Diana Shnaider prevails over Carol Zhao 6-3 6-3 in the 2nd round in Seoul on Wednesday. Shnaider will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Marta Kostyuk in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 7 minutes.
Shnaider added to her prize money $ 11,320 after winning this match. She has already won $ 24,910 after this win. If she wins the next match, Shnaider will add $ 26,295 to her earnings to get in total $ 51,205 in total.
Highlights Diana Shnaider vs. Carol Zhao Korea Open – Seoul
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:07
At the end of the match, the Russian scored 61 points vs. Carol’s 41.
Shnaider
Diana was pretty good at converting 57% of the break points that she procured (4/7).
Zhao
On the other side, Carol had a tough time converting her break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Shnaider and Zhao is 1-0 for Diana.
Draw and next match H2H: Diana Shnaider vs. Marta Kostyuk – stats
Shnaider will come up against Kostyuk in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Diana Shnaider and Marta Kostyuk since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Shnaider snatched in the 8th game (5-3) prior to eventually winning the set (6-3).
The Canadian was completely knocked out in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-3 to 6-3.
Diana converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40). On the other side, the Canadian was unable to convert any of her 3 break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 7th game (3-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 62 points. Diana conquered the set after winning 8 points more than Zhao (35-27). Diana surrendered 8 points on serve (24-8). On the other side, Zhao conceded 11 points on serve (19-11).
Diana won the set after she broke Zhao 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game. Carol tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) game. Nevertheless, the Russian managed to stay calm and finish the job to conquer the set 6-3.
The Russian converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 5th (2-2 0-40) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40 and 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Zhao converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 4th game (1-2 0-40).
They contested 40 points. Diana was the one to win the set after conquering 12 points more than Carol (26-14). The Russian surrendered 7 points on serve (13-7). Regarding the other side of the net, the Canadian conceded 13 points on serve (7-13).
Tennis Scores in Seoul
- Marta KostyukKostyuk – Heather WatsonWatson (6-2 6-2)
- Polina KudermetovaKudermetova – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (6-2 7-5)
- Diana ShnaiderShnaider – Carol ZhaoZhao (6-3 6-3)
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova (6-4 6-2)
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