Qinwen Zheng topples Alize Cornet 6-3 7-6(2) in the 2nd round in Rome on Thursday. Zheng will try to keep the momentum against Anna Bondar in the 3rd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 7 minutes.
Zheng added to her prize money € 10,048 after winning this match. She has already won € 22,700 after this win. If she wins the next match, Qinwen will add € 16,430 to her earnings to get in total € 39,130 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Chinese scored 88 points vs. Alize’s 69.
Zheng
Qinwen won this match even if she was struggling when converting her break points since she converted only 29% (4/14) of the procured opportunities.
Cornet
On the other side, Cornet was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points (only 40% – 2/5). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this contest, the head to head between Zheng and Cornet is 2-0 for Qinwen.
Draw and next match H2H: Qinwen Zheng vs. Anna Bondar – stats
Zheng will square off with Bondar in the 3rd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Qinwen Zheng and Anna Bondar play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Zheng (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Zheng won 6-2 6-1 in the quarter in W25 Hamburg back in 2021.
Live score progression and stats
Zheng won the set after she broke Alize 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game. Cornet tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) game. Nevertheless, Qinwen didn’t make any concession anymore to win the set 6-3.
Zheng failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 40.
Qinwen missed the opportunity to break Cornet in the 1st game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Cornet was powerless in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-3 to 6-3.
The Chinese converted 27% of her break points (3/11). She had 11 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 5th (3-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 7th (3-3 0-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). In addition on the other side, the French player converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 6th game (2-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 76 points. Zheng was the winner of the set after clinching 14 points more than the French player (45-31). Zheng conceded 13 points on serve (23-13). on the other side of the court, Cornet conceded 22 points on serve (18-22).
The Chinese won the set after she broke Alize in the 4th (3-1) game. Alize tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) game. Yet, Qinwen maintained the focus to finally clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 2.
Tiebreak
The Chinese won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 2nd (2-0), 6th (5-1) and 9th (7-2) point. On the other side, Cornet won a minibreak in the 7th (2-5) point.
The Chinese won the tiebreak 7-2 after she conquered a decisive 4-0 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 4-1, 5-1, 5-2, 6-2, 7-2
The Chinese converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 40-A), the 8th (4-3 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 40-A). In addition on the other side, Alize converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 5th game (1-3 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 81 points. Zheng won 5 more points than Cornet (43-38). The Chinese dropped 11 points on serve (23-11). on the other side of the court, the French player conceded 20 points on serve (27-20).
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