Qinwen Zheng hustles Jasmine Paolini 6-4 1-6 6-1 in the final in Palermo on Sunday. The battle lasted 2 hours and 14 minutes. This is the first time that the Chinese conquered this tournament. Her most significant achievement in this competition so far was reaching the 2nd round. Here you can see when her history at this event.
Highlights Qinwen Zheng vs. Jasmine Paolini Palermo Ladies Open – Palermo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4eQhvZlBzs
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:14
At the end of the match, Zheng scored 81 points vs. Jasmine’s 75.
Zheng
The Chinese didn’t lose the focus when converting 57% of the break points that she procured (4/7).
Paolini
On the other side, Jasmine was battling in converting her break points (only 38% – 3/8). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Zheng and Paolini is 1-0 for Qinwen.
This was the 1st career title for the Chinese. (see list of titles and finals). Paolini 2nd remains with 1 title after she conquered the tournament in Portoroz 2021. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
Zheng had a favorable start in this set after breaking Jasmine Paolini in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, there was more work to do for Zheng to win the set since Jasmine succeeded in breaking back in the 4th (1-3) game.
Zheng converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40) and the 3rd game (2-0 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Italian was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 4th game (0-3 0-40).
They contested 63 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Zheng won just 3 points more than the Italian (33-30). Qinwen lost 11 points on serve (17-11). on the other side of the net, the Italian conceded 16 points on serve (19-16).
Zheng started the set in the best possible way after breaking Jasmine Paolini in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Paolini extended her lead after breaking the Chinese in the 4th (4-0) and in the 7th (6-1) game before winning the set.
Paolini failed to serve out the set when leading 6-1 to be broken at 30.
It is worth noting that a key moment of this set was when Jasmine won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to convert the score from 0-0 to 5-0.
The Italian was flawless in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 3rd game (3-0 30-40). On the other side, the Italian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 55 points. Paolini was the one to win the set after conquering 7 points more than the Chinese (31-24). Jasmine was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (12-3). on the other side of the court, Zheng conceded 19 points on serve (21-19).
Zheng started the set in the best possible way after breaking Jasmine Paolini in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. The Chinese managed to boost her lead after breaking the Italian in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).
It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when Zheng won 4 consecutive games in the 3rd set to change the game count from 0-0 to 5-0.
Qinwen converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 4th game (3-0 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Qinwen didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 38 points. Zheng won 10 more points than Jasmine (24-14). Qinwen was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (12-4). In addition, on the other side, the Italian conceded 12 points on serve (10-12).
