Iga Swiatek rolls past Qinwen Zheng 6-1 6-4 in the 2nd round in Stuttgart on Thursday after playing an extraordinary match to face off with Karolina Pliskova in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 26 minutes. Iga won this tournament once in 2022. Here you can see her history at this event.
The Pole added to her prize money € 9,746 after winning this match. She has already won € 19,832 after this win. If she wins the next match, Iga will add € 17,840 to her earnings to get in total € 37,672 in total.
Highlights Iga Swiatek vs. Qinwen Zheng Porsche Tennis Grand Prix – Stuttgart
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:26
At the end of the match, Swiatek scored 62 points vs. Qinwen’s 42.
Swiatek
The Pole served exceptionally well to win 84% of the points (27/32) behind her first serve. However she won only 45% points (9/20) on her second serve. Iga was pretty good at converting 50% of the break points that she conquered (4/8).
Zheng
On the other side, Zheng was stunning in converting the only break point that she converted. Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this match, the head to head between Swiatek and Zheng is 3-0 for Iga.
Draw and next match H2H: Iga Swiatek vs. Karolina Pliskova – stats
Swiatek will come up against Pliskova in the quarter.
This will be the 2nd time that Iga Swiatek and Karolina Pliskova clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Swiatek (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Swiatek won 6-0 6-0 in the final in Rome back in 2021.
Live score progression and stats
Swiatek commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Qinwen Zheng in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. The Pole extended her lead after breaking the Chinese in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).
Zheng was completely knocked out in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-1 to 6-1.
Iga converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (4-1 0-40) and the 8th game (6-0 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Swiatek didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 45 points. The Pole won 15 points more than Zheng (30-15). The Pole dropped 8 points on serve (17-8). On the losing side, Zheng conceded 13 points on serve (7-13).
Swiatek had a strong start of this set after breaking Qinwen Zheng in the 2nd game (2-0). Anyhow, Swiatek succeeded in coming back to break the Chinese in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).
Swiatek converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 9th game (4-4 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Chinese was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 8th game (3-4 40-A).
They played 59 points. Iga won 5 points more than Zheng (32-27). Swiatek conceded 8 points on serve (19-8). On the losing side, the Chinese conceded 13 points on serve (19-13).
Tennis Scores in Stuttgart
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Donna VekicVekic (6-2 6-75 7-65) – Stats and score progression
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Qinwen ZhengZheng (6-1 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Cori GauffGauff (6-2 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Cristina BucsaBucsa (6-1 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (1-6 7-5 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (6-2 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Caroline GarciaGarcia – Tatjana MariaMaria (7-6(5) 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia – Elena RybakinaRybakina (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Caroline GarciaGarcia (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (2-1) – H2H details and stats
