Yulia Putintseva stuns Zheng at the 2nd round to play vs Stephens – FRENCH OPEN RESULTS

FRENCH OPEN - PARIS DRAW AND RESULTS. Putintseva stuns Zheng to square off with Sloane Stephens in the 3rd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Yulia Putintseva vs. Qinwen Zheng

Yulia Putintseva surprises Qinwen Zheng 6-3 4-6 6-2 in the 2nd round in Paris on Wednesday. Putintseva will play against Sloane Stephens in the 3rd round. The match lasted 2 hours and 25 minutes. Her best achievement in this competition was reaching the quarter in 2016 and 2018. Here you can see her history at this event.

Putintseva
Paris
Putintseva's Record

Yulia added to her prize money € 45,000 after conquering this match. She has already won € 142,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Kazakhstani will add € 98,000 to her earnings to get in total € 240,000 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Putintseva
Zheng
Yulia Putintseva
6-3 4-6 6-2
2h:25
Qinwen Zheng
92
92
Total points
78
78
41
41
Winners
25
25
45%
45%
Ratio Winners
32%
32%
19
19
Unforced
49
49
28%
28%
Ratio Unforced
72%
72%
0/2
0/2
Net Approaches
16/28
16/28
0%
0%
Perc
57%
57%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
2
2
1
1
Double Faults
4
4
77%
77%
1st in
45%
45%
64%
64%
1st won
64%
64%
41/64
41/64
1st won
25/39
25/39
42%
42%
2nd won
40%
40%
8/19
8/19
2nd won
19/48
19/48
-- Break Points --
7/13
7/13
Total
5/11
5/11
54%
54%
Won
45%
45%
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At the end of the match, the Kazakhstani scored 92 points vs. Qinwen’s 78.

Putintseva

The Kazakhstani was pretty good at converting 54% of the break points that she conquered (7/13).

Zheng

On the other side, Zheng was battling in converting her break points (only 45% – 5/11). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this encounter, the head to head between Putintseva and Zheng is 1-0 for Yulia.

Draw and next match H2H: Yulia Putintseva vs. Sloane Stephens – stats

Putintseva will square off with Stephens in the 3rd round.

This will be the 6th time that Yulia Putintseva and Sloane Stephens clash against each other. The head to head is 3-2 for Putintseva (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they played each other, Putintseva won 4-6 6-2 6-3 in the 1st round in Melbourne back in 2021.

Yulia Putintseva Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Putintseva 6-3
PutintsevaZheng
6
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
PutintsevaZheng
5
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
PutintsevaZheng
4
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
PutintsevaZheng
3
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
PutintsevaZheng
3
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
PutintsevaZheng
2
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
PutintsevaZheng
2
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
PutintsevaZheng
1
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
PutintsevaZheng
1
0
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15

The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that the Kazakhstani conquered in the 8th game (5-3) before finally conquering the set (6-3).

Putintseva converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 8th game (4-3 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Chinese wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 5th game (2-2 30-40).

They contested 52 points. The Kazakhstani was the winner of the set after clinching 8 points more than Zheng (30-22). Yulia conceded 6 points on serve (21-6). on the other side of the court, Zheng conceded 9 points on serve (16-9).

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

The Chinese won the set after she broke the Kazakhstani 4 times in the 4th (3-1), in the 6th (4-2), in the 8th (5-3) and in the 10th (6-4) game. Yulia tried to stage a comeback breaking 3 times in the 5th (3-2), in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (5-4) game. However, Zheng didn’t lose the lead to win the set 6-4.

The Chinese failed to serve out the set when leading 5-3 to be broken at 30.

The Chinese was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 4th (2-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 6th (3-2 0-40), the 8th (4-3 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Yulia was unerring in converting all her break points in the 5th (1-3 15-40), the 7th (2-4 30-40) and the 9th game (3-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 59 points. Zheng was the one to win the set after conquering 5 more points than Yulia (32-27). Zheng dropped 15 points on serve (13-15). In addition, on the other side, the Kazakhstani conceded 19 points on serve (12-19).

3rd Set -
Putintseva 6-2
PutintsevaZheng
6
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
PutintsevaZheng
5
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
PutintsevaZheng
4
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
PutintsevaZheng
3
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
PutintsevaZheng
2
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
PutintsevaZheng
2
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
PutintsevaZheng
2
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
PutintsevaZheng
1
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30

Putintseva had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Qinwen Zheng in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Yulia to win the set as the Chinese found the way to break back in the 4th (2-2) game. Putintseva maintained her focus to break Qinwen in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game before conquering the set (6-2).

The Chinese couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-2 to 6-2.

The Kazakhstani converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (2-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 5th (2-2 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40 and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Qinwen converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 4th game (1-2 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 59 points. The Kazakhstani was the one to win the set after conquering 11 points more than the Chinese (35-24). Yulia surrendered 9 points on serve (16-9). On the losing side, Zheng conceded 19 points on serve (15-19).

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

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