Anastasia Potapova topples Qinwen Zheng 6-4 7-6(4) in the 4th round in Miami on Monday. Potapova will have to play Jessica Pegula in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 40 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this competition. Previously, the best she could do was reach the 1st round in 2021. Here you can see her previous results at this event.
Potapova added to her prize money $ 87,510 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 184,465 after this win. If she wins the next match, Anastasia will add $ 168,170 to her earnings to get in total $ 352,635 in total.
Highlights Anastasia Potapova vs. Qinwen Zheng Miami Open – Miami
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
Anastasia won this match even if she scored the same amount of points of the Chinese (68 vs. 68).
Potapova
Potapova was pretty effective at converting 80% of the break points that she conquered (4/5).
Zheng
On the other side, Zheng was pretty good at converting 60% of the break points that she conquered points (3/5). Yet, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this match, the head to head between Potapova and Zheng is 1-2 for Qinwen.
Draw and next match H2H: Anastasia Potapova vs. Jessica Pegula – stats
Potapova will face Pegula in the quarter.
This will be the 4th time that Anastasia Potapova and Jessica Pegula face off. The head to head is 3-0 for Pegula (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Pegula won 3-6 6-4 7-5 in the 3rd round in Indian Wells back in March 2023.
Live score progression and stats
Potapova won the set after she broke the Chinese in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (4-3) game. Qinwen tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) game. Anyhow, the Russian managed to stay calm and finish the job to conquer the set 6-4.
Potapova converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (3-3 30-40) and the 11th game (6-3 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Qinwen converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 4th (1-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (3-4 40-A).
They played 67 points. The Russian was the one to win the set after conquering 5 points more than the Chinese (36-31). Potapova lost 14 points on serve (22-14). Regarding the other side of the net, Zheng conceded 14 points on serve (17-14).
Anastasia won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 4th (1-3) game, Anastasia broke back in the 7th (3-4) game before bringing the set at the breaker that she won 7-4.
Tiebreak
Potapova won 2 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Zheng won a minibreak in the 2nd (1-1) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4
Anastasia was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 7th game (2-4 40-A). On the other side, Zheng was unerring in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 0-40) and the 4th game (2-1 0-40).
They played 69 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Russian won this set even if she scored less points 5 than the Chinese (32-37). Anastasia lost 15 points on serve (19-15). On the losing side, Qinwen conceded 13 points on serve (22-13).
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