Qinwen Zheng topples Donna Vekic 7-6(2) 4-6 6-2 in the 4th round in New York on Monday. This run will match her most significant achievement in this event. Here you can see her history at this event.
Zheng added to her prize money $ 205,000 after winning this match. She has already won $ 530,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Chinese will add $ 470,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 1,000,000 in total.
After this encounter, the head to head between Zheng and Vekic is 3-1 for Qinwen.
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Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Zheng had no problems to win the tiebreak 7-2.
Tiebreak
The Chinese won 3 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1), 7th (5-2) and 9th (7-2) point.
Qinwen won the tiebreak 7-2 after she conquered a decisive 4-2 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 5-2, 6-2, 7-2
They contested 81 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Zheng won just 3 points more than the Croatian (42-39). Zheng conceded 12 points on serve (28-12). In addition, on the other side, the Croatian conceded 14 points on serve (27-14).
Zheng took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Donna Vekic in the 2nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, there was more work to do for Donna to win the set since the Chinese found the way to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game. The Croatian kept her cool to break Qinwen in the 10th (6-4) game.
Qinwen lost the 2nd game (2-0) when she was serving and leading 40-0.
Vekic was spot on in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-0 40-A and 40-A), the 6th (3-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Qinwen was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 3rd game (0-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 73 points. Vekic won 5 points more than the Chinese (39-34
). Donna dropped 11 points on serve (20-11). In addition, on the other side, Qinwen conceded 19 points on serve (23-19).Zheng had a racing start in this set after breaking Donna Vekic in the 1st game (1-0). The Chinese managed to boost her lead after breaking the Croatian in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).
They played 51 points. Zheng conquered the set after winning 15 more points than Vekic (33-18). The Chinese conceded 7 points on serve (18-7). On the other side, Donna conceded 15 points on serve (11-15).
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