Qinwen Zheng conquers Wang in the 3rd round to play vs Dodin at the Australian Open. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

Qinwen Zheng hustles Yafan Wang 6-4 2-6 7-6(8) in the 3^rd round in Melbourne on Saturday in what was an all-Chinese match. Zheng will try to keep the momentum against Oceane Dodin in the 4^th round. The match lasted 2 hours and 40 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this tournament. Previously, the best she could do was reaching the 2^nd round in 2022 and 2023. Here you can see her history at this event.

Melbourne

Zheng's Record

Zheng added to her prize money $ 120,000 after winning this match. She has already won $ 375,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Zheng will add $ 225,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 600,000 in total.

Highlights Qinwen Zheng vs. Yafan Wang Australian Open – Melbourne

Zheng’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Zheng

Wang

6-4 2-6 7-6⁸
2h:40

100

100

Total points

99

99

40

40

Winners

43

43

40%

40%

Ratio Winners

43%

43%

48

48

Unforced

31

31

61%

61%

Ratio Unforced

39%

39%

11/14

11/14

Net Approaches

7/12

7/12

79%

79%

Perc

58%

58%

-- Serve --

10

10

Aces

1

1

8

8

Double Faults

2

2

54%

54%

1st in

66%

66%

80%

80%

1st won

61%

61%

40/50

40/50

1st won

43/70

43/70

47%

47%

2nd won

64%

64%

20/43

20/43

2nd won

23/36

23/36

184

184

Fastest serve

175

175

169

169

AVG 1^st Serve

160

160

134

134

AVG 2^nd Serve

133

133

-- Break Points --

3/7

3/7

Total

4/5

4/5

43%

43%

Won

80%

80%

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At the end of the match, Qinwen scored 100 points vs. Wang’s 99.

Zheng

Qinwen served exceptionally well to win 80% of the points (40/50) behind her first serve. Nevertheless she won only 47% points (20/43) on her second serve. Zheng struck 10 aces and she committed 8 double faults. Zheng won this match even if she was not so effective in converting her break points as she converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities.

Wang

On the other side, Yafan was effective when converting 80% of the break points that she conquered points (4/5). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this match, the head to head between Zheng and Wang is 1-1.

Draw and next match H2H: Qinwen Zheng vs. Oceane Dodin – stats

Zheng will face Dodin in the 4^th round.

This will be the 4^th time that Qinwen Zheng and Oceane Dodin face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Zheng (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Zheng won 6-2 6-1 in the quarter in W100 Contrexeville back in 2021.

Live score progression and stats

Zheng started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Yafan Wang in the 1^st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Notwithstanding, that was not enough for Zheng to win the set since Yafan managed to break back in the 8^th (3-5) game.

It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when Qinwen won 4 consecutive games in the 1^st set to bring the game count from 0-0 to 4-0.

Qinwen converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 15-40), the 3^rd (2-0 30-40) and the 9^th game (5-3 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Yafan was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 8^th game (2-5 40-A).

They contested 67 points. Zheng was the winner of the set after clinching 5 points more than Wang (36-31). Zheng lost 10 points on serve (20-10). On the losing side, Wang conceded 16 points on serve (21-16).

Zheng was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Yafan Wang in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Wang extended her lead after breaking Qinwen in the 8^th (6-2) game before winning the set.

Yafan failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 40.

Yafan was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 1^st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8^th game (5-2 15-40). On the other side, Wang didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 44 points. Yafan conquered the set after winning 12 more points than Qinwen (28-16). Yafan lost 5 points on serve (17-5). On the other side, Zheng conceded 11 points on serve (11-11).

Zheng won the set after she broke Yafan in the 5^th (3-2) game. Yafan tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10^th (5-5) game. Nevertheless, Zheng didn’t blink to ultimately clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 8.

Tiebreak

Zheng won 4 minibreaks in the 5^th (3-2), 13^th (7-6), 16^th (9-7) and 18^th (10-8) point. On the other side, Yafan won 2 minibreaks in the 11^th (5-6) and 14^th (7-7) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 6-5, 6-6, 7-6, 7-7, 8-7, 9-7, 9-8, 10-8

Qinwen converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 5^th (2-2 30-40) and the 7^th game (4-2 40-A). On the other side, Yafan was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 10^th game (4-5 30-40).

They contested 86 points. Zheng was the winner of the set after clinching 6 points more than Yafan (46-40). Zheng surrendered 12 points on serve (28-12). Regarding the other side of the net, Yafan conceded 18 points on serve (28-18).

Tennis Scores at the Australian Open

• Qinwen ZhengZheng – Yafan WangWang (6-4 2-6 7-6⁸) – Stats and score progression
• Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Emma NavarroNavarro (6-2 2-6 6-1) – Stats and score progression
• Oceane DodinDodin – Clara BurelBurel (6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
• Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (7-6¹ 6-4) – Stats and score progression
• Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Sloane StephensStephens (6-7⁸ 6-1 6-4) – Stats and score progression
• Mirra AndreevaAndreeva – Diane ParryParry (1-6 6-1 7-6⁵) – Stats and score progression
• Magdalena FrechFrech – Anastasia ZakharovaZakharova (4-6 7-5 6-4) – Stats and score progression
• Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (7-5 6-4) – Stats and score progression
• Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Lesya TsurenkoTsurenko (6-0 6-0) – Stats and score progression
• Marta KostyukKostyuk – Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan (2-6 6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
• Maria TimofeevaTimofeeva – Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia (7-6⁷ 6-3) – Stats and score progression
• Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Storm HunterHunter (4-6 7-5 6-3) – Stats and score progression
• Cori GauffGauff – Alycia ParksParks (6-0 6-2) – Stats and score progression

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