) game. Notwithstanding, Kontaveit managed to stay calm and finish the job to finally clinch the set at the following breaker at 4.

Tiebreak

Kontaveit won 3 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1), 7th (5-2) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Zhang won 2 minibreaks in the 8th (3-5) and 10th (4-6) point.

Kontaveit won the tiebreak 7-4 after she conquered a decisive 4-2 lead.

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

Anett dropped 23 points on serve (37-23). on the other side of the net, Shuai conceded 19 points on serve (26-19).

3rd Set -
Kontaveit 6-4
KontaveitZhang
6
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
KontaveitZhang
5
4
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
KontaveitZhang
5
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
KontaveitZhang
4
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
KontaveitZhang
4
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
KontaveitZhang
3
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
KontaveitZhang
3
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
KontaveitZhang
2
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
KontaveitZhang
1
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
KontaveitZhang
0
1
0
15
0
30
0
40

Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Estonian conquered in the 3rd game (2-1) prior to eventually winning the set (6-4).

Anett converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (1-1 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Shuai was unable to convert any of her 3 break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 10th game (4-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 57 points. Anett was the one to win the set after conquering 5 points more than Shuai (31-26). Anett dropped 8 points on serve (21-8). Regarding the other side of the net, Shuai conceded 10 points on serve (18-10).

1st
Kontaveit
Zhang
4-6
4
6
4
5
3
5
3
4
3
3
3
2
3
1
3
0
2
0
1
0
2nd
Kontaveit
Zhang
7-6
7
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
4
5
3
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
3rd
Kontaveit
Zhang
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
 

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