Qinwen Zheng and Nadia Podoroska will play each other in the 3^rd round of the China Open for the 2^nd 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 2^nd 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 1^st round in at the U.S. Open back in 2023.

Highlights Qinwen Zheng vs Nadia Podoroska – U.S. Open 29-August-2023

Qinwen Zheng

Ranked no. 7 (career-high), the Chinese got to the 3^rd round after beating Kamilla Rakhimova 6-1 6-1.

In the 2^nd 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

Ranked no. 66, the Argentine got to the 3^rd round after beating Yufei Ren 6-4 6-2 and Dayana Yastremska 7-5 6-7(4) 6-2.

In the 2^nd 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

Tennis Scores in Beijing

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• Jessica PegulaPegula – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (6-7⁹ 6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Paula BadosaBadosa – Rebecca SramkovaSramkova (7-5 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Yuliia StarodubtsevaStarodubtseva – Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Magdalena FrechFrech – Diana ShnaiderShnaider (0-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Shuai ZhangZhang – Greetje MinnenMinnen (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Madison KeysKeys – Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Cristina BucsaBucsa – Elise MertensMertens (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Jaqueline CristianCristian (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Magda LinetteLinette (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Darya KasatkinaKasatkina – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (0-4) – H2H and prediction
• Nadia PodoroskaPodoroska – Qinwen ZhengZheng (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Peyton StearnsStearns – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Katie VolynetsVolynets – Naomi OsakaOsaka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Shuai ZhangZhang – Magdalena FrechFrech (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Jessica PegulaPegula (0-3) – H2H and prediction