Qinwen Zheng overcomes Jasmine Paolini 6-2 3-6 6-3 in the quarter in Wuhan on Friday. Zheng will fight against Xinyu Wang in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 14 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this event. Previously, the best she could do was reaching the qualifications in 2019. Here you can see her previous results at this event.
Highlights Qinwen Zheng vs. Jasmine Paolini Wuhan Open – Wuhan
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Zheng scored 90 points vs. Paolini’s 79.
Zheng
The Chinese blasted 10 aces and she committed 2 double faults. Qinwen was pretty effective at converting 50% of the break points that she conquered (4/8).
Paolini
On the other side, Jasmine had a tough time converting her break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this contest, the head to head between Zheng and Paolini is 3-0 for Qinwen.
Draw and next match H2H: Qinwen Zheng vs. Xinyu Wang – stats
Zheng will compete against Wang in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Qinwen Zheng and Xinyu Wang since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Zheng took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Jasmine Paolini in the 1st game (1-0). Qinwen managed to boost her lead after breaking the Italian in the 7th (5-2) game before conquering the set (6-2).
Paolini was completely outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-2 to 6-2.
Zheng converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 2nd (2-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 7th (4-2 40-A) and the 9th game (6-1 15-40). On the other side, Jasmine wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6th game (2-3 30-40).
They contested 68 points. The Chinese was the winner of the set after clinching 12 more points than Paolini (40-28). Zheng conceded 9 points on serve (19-9). on the other side of the court, the Italian conceded 21 points on serve (19-21).
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Paolini grabbed in the 4th game (3-1) prior to ultimately conquering the set (6-3).
Paolini was on the money in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 4th game (2-1 30-40). On the other side, Jasmine didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 51 points. Jasmine won 7 more points than Zheng (29-22). The Italian lost 5 points on serve (16-5). In addition, on the other side, the Chinese conceded 13 points on serve (17-13).
Similarly to the 2nd set, the set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition on serve. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Zheng conquered in the 8th game (5-3) prior to ultimately winning the set (6-3).
They contested 51 points. Zheng won 5 more points than Jasmine (28-23). Zheng dropped 8 points on serve (17-8). Regarding the other side of the net, the Italian conceded 11 points on serve (15-11).
Tennis Scores in Wuhan
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Magdalena FrechFrech (6-2 6-2)
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (6-2 3-6 6-3)
- Cori GauffGauff – Magda LinetteLinette (6-0 6-4)
- Xinyu WangWang – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (4-6 7-5 7-66)
Upcoming matches
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Cori GauffGauff (3-4) – H2H details and stats
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Xin Yu WangYu Wang (0-0) – H2H details and stats