Qinwen Zheng thumps Sorana Cirstea 6-2 6-3 in the 1st round in Stuttgart on Tuesday after playing a remarkable match to clash against Laura Siegemund or Marta Kostyuk in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 16 minutes. This run will match her best result in this competition. Here you can see her history at this event.
Highlights Qinwen Zheng vs. Sorana Cirstea Porsche Tennis Grand Prix – Stuttgart
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Chinese scored 58 points vs. Sorana’s 44.
Zheng
Zheng was effective when converting 60% of the break points that she conquered (6/10).
Cirstea
On the other side, Cirstea was effective at converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (2/4). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this match, the head to head between Zheng and Cirstea is 1-0 for Qinwen.
Draw and next match H2H: Qinwen Zheng vs. Laura Siegemund or Marta Kostyuk – stats
Zheng will take on either Laura Siegemund or Marta Kostyuk in the 2nd round. The head to head is 0-0 vs. Laura Siegemund and 1-0 vs. Marta Kostyuk.
Live score progression and stats
Zheng had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Sorana Cirstea in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, that wasn’t sufficient for Qinwen to win the set because Cirstea succeeded in breaking back in the 4th (1-3) game. Zheng maintained her focus to break Cirstea in the 7th (5-2) game before conquering the set (6-2).
Cirstea was eclipsed in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-2 to 6-2.
Qinwen converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 2nd (2-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 7th (4-2 15-40) and the 9th game (6-1 15-40). On the other side, Cirstea was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 4th game (0-3 30-40).
They played 53 points. Zheng won 13 more points than the Romanian (33-20). Zheng dropped 9 points on serve (14-9). on the other side of the court, the Romanian conceded 19 points on serve (11-19).
Zheng conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Sorana Cirstea in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Anyhow, that was not enough for the Chinese to win the set since the Romanian found the way to break back in the 6th (2-4) game. The Chinese maintained her cool to break Cirstea in the 9th (6-3) game.
Zheng converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (2-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40 and 30-40). In addition on the other side, Cirstea converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 6th game (1-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 49 points. This set was a huge battle since finally Qinwen won just 1 point more than Cirstea (25-24). Zheng lost 11 points on serve (15-11). Regarding the other side of the net, Cirstea conceded 10 points on serve (13-10).
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- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (6-2 6-3)
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- Linda NoskovaNoskova – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (6-3 6-1)
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