Qinwen Zheng tops Noskova in the 3rd round to clash vs Osaka. HIGHLIGHTS – ROME RESULTS

Qinwen Zheng prevails over Linda Noskova 3-6 6-1 6-2 in the 3^rd round in Rome on Saturday. Zheng will fight against Naomi Osaka in the 4^th round. The match lasted 1 hour and 48 minutes. Her best result in this tournament was reaching the quarter in 2023. Here you can see her history at this event.

Zheng added to her prize money € 22,045 after winning this match. She has already won € 52,480 after this win. If she wins the next match, Qinwen will add € 46,680 to her earnings to get in total € 99,160 in total.

Highlights Qinwen Zheng vs. Linda Noskova Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

At the end of the match, Zheng scored 75 points vs. Noskova’s 60.

Zheng

Qinwen served pretty well to win 83% of the points (25/30) behind her first serve. Notwithstanding she won only 46% points (19/41) on her second serve. The Chinese didn’t lose the concentration in converting 75% of the break points that she procured (6/8).

Noskova

On the other side, Linda was pretty effective at converting 60% of the break points that she procured points (3/5). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Zheng and Noskova is 2-0 for Qinwen.

Draw and next match H2H: Qinwen Zheng vs. Naomi Osaka – stats

Zheng will take on Osaka in the 4^th round.

This will be the 2^nd time that Qinwen Zheng and Naomi Osaka clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Osaka (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they played, Osaka won 6-4 3-6 6-1 in the 1^st round in San Jose back in 2022.

Zheng was great in turning the match in the last 2 sets after losing the opener. In fact, she conceded only 3 games in the last 2 sets after winning 49 points vs. Osaka’s 30 points.

Live score progression and stats

Zheng had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Linda Noskova in the 2^nd game (2-0). Yet, that wasn’t sufficient for the Czech to win the set as Zheng managed to break back in the 3^rd (1-2) and in the 7^th (3-4) game. Noskova maintained her cool to break Qinwen in the 6^th (4-2) and in the 8^th (5-3) game before conquering the set (6-3).

The Czech was perfect in converting all her break points in the 2^nd (1-0 40-A), the 6^th (3-2 15-40) and the 8^th game (4-3 30-40). Also, on the other side, the Chinese was flawless in converting all her break points in the 3^rd (0-2 0-40) and the 7^th game (2-4 30-40).

They played 56 points. Noskova was the winner of the set after clinching 6 more points than Zheng (31-25). The Czech dropped 11 points on serve (14-11). On the losing side, Zheng conceded 17 points on serve (14-17).

Zheng didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Linda Noskova in the 2^nd

game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Zheng reinforced her lead after breaking Noskova in the 6^th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).

Linda was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-1 to 6-1.

Zheng converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 40-A) and the 6^th game (4-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Chinese didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 40 points. The Chinese was the one to win the set after conquering 6 more points than the Czech (23-17). The Chinese was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (12-3). On the other side, Noskova conceded 11 points on serve (14-11).

The Chinese in this set was much more effective than Linda and consequently she won 6-2 after breaking Noskova in the 5^th (3-2) and in the 7^th (5-2) game.

Noskova was not able to offer any resistance in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-2 to 6-2.

The Chinese was flawless in converting all her break points in the 5^th (2-2 0-40) and the 7^th game (4-2 15-40). On the other side, Linda was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 1^st game (0-0 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 39 points. Qinwen conquered the set after winning 15 points more than the Czech (27-12). The Chinese lost 7 points on serve (18-7). Regarding the other side of the net, Noskova conceded 9 points on serve (5-9).

Tennis Scores in Rome

• Naomi OsakaOsaka – Daria KasatkinaKasatkina (6-3 6-3)
• Angelique KerberKerber – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (6-3 7-6⁴)
• Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Diana ShnaiderShnaider (5-7 6-4 6-4)
• Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (6-3 6-4)
• Madison KeysKeys – Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia (6-4 4-6 6-3)
• Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (7-6¹ 6-3)
• Qinwen ZhengZheng – Linda NoskovaNoskova (3-6 6-1 6-2)

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