Qinwen Zheng prevails over Begu in the 2nd round to play vs Samsonova in the following round – MIAMI RESULTS

MIAMI OPEN - MIAMI DRAW AND RESULTS. Zheng gets by Begu to face Liudmila Samsonova in the 3rd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Qinwen Zheng vs. Irina-Camelia Begu

Qinwen Zheng ousts Irina-Camelia Begu 2-6 6-1 6-1 in the 2nd round in Miami on Thursday. Zheng will square off with Liudmila Samsonova in the 3rd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 3 minutes. This will be her best result in this tournament. In the past, the best she could do was reach the 1st round in 2022. Here you can see her history at this event.

Zheng
Miami
Zheng's Record

The Chinese added to her prize money $ 24,885 after winning this match. She has already won $ 55,770 after this win. If she wins the next match, Zheng will add $ 41,185 to her earnings to get in total $ 96,955 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Zheng
Begu
Qinwen Zheng
2-6 6-1 6-1
2h:03
Irina-Camelia Begu
76
76
Total points
64
64
26
26
Winners
27
27
34%
34%
Ratio Winners
42%
42%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
5
5
6
6
Double Faults
2
2
45%
45%
1st in
67%
67%
76%
76%
1st won
63%
63%
26/34
26/34
1st won
27/43
27/43
50%
50%
2nd won
38%
38%
21/42
21/42
2nd won
8/21
8/21
-- Break Points --
5/8
5/8
Total
2/10
2/10
63%
63%
Won
20%
20%
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At the end of the match, Zheng scored 76 points vs. Irina-Camelia’s 64.

Zheng

The Chinese served exceptionally well to win 76% of the points (26/34) behind her first serve, and she won 50% points (21/42) on her second serve. Zheng was pretty focused in converting 63% of the break points that she conquered (5/8).

Begu

On the other side, Irina-Camelia had some problems converting her break points (only 20% – 2/10). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

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

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

Zheng will square off with Samsonova in the 3rd 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 w/o in the 2nd round in Dubai back in February 2023.

Qinwen Zheng Draw info

The Chinese was great in turning the match in the last 2 sets after losing the opener. In fact, she conceded only 2 games in the last 2 sets after winning 51 points vs. Samsonova’s 30 points.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Begu 6-2
BeguZheng
6
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
BeguZheng
6
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
BeguZheng
5
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
BeguZheng
5
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
BeguZheng
4
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
BeguZheng
3
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
BeguZheng
2
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
BeguZheng
2
0
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
BeguZheng
1
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40

Zheng had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Irina-Camelia Begu in the 1st game (1-0). Irina-Camelia managed to boost her lead after breaking the Chinese in the 5th (4-1) game before conquering the set (6-2).

Begu was flawless in converting all her break points in the 0th (1-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 4th (3-1 30-40), the 7th (5-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (6-1 30-40). On the other side, the Romanian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 59 points. The Romanian was the one to win the set after conquering 9 more points than Zheng (34-25). Begu conceded 5 points on serve (16-5). On the losing side, Zheng conceded 18 points on serve (20-18).

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

The Chinese was far too good to concede just 1 game before breaking Irina-Camelia 2 times and wrap up the set 6-1.

The Romanian was completely knocked out in the last 6 games of the set when the score went from 1-1 to 6-1.

Zheng was on the money in converting all her break points in the 3rd (2-1 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40). On the other side, Qinwen didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 41 points. The Chinese conquered the set after winning 7 points more than Begu (24-17). Qinwen was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (12-4). In addition, on the other side, the Romanian conceded 12 points on serve (13-12).

3rd Set -
Zheng 6-1
ZhengBegu
6
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
ZhengBegu
5
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
ZhengBegu
4
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
ZhengBegu
3
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
ZhengBegu
2
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
ZhengBegu
1
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40

The Chinese won the set after she broke the Romanian 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game.

The Romanian was powerless in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 1-1 to 6-1.

Qinwen converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (3-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (5-1 30-40). On the other side, Begu was unable to convert any of her 3 break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (1-4 30-40).

They played 40 points. Zheng won 14 points more than Begu (27-13). Zheng lost 7 points on serve (15-7). on the other side of the net, the Romanian conceded 12 points on serve (6-12).

1st
Zheng
Begu
2-6
2
6
2
5
1
5
1
4
1
3
1
2
0
2
0
1
2nd
Zheng
Begu
6-1
6
1
5
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
3rd
Zheng
Begu
6-1
6
1
5
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
 

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