Iga Swiatek rolls past Qinwen Zheng 6-3 6-2 in the quarter in Dubai on Thursday after playing a solid match to clash against Anna Kalinskaya in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 26 minutes. Her best achievement in this tournament was reaching the final in 2023. Here you can see her history at this event.
Highlights Iga Swiatek vs. Qinwen Zheng Dubai Duty Free Championships – Dubai
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:26
At the end of the match, Iga scored 61 points vs. Qinwen’s 46.
Swiatek
Iga was pretty focused in converting 60% of the break points that she conquered (3/5).
Zheng
On the other side, Qinwen wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/3). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Swiatek and Zheng is 6-0 for Iga.
Draw and next match H2H: Iga Swiatek vs. Anna Kalinskaya – stats
Swiatek will compete against Kalinskaya in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Iga Swiatek and Anna Kalinskaya since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Swiatek had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Qinwen Zheng in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. That was sufficient for the Pole to win the set (6-3) as there were no other breaks.
Qinwen had to surrender the 2nd game (2-0) when she had a strong 40-0 lead while on serve.
Swiatek was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 2nd game (1-0 40-A). On the other side, the Chinese wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 3rd game (0-2 40-A).
They contested 61 points. Iga won 5 points more than Zheng (33-28). Iga surrendered 9 points on serve (22-9). On the other side, Qinwen conceded 11 points on serve (19-11).
Swiatek in this set was too good for Zheng and without many problems she won 6-2 after breaking Qinwen in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
Qinwen was dominated in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-2 to 6-2.
The Pole converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, the Chinese was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 8th game (2-5 30-40).
They contested 46 points. The Pole won 10 points more than Qinwen (28-18). The Pole surrendered 11 points on serve (19-11). In addition, on the other side, Qinwen conceded 9 points on serve (7-9).
Tennis Scores in Dubai
- Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Cori GauffGauff (2-6 6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (2-6 7-61 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Qinwen ZhengZheng (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Elena RybakinaRybakina (w/o) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (2-0) – H2H details and stats
