Qinwen Zheng annihilates Daria Kasatkina 6-1 6-2 in the quarter in Abu Dhabi on Friday after playing a superlative match to deal with Liudmila Samsonova in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 18 minutes.
Highlights Qinwen Zheng vs. Daria Kasatkina Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open – Abu Dhabi
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Chinese scored 66 points vs. Darya’s 42.
Zheng
Zheng served very well to win 81% of the points (25/31) behind her first serve, and she won 60% points (12/20) on her second serve. The Chinese won this match even if she was battling in converting her break points since she converted only 40% (4/10) of the procured opportunities.
Kasatkina
On the other side, Kasatkina wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/4). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Zheng and Kasatkina is 1-0 for Qinwen.
Draw and next match H2H: Qinwen Zheng vs. Liudmila Samsonova – stats
Zheng will compete against Samsonova in the semifinal.
This will be the 3rd time that Qinwen Zheng and Liudmila Samsonova clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Zheng and Samsonova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Samsonova won 7-5 7-5 in the final in Tokyo back in 2022.
Live score progression and stats
Zheng conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Daria Kasatkina in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. The Chinese managed to boost her lead after breaking Darya in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).
It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when the Chinese won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to convert the score from 0-0 to 5-0.
Qinwen converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 4th (3-0 30-40) and the 6th game (5-0 30-40). On the other side, the Russian was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (0-2 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 49 points. Zheng was the one to win the set after conquering 15 more points than Kasatkina (32-17). Qinwen dropped 5 points on serve (18-5). on the other side of the court, Kasatkina conceded 14 points on serve (12-14).
Zheng was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Daria Kasatkina in the 1st
game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. The Chinese reinforced her lead after breaking Kasatkina in the 3rd (3-0) game before winning the set (6-2).It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when the Chinese won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to convert the score from 0-0 to 4-0.
Qinwen converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 3rd game (2-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Darya was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 6th (1-4 30-40) and the 8th game (2-5 30-40).
They contested 59 points. Qinwen was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than Kasatkina (34-25). The Chinese dropped 9 points on serve (19-9). Regarding the other side of the net, Darya conceded 15 points on serve (16-15).
Tennis Scores in Abu Dhabi
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- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Daria KasatkinaKasatkina (6-1 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia – Elena RybakinaRybakina (3-6 6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Belinda BencicBencic – Shelby RogersRogers (7-65 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
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- Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia – Belinda BencicBencic (1-1) – H2H details and stats