Veronika Kudermetova gets by Zheng in the quarter to collide vs Kalinina at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia. HIGHLIGHTS – ROME RESULTS

Veronika Kudermetova hustles Qinwen Zheng 3-6 6-3 6-4 in the quarter in Rome on Tuesday. Kudermetova will play against Anhelina Kalinina in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 31 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this competition. Previously, the best she could do was reach the 3^rd round in 2021. Here you can see her history at this event.

Rome

Kudermetova's Record

Kudermetova added to her prize money € 69,560 after conquering this match. She has already won € 143,490 up to now in this event. If she wins the next match, Kudermetova will add € 128,710 to her earnings to get in total € 272,200.

Highlights Veronika Kudermetova vs. Qinwen Zheng Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Kudermetova

Zheng

3-6 6-3 6-4
2h:31

93

93

Total points

85

85

33

33

Winners

33

33

35%

35%

Ratio Winners

39%

39%

-- Serve --

11

11

Aces

6

6

2

2

Double Faults

5

5

52%

52%

1st in

51%

51%

72%

72%

1st won

72%

72%

33/46

33/46

1st won

33/46

33/46

50%

50%

2nd won

41%

41%

21/42

21/42

2nd won

18/44

18/44

-- Break Points --

4/7

4/7

Total

3/6

3/6

57%

57%

Won

50%

50%

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At the end of the match, Veronika scored 93 points vs. Qinwen’s 85.

Kudermetova

The Russian fired 11 aces and she committed 2 double faults. The Russian was well focused in converting 57% of the break points that she procured (4/7).

Zheng

On the other side, Qinwen didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (3/6). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this contest, the head to head between Kudermetova and Zheng is 1-1.

Draw and next match H2H: Veronika Kudermetova vs. Anhelina Kalinina – stats

Kudermetova will take on Kalinina in the semifinal.

This will be the 3^rd time that Veronika Kudermetova and Anhelina Kalinina fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Kudermetova and Kalinina (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they fought against each other, Kalinina won 6-3 5-7 7-5 in the 1^st round in Dubai back in February 2023.

Live score progression and stats

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Chinese grabbed in the 8^th game (5-3) just before finally winning the set (6-3).

The Russian was outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-3 to 6-3.

Zheng was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 8^th game (4-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Veronika wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 5^th game (2-2 30-40).

They played 78 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Qinwen won just 2 more points than Kudermetova (40-38). Zheng surrendered 16 points on serve (26-16). on the other side of the court, the Russian conceded 14 points on serve (22-14).

Kudermetova won the set after she broke Qinwen in the 6^th (4-2) and in the 8^th (5-3) game. The Chinese tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7^th (4-3) game. Nonetheless, Veronika didn’t blink to conquer the set 6-3.

Veronika converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 30-40), the 6^th (3-2 0-40), the 7^th (4-3 0-40) and the 10^th game (6-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Chinese was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 7^th game (2-4 0-40).

They contested 46 points. Kudermetova won 10 more points than the Chinese (28-18). Veronika dropped 7 points on serve (12-7). on the other side of the net, Zheng conceded 16 points on serve (11-16).

Kudermetova conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Qinwen Zheng in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. However, that wasn’t sufficient for Veronika to win the set because the Chinese managed to break back in the 4^th (1-3) game.

The Russian was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 3^rd game (2-0 30-40). On the other side, Qinwen converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 4^th game (0-3 0-40 and 15-40).

They played 52 points. This set was so close that, Kudermetova won this set even if she scored the same amount of points as her opponent. Kudermetova surrendered 12 points on serve (19-12). Regarding the other side of the net, the Chinese conceded 7 points on serve (14-7).

Tennis Scores in Rome

• Anhelina KalininaKalinina – Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia (6-7² 7-6⁶ 6-3) – Stats and score progression
• Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Qinwen ZhengZheng (3-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
• Adelchi VirgiliVirgili – Riccardo BalzeraniBalzerani (6-2 6-1) – Stats and score progression
• Jacopo StefaniniStefanini – Roberto MarcoraMarcora (6-4 7-5) – Stats and score progression
• Tomislav BrkicBrkic – Tobias SimonSimon (3-6 6-3 7-6⁵) – Stats and score progression

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