Iga Swiatek wins against Qinwen Zheng 3-6 6-1 6-1 in the 3rd round in Cincinnati on Thursday. Swiatek is going to play against Marketa Vondrousova in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 10 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this competition. Previously, the best she could do was reach the 3rd round in 2022. Here you can see her history at this event.
The Pole added to her prize money $ 31,700 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 63,350 after this win. If she wins the next match, Swiatek will add $ 74,650 to her earnings to get in total $ 138,000 in total.
Highlights Iga Swiatek vs. Qinwen Zheng Western & Southern Open – Cincinnati
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Iga scored 86 points vs. Qinwen’s 65.
Swiatek
Iga was pretty good at converting 70% of the break points that she conquered (7/10).
Zheng
On the other side, Zheng was pretty focused in converting 57% of the break points that she procured points (4/7). Yet, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this match, the head to head between Swiatek and Zheng is 4-0 for Iga.
Draw and next match H2H: Iga Swiatek vs. Marketa Vondrousova – stats
Swiatek will square off with Vondrousova in the quarter.
This will be the 2nd time that Iga Swiatek and Marketa Vondrousova clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Swiatek (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Swiatek won 6-1 6-2 in the 1st round in Paris back in 2020.
The Pole was great in turning the match in the last 2 sets after losing the opener. In fact, she conceded only 2 games in the last 2 sets after winning 50 points vs. Vondrousova’s 28 points.
Live score progression and stats
Swiatek had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Qinwen Zheng in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, that wasn’t sufficient for the Chinese to win the set because Swiatek succeeded in breaking back in the 4th (1-3) game. Zheng kept her focus to break Swiatek in the 9th (6-3) game.
The Chinese failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 0.
Zheng was perfect in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 3rd (2-0 0-40) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40). In addition on the other side, the Pole was flawless in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 3rd (0-3 40-A) and the 10th game (2-6 0-40).
They played 73 points. Qinwen conquered the set after winning 5 more points than Iga (39-34). The Chinese conceded 19 points on serve (19-19). on the other side of the court, Swiatek conceded 20 points on serve (15-20).
Swiatek didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Qinwen Zheng in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Notwithstanding, that was not enough for Swiatek to win the set because Zheng found the way to break back in the 6th (1-5) game. Swiatek maintained her cool to break Qinwen in the 7th (6-1) game.
The Pole failed to serve out the set when leading 6-1 to be broken at 15.
There was a pivotal moment in this set when the Pole won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the score from 0-0 to 5-0.
Swiatek converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-0 0-40), the 5th (4-0 0-40) and the 7th game (5-1 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Qinwen was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 6th game (0-5 30-40).
They played 44 points. Iga won 16 points more than Zheng (30-14). Iga dropped 8 points on serve (14-8). Regarding the other side of the net, Qinwen conceded 16 points on serve (6-16).
Swiatek got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Qinwen Zheng in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. That break resulted decisive for the Pole to win the set (6-1) as there were no other breaks.
Swiatek converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Iga didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 34 points. The Pole won 10 more points than the Chinese (22-12). Swiatek was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (12-4). On the losing side, Zheng conceded 10 points on serve (8-10).
Tennis Scores in Cincinnati
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Qinwen ZhengZheng (3-6 6-1 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Daria KasatkinaKasatkina (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Cori GauffGauff – Linda NoskovaNoskova (6-4 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Elena RybakinaRybakina (4-6 5-2 ret.) – Stats and score progression
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Donna VekicVekic (5-2 ret.) – Stats and score progression
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Sloane StephensStephens (7-5 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Jessica PegulaPegula (6-4 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Maria SakkariSakkari (6-3 2-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Cori GauffGauff (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (2-3) – H2H details and stats