Qinwen Zheng overcomes Martic in the 2nd round to clash vs Cristian at the Palermo Ladies Open. HIGHLIGHTS – PALERMO RESULTS

PALERMO LADIES OPEN - PALERMO DRAW AND RESULTS. Zheng tops Martic to square off with Jaqueline Cristian in the quarter

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Qinwen Zheng vs. Petra Martic

Qinwen Zheng dispatches Petra Martic 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round in Palermo on Thursday. Zheng will engage against Jaqueline Cristian in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 34 minutes. The Chinese won this tournament once in 2023. Here you can see her history at this event.

Zheng
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Zheng's Record

Highlights Qinwen Zheng vs. Petra Martic Palermo Ladies Open – Palermo

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Zheng
Martic
Qinwen Zheng
6-4 6-4
1h:34
Petra Martic
63
63
Total points
53
53
22
22
Winners
27
27
35%
35%
Ratio Winners
51%
51%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
1
1
3
3
Double Faults
2
2
51%
51%
1st in
67%
67%
79%
79%
1st won
66%
66%
22/28
22/28
1st won
27/41
27/41
56%
56%
2nd won
40%
40%
15/27
15/27
2nd won
8/20
8/20
-- Break Points --
3/6
3/6
Total
1/2
1/2
50%
50%
Won
50%
50%
See Full Stats

At the end of the match, the Chinese scored 63 points vs. Petra’s 53.

Zheng

Qinwen served extremely well to win 79% of the points (22/28) behind her first serve, and she won 56% points (15/27) on her second serve. Qinwen didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that she procured (3/6).

Martic

On the other side, the Croatian was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (1/2). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Zheng and Martic is 1-0 for Qinwen.

Draw and next match H2H: Qinwen Zheng vs. Jaqueline Cristian – stats

Zheng will take on Cristian in the quarter.

This will be the 3rd time that Qinwen Zheng and Jaqueline Cristian face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Cristian (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.

The last time that they played, Cristian won 6-1 6-4 in the 2nd round in Palermo back in 2021.

Qinwen Zheng Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Zheng 6-4
ZhengMartic
6
4
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
ZhengMartic
6
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
ZhengMartic
5
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
ZhengMartic
4
4
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
ZhengMartic
3
4
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
ZhengMartic
2
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
ZhengMartic
2
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
ZhengMartic
2
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
ZhengMartic
1
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
ZhengMartic
1
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
ZhengMartic
0
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40

Zheng won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 6th (2-4) game, Qinwen broke back in the 7th (3-4) and in the 9th (5-4) game to win the set 6-4.

Martic was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-4 to 6-4.

Zheng converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 7th (2-4 15-40), the 8th (4-4 0-40) and the 11th game (6-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Martic was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 6th game (3-2 0-40).

They contested 64 points. The Chinese conquered the set after winning 4 more points than the Croatian (34-30). Qinwen conceded 9 points on serve (16-9). In addition, on the other side, Petra conceded 18 points on serve (21-18).

2nd Set -
Zheng 6-4
ZhengMartic
6
4
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
ZhengMartic
5
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
ZhengMartic
5
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
ZhengMartic
4
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
ZhengMartic
4
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
ZhengMartic
3
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
ZhengMartic
3
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
ZhengMartic
2
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
ZhengMartic
1
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Qinwen snatched in the 3rd game (2-1) prior to eventually winning the set (6-4).

Qinwen converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (1-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Martic wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 10th game (4-5 30-40).

They played 52 points. Zheng conquered the set after winning 6 more points than the Croatian (29-23). The Chinese conceded 9 points on serve (21-9). In addition, on the other side, the Croatian conceded 8 points on serve (14-8).

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

Tennis Scores in Palermo

  • Chloe PaquetPaquet – Maria Lourdes CarleLourdes Carle (6-3 6-1)
  • Qinwen ZhengZheng – Petra MarticMartic (6-4 6-4)
  • Ann LiLi – Erika AndreevaAndreeva (6-3 4-6 6-4)
  • Jaqueline CristianCristian – Lucia BronzettiBronzetti (6-3 6-2)
  • Diane ParryParry – Jil TeichmannTeichmann (6-2 6-74 6-2)
  • Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Noma Akugue NohaAkugue Noha (6-70 6-2 6-3)
  • Astra SharmaSharma – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (6-4 3-6 6-1)
  • Irina-Camelia BeguBegu – Arantxa RusRus (6-2 7-5)

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