Qinwen Zheng hustles Naomi Osaka 6-2 6-4 in the 4th round in Rome on Monday. Zheng will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Paula Badosa Gibert or Cori Gauff in the Round Robin. The match lasted 1 hour and 24 minutes. Her best result in this competition was reaching the quarter in 2023. Here you can see her history at this event.
Qinwen added to her prize money € 46,680 after winning this match. She has already won € 99,160 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Chinese will add € 93,245 to her earnings to get in total € 192,405 in total.
Highlights Qinwen Zheng vs. Naomi Osaka Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome
Zheng’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:24
At the end of the match, the Chinese scored 58 points vs. the Japanese’s 46.
Zheng
Qinwen served very well to win 78% of the points (18/23) behind her first serve, and she won 60% points (15/25) on her second serve. Zheng was fantastic in converting all the break points (4/4).
Osaka
On the other side, Naomi was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (1/2). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Zheng and Osaka is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Qinwen Zheng vs. Paula Badosa Gibert or Cori Gauff – stats
Zheng will take on either Paula Badosa Gibert or Cori Gauff in the Round Robin. The head to head is 1-0 vs. Paula Badosa Gibert and 0-0 vs. Cori Gauff.
Live score progression and stats
Zheng had a strong start of this set after breaking Naomi Osaka in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Zheng to win the set since Naomi found the way to break back in the 2nd (1-1) game. Qinwen kept her cool to break Osaka in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).
The Japanese was completely outplayed in the last 6 games of the set when the game count went from 1-2 to 6-2.
Qinwen was unerring in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 4th (2-2 30-40), the 7th (4-2 40-A) and the 9th game (6-1 40-A). On the other side, the Japanese converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 2nd game (0-1 0-40 and 15-40).
They played 55 points. Qinwen was the winner of the set after clinching 11 points more than the Japanese (33-22). The Chinese surrendered 8 points on serve (13-8). on the other side of the net, the Japanese conceded 20 points on serve (14-20).
Zheng had a favorable start in this set after breaking Naomi Osaka in the 2nd game (2-0). Qinwen reinforced her lead after breaking Osaka before winning the set (6-4).
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Also, on the other side, Zheng didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 49 points. This was a hard-fought set and finally Zheng won just 1 point more than Osaka (25-24). The Chinese surrendered 7 points on serve (20-7). on the other side of the net, the Japanese conceded 5 points on serve (17-5).
Tennis Scores in Rome
Upcoming matches
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