Inexorable Qinwen Zheng brushes past Potapova in the 3rd round to play vs Swiatek. HIGHLIGHTS – DUBAI RESULTS

DUBAI DUTY FREE CHAMPIONSHIPS - DUBAI DRAW AND RESULTS. Zheng breezes past Potapova to take on Iga Swiatek in the quarter

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Qinwen Zheng vs. Anastasia Potapova

Qinwen Zheng sweeps aside Anastasia Potapova 6-3 6-2 in the 3rd round in Dubai on Wednesday after playing an impressive match to face off with Iga Swiatek in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 32 minutes. This will be her best result in this tournament. Previously, the best she could do was reaching the 1st round in 2023. Here you can see her history at this event.

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Zheng's Record

Highlights Qinwen Zheng vs. Anastasia Potapova Dubai Duty Free Championships – Dubai

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Zheng
Potapova
Qinwen Zheng
6-3 6-2
1h:32
Anastasia Potapova
76
76
Total points
56
56
23
23
Winners
21
21
30%
30%
Ratio Winners
38%
38%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
2
2
3
3
Double Faults
4
4
56%
56%
1st in
59%
59%
66%
66%
1st won
51%
51%
23/35
23/35
1st won
21/41
21/41
56%
56%
2nd won
38%
38%
15/27
15/27
2nd won
11/29
11/29
-- Break Points --
5/12
5/12
Total
1/5
1/5
42%
42%
Won
20%
20%
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At the end of the match, Zheng scored 76 points vs. the Russian’s 56.

Zheng

Qinwen won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points as she converted only 42% (5/12) of the procured opportunities.

Potapova

On the other side, the Russian was not so effective in converting her break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Zheng and Potapova is 3-1 for Qinwen.

Draw and next match H2H: Qinwen Zheng vs. Iga Swiatek – stats

Zheng will square off with Swiatek in the quarter.

This will be the 6th time that Qinwen Zheng and Iga Swiatek fight against each other. The head to head is 5-0 for Swiatek (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Swiatek won 6-2 6-3 in the quarter in Australia back in January 2024.

Qinwen Zheng Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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ZhengPotapova
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Z
0
0
P
0
0

The Chinese won the set after she broke the Russian 3 times in the 5th (3-2), in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game. The Russian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) game. Yet, Qinwen didn’t blink to conquer the set 6-3.

Zheng failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 30.

Anastasia was eclipsed in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-3 to 6-3.

Qinwen converted 37% of her break points (3/8). She had 8 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (2-2 0-40), the 6th (3-3 15-40) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40 and 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Anastasia converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 6th game (2-3 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).

They played 73 points. Zheng conquered the set after winning 13 more points than Anastasia (43-30). Zheng conceded 16 points on serve (23-16). On the other side, Anastasia conceded 20 points on serve (14-20).

2nd Set -
Zheng Not
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0
0
0
0

The Chinese in this set didn’t concede much to the Russian and finally she won 6-2 after breaking Anastasia in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.

The Chinese converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Anastasia was unable to convert any of her 3 break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 7th game (2-4 40-A and 40-A).

They played 65 points. The Chinese won 7 more points than the Russian (36-29). Qinwen conceded 10 points on serve (17-10). on the other side of the court, Potapova conceded 19 points on serve (19-19).

1st
Zheng
Potapova
6-3
6
3
5
3
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
2nd
Zheng
Potapova
6-2
6
2
5
2
4
2
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
 

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