Heather Watson and Zarina Diyas will fight against each other in the qualifications of the China Open for the 5^th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 1:00 pm on Court 7. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Heather Watson who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Heather Watson is the pick to win this match.
Heather Watson -> 1.39
Zarina Diyas -> 2.81

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Prediction and head to head Heather Watson vs. Zarina Diyas

This will be the 5^th time that Heather Watson and Zarina Diyas square off. The head to head is 2-2 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Diyas won 6-4 7-5 in the 1^st round in at the French Open back in 2021.

Heather Watson

Ranked no. 160, heather reached the qualifications after defeating Elsa Jacquemot 2-6 6-2 6-1.

In the qualifications against Jacquemot, Heather recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-2 6-1). During the match, Watson scored 78 points vs Jacquemot’s 68. Heather was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about the service games, Watson was unable to score even 1 ace during the match and she committed only 1 double fault. Heather Watson lost the serve 4 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Watson put 64% of her first serves in, winning 59% (32/54) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (14/31) on the 2nd serve. Heather broke Jacquemot 6 times after converting 67% of her break points (6/9).

Watson has good record in the last 10 years having won 52% of her matches (244-224). 16-9 on hard in 2024. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Watson has an aggregate 148-124 match record in the last years on hard.

Her best result of the season was winning the title the W50 Nottingham where she overcame Manon Leonard in the final 6-3 6-0.

Watson has a composed 22-17 win-loss record in 2024, 16-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Beijing

Zarina Diyas

Ranked no. 571, the Kazakhstani got to the qualifications after beating Rebeka Masarova 6-4 6-0.

In the qualifications, The Kazakhstani had a good straight sets win against Masarova (6-4 6-0). During the match Diyas scored 58 points vs Masarova’s 38. Zarina was pretty aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Talking about serving, Diyas couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Zarina Diyas was quite efficient on serve to win 73% (22/30) of her 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Zarina broke Masarova 5 times after converting 71% of her break points (5/7).

Zarina has a composed 7-6 win-loss record in 2024, 3-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Watson	Diyas
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	23	16
Pts	78-68	58-38
Total Points	146	96
Winners	32	22
%Winners	41%	38%

Both Watson and Diyas played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Heather Watson lost 1 set while Zarina Diyas hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Watson has played 1 set more than Diyas (3 vs 2). Therefore, Watson played 7 games more than Diyas. Watson scored 32 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Kazakhstani bagged 22 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Watson	Diyas
Aces	0	0
Avg per match	0	0
1st in	54/85	30/47
%1st in	64%	64%
1st pts	32/54	22/30
%1st pts	59%	73%
2nd pts	14/31	10/17
%2nd pts	45%	59%

Watson didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Diyas also didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Watson won 59% points on her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Diyas won 73% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 59% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Watson	Diyas
Won	6	5
Converted	6/9	5/7
% Converted	67%	71%
Conceded	9	5
Saved	5	4
% Saved	56%	80%
Times Broken	4	1

The Brit broke her opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. Heather conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 56% of the break points that she conceded. The Kazakhstani broke her opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani conceded her serve once and she saved 80% of the break points that she conceded.

Watson
	Q1 Jacquemot	Total
Score	2-6 6-2 6-1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	23	23
pts	78-68	78-68
Total points	146	146
Winners	32	32
%Winners	41%	41%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	54/85	54/85
% 1st in	64%	64%
1st pts	32/54	32/54
% 1st pts	59%	59%
2nd pts	14/31	14/31
% 2nd pts	45%	45%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/9	6/9
Converted %	67%	67%
Conceded	9	9
Saved	5/9	5
Saved %	56%	56%
Times Broken	4	4

Diyas
	Q1 Masarova	Total
Score	6-4 6-0
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	16
pts	58-38	58-38
Total points	96	96
Winners	22	22
%Winners	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	30/47	30/47
% 1st in	64%	64%
1st pts	22/30	22/30
% 1st pts	73%	73%
2nd pts	10/17	10/17
% 2nd pts	59%	59%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/7	5/7
Converted %	71%	71%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	4/5	4
Saved %	80%	80%
Times Broken	1	1

Tennis Scores in Beijing

• Antonin StepanekStepanek – Piotr GrynkowskiGrynkowski (6-2 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Tomas MachacMachac – Daniel VrbaVrba (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Guido Ivan JustoIvan Justo – David MrazekMrazek (6-4 7-6⁶) – Stats, scores, rankings

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• Rebecca SramkovaSramkova – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Hailey BaptisteBaptiste – Priscilla HonHon (1-0) – H2H and prediction
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• Yafan WangWang – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
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