Qinwen Zheng thumps Jule Niemeier 6-2 6-1 in the 3rd round in New York on Friday after playing a marvellous match to square off with Donna Vekic in the 4th round. The match lasted 1 hour and 21 minutes. Her best achievement in this tournament was reaching the quarter in 2023. Here you can see her history at this event.

New York
Zheng's Record

Zheng added to her prize money $ 110,000 after winning this match. She has already won $ 325,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Zheng will add $ 205,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 530,000 in total.

Highlights Qinwen Zheng vs. Jule Niemeier U.S. Open – New York

Zheng’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Zheng
Niemeier
6-2 6-1
1h:21
57
57
Total points
35
35
21
21
Winners
9
9
37%
37%
Ratio Winners
26%
26%
9
9
Unforced
16
16
36%
36%
Ratio Unforced
64%
64%
4/5
4/5
Net Approaches
6/11
6/11
80%
80%
Perc
55%
55%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
2
2
3
3
Double Faults
5
5
51%
51%
1st in
44%
44%
84%
84%
1st won
47%
47%
21/25
21/25
1st won
9/19
9/19
46%
46%
2nd won
38%
38%
11/24
11/24
2nd won
9/24
9/24
181
181
Fastest serve
180
180
167
167
AVG 1st Serve
157
157
134
134
AVG 2nd Serve
136
136
-- Break Points --
5/5
5/5
Total
0/1
0/1
100%
100%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, Zheng scored 57 points vs. Niemeier’s 35.

Zheng

Qinwen served extremely well to win 84% of the points (21/25) behind her first serve. Yet she won only 46% points (11/24) on her second serve. Qinwen was stunning in converting all the break points (5/5).

Niemeier

On the other side, Niemeier wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this encounter, the head to head between Zheng and Niemeier is 2-2.

Draw and next match H2H: Qinwen Zheng vs. Donna Vekic – stats

Zheng will take on Vekic in the 4th round.

This will be the 4th time that Qinwen Zheng and Donna Vekic face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Zheng (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Zheng won 6-2 6-3 in the final in Paris back in August 2024.

Live score progression and stats

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

Zheng in this set played much better tennis than the German and without too much struggle she won 6-2 after breaking the German in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.

The German was completely outplayed in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-2 to 6-2.

The Chinese was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 5th (2-2 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40). On the other side, the German wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 4th game (2-1 30-40).

They contested 55 points. Qinwen was the one to win the set after conquering 7 more points than the German (31-24). Zheng lost 11 points on serve (19-11). Regarding the other side of the net, the German conceded 12 points on serve (13-12).

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

Zheng took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Jule Niemeier in the 1st game (1-0). Zheng managed to boost her lead after breaking the German in the 5th

(4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game before winning the set.

The German was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-1 to 6-1.

Zheng was unerring in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 4th (3-1 0-40) and the 7th game (5-1 15-40). On the other side, Zheng didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 37 points. The Chinese won 15 points more than Jule (26-11). Zheng lost 6 points on serve (13-6). on the other side of the net, the German conceded 13 points on serve (5-13

).
1st
Zheng
Niemeier
6-2
6
2
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
2nd
Zheng
Niemeier
6-1
6
1
5
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
2
0
1
0

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  • Elise MertensMertens – Madison KeysKeys (6-75 7-5 6-4)
  • Qinwen ZhengZheng – Jule NiemeierNiemeier (6-2 6-1)
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  • Cori GauffGauff – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (3-6 6-3 6-3)
  • Donna VekicVekic – Peyton StearnsStearns (7-5 6-4)
  • Yafan WangWang – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (6-4 3-6 6-1)

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