Qinwen Zheng breezes past Shuai Zhang 6-3 6-1 in the 1st round in Dubai on Sunday in what was an all-Chinese affair after playing a marvellous match to deal with Liudmila Samsonova in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 8 minutes.

Dubai
Zheng's Record

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Zheng
Zhang
6-3 6-1
1h:08
61
61
Total points
38
38
18
18
Winners
13
13
30%
30%
Ratio Winners
34%
34%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
0
0
6
6
Double Faults
4
4
42%
42%
1st in
49%
49%
90%
90%
1st won
52%
52%
18/20
18/20
1st won
13/25
13/25
43%
43%
2nd won
27%
27%
12/28
12/28
2nd won
7/26
7/26
-- Break Points --
6/11
6/11
Total
2/7
2/7
55%
55%
Won
29%
29%
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At the end of the match, Zheng scored 61 points vs. Zhang’s 38.

Zheng

Qinwen served very well to win 90% of the points (18/20) behind her first serve. Nevertheless she won only 43% points (12/28) on her second serve. Qinwen didn’t lose the focus when converting 55% of the break points that she conquered (6/11).

Zhang

On the other side, Shuai had a tough time converting her break points (only 29% – 2/7). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this contest, the head to head between Zheng and Zhang is 2-0 for Qinwen.

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

Zheng will compete against Samsonova in the 2nd round.

This will be the 4th time that Qinwen Zheng and Liudmila Samsonova square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Samsonova (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Samsonova won 6-4 1-6 6-4 in the semifinal in Abu Dhabi back in February 2023.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Zheng 6-3
ZhengZhang
6
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
ZhengZhang
6
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
ZhengZhang
5
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
ZhengZhang
4
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
ZhengZhang
3
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
ZhengZhang
2
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
ZhengZhang
1
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
ZhengZhang
1
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
ZhengZhang
1
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
ZhengZhang
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
0

Zheng commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Shuai Zhang in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, there was more work to do for Qinwen to win the set because Shuai managed to break back in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 4th (3-1) game. Qinwen maintained her focus to break Shuai in the 5th (2-3), in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game.

Zheng failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 0.

Shuai had no answers in the last 6 games of the set when the game count went from 1-3 to 6-3.

Qinwen converted 57% of her break points (4/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 5th (1-3 15-40 and 30-40), the 7th (3-3 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40 and 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Shuai converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 4th game (2-1 30-40).

They played 62 points. Qinwen won 12 points more than Zhang (37-25). Zheng dropped 11 points on serve (16-11). on the other side of the net, Shuai conceded 21 points on serve (14-21).

2nd Set -
Zheng 6-1
ZhengZhang
6
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
ZhengZhang
5
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
ZhengZhang
5
0
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
ZhengZhang
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
ZhengZhang
3
0
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
ZhengZhang
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30

Zheng had a racing start in this set after breaking Shuai Zhang in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Qinwen managed to boost her lead after breaking Zhang in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).

There was a pivotal moment in this set when Zheng won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the score from 0-0 to 5-0.

Zheng converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4

break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 4th game (3-0 0-40). On the other side, Zhang was unable to convert any of her 3 break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th game (0-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 37 points. Zheng was the winner of the set after clinching 11 points more than Zhang (24-13). Zheng conceded 7 points on serve (14-7). In addition, on the other side, Zhang conceded 10 points on serve (6-10).

1st
Zheng
Zhang
6-3
6
3
5
3
4
3
3
3
2
3
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
2nd
Zheng
Zhang
6-1
6
1
5
1
5
0
4
0
3
0
2
0
1
0

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