Qinwen Zheng and Nadia Podoroska will play each other in the 3rd round of the China Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 7:00 pm on CAPITAL GROUP DIAMOND. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Qinwen Zheng who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Qinwen Zheng is the pick to win this match.
Qinwen Zheng -> 1.08
Nadia Podoroska -> 7.9
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Prediction and head to head Qinwen Zheng vs. Nadia Podoroska
This will be the 2nd time that Qinwen Zheng and Nadia Podoroska face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Zheng (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Zheng won 6-1 6-0 in the 1st round in at the U.S. Open back in 2023.
Highlights Qinwen Zheng vs Nadia Podoroska – U.S. Open 29-August-2023
Qinwen Zheng
38 - 14win/loss
5
5
LWWWLWWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 52-18 | 31-10 | 17-4 | 3-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-19 | 23-11 | 11-4 | 3-1 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-19 | 27-12 | 10-4 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 34-11 | 7-1 | 16-6 | 11-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 38-8 | 3-3 | 26-3 | 9-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 7 (career-high), the Chinese got to the 3rd round after beating Kamilla Rakhimova 6-1 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Zheng had a good straight sets win against Rakhimova (6-1 6-1). During the match, Zheng scored 58 points vs Rakhimova’s 26. The Chinese was very aggressive to blast 13 winners.
Regarding the service games, Zheng scored just 1 ace in the encounter and she was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults. Qinwen Zheng was quite effective on serve to win 87% (13/15) of her 1st serve and 83% (15/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Qinwen broke Rakhimova 5 times after converting 50% of her break points (5/10).
Zheng has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 70% of her matches (214-91). 20-8 on hard in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Zheng has a composed106-51 match record in the last 8 years on hard.
Her best result of the current season was conquering the title in Palermo where she overcame Karolina Muchova in the final 6-4 4-6 6-2 and in Paris where she overcame Donna Vekic in the final 6-2 6-3.
The Chinese has a compiled 38-14 win-loss record in 2024, 20-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Beijing
Nadia Podoroska
27 - 27win/loss
100
36
LLWWLWWLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-29 | 17-14 | 10-11 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-33 | 13-13 | 24-14 | 0-2 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-15 | 7-6 | 13-8 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 17-19 | 10-12 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 45-8 | 18-3 | 25-4 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 66, the Argentine got to the 3rd round after beating Yufei Ren 6-4 6-2 and Dayana Yastremska 7-5 6-7(4) 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Nadia defeated Yastremska (7-5 6-74 6-2). During the match Podoroska scored 109 points vs Yastremska’s 96. Nadia was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Podoroska struck 2 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Nadia Podoroska lost the serve 7 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Podoroska put 59% of her first serves in, winning 56% (29/52) of the points behind her 1st serve and 53% (19/36) on the 2nd serve. Nadia broke Yastremska 10 times after converting 83% of her break points (10/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Podoroska has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points she played.
Her best result of the year was winning the title the San Luis Potosi where she overcame Francesca Jones in the final 6-1 6-2 and the Barranquilla where she beat Tatjana Maria in the final 6-2 1-6 6-3.
The Argentine has a compiled 27-27 win-loss record in 2024, 17-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Beijing
Podoroska has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zheng | Podoroska |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 14 | 51 |
| Pts | 58-26 | 173-145 |
| Total Points | 84 | 318 |
| Winners | 13 | 56 |
| %Winners | 22% | 32% |
Zheng played 1 match while Podoroska competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Nadia Podoroska surrendered 1 set while Qinwen Zheng hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Zheng has played 3 set(s) less than Podoroska (2 vs 5). Therefore, Zheng played 37 games less than Podoroska. The Chinese scored 13 winners (22% of the total points). On the other side, Podoroska managed to score 56 winners (32%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zheng | Podoroska |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 2 |
| 1st in | 15/33 | 89/150 |
| %1st in | 45% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 13/15 | 56/89 |
| %1st pts | 87% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 15/18 | 32/61 |
| %2nd pts | 83% | 52% |
Zheng struck 1 ace . Podoroska also managed to score 4 aces (2 per match). Zheng won 87% points behind her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 83% of the points. On the other side, Podoroska won 63% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zheng | Podoroska |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 14 |
| Converted | 5/10 | 14/19 |
| % Converted | 50% | 74% |
| Conceded | 0 | 15 |
| Saved | 0 | 7 |
| % Saved | 0% | 47% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 8 |
Zheng broke her opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Chinese very solid her serve as she has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. Nadia broke her opponents 14 times with a 74% conversion rate. Podoroska conceded her serve 8 times and she saved 47% of the break points that she conceded.
| Zheng | |||
| R2 Rakhimova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 58-26 | 58-26 | |
| Total points | 84 | 84 | |
| Winners | 13 | 13 | |
| %Winners | 22% | 22% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 15/33 | 15/33 | |
| % 1st in | 45% | 45% | |
| 1st pts | 13/15 | 13/15 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 87% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/18 | 15/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 83% | 83% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Podoroska | ||||
| R1 Ren |
R2 Yastremska |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | 7-5 6-74 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 33 | 51 | |
| pts | 64-49 | 109-96 | 173-145 | |
| Total points | 113 | 205 | 318 | |
| Winners | 27 | 29 | 56 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 27% | 32% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 6 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 37/62 | 52/88 | 89/150 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 27/37 | 29/52 | 56/89 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 56% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/25 | 19/36 | 32/61 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 53% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 10 | 14 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 10/12 | 14/19 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 83% | 74% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 9 | 15 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 2/9 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 22% | 105% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 7 | 8 | |
Head 2 Head
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