Aryna Sabalenka gets by Qinwen Zheng 6-3 5-7 6-3 in the final in Wuhan on Sunday. The battle lasted 2 hours and 40 minutes. This is the 3 time that Sabalenka has won the tournament. Here, you can see when her history at this event.
Highlights Aryna Sabalenka vs. Qinwen Zheng Wuhan Open – Wuhan
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:40
At the end of the match, Aryna scored 100 points vs. Qinwen’s 90.
Sabalenka
The Belarussian didn’t lose the concentration in converting 58% of the break points that she procured (7/12).
Zheng
On the other side, the Chinese had a tough time converting her break points (only 42% – 5/12). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Sabalenka and Zheng is 4-0 for Aryna.
This was the 17th career title for Sabalenka. (see list of titles and finals). Zheng remains with 4th titles after she conquered the tournament in Palermo 2023, in Zhengzhou 2023, in Palermo 2024 and in Paris 2024. (see list of titles and finals)
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Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Sabalenka grabbed in the 6th game (4-2) before ultimately winning the set (6-3).
Aryna converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 5th game (3-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Sabalenka didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 57 points. The Belarussian was the one to win the set after conquering 9 points more than the Chinese (33-24). Sabalenka surrendered 5 points on serve (20-5). In addition, on the other side, Qinwen conceded 13 points on serve (19-13).
The Chinese won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 9th (5-4) game, The Chinese broke back 3 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 8th (5-3) and in the 12th game to win the set 7-5.
Zheng failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 40.
The Chinese was on the money in converting all her break points in the 4th (1-2 0-40), the 6th (3-2 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 8th (4-3 15-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). Also, on the other side, the Belarussian was flawless in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 15-40), the 8th (3-5 30-40) and the 13th game (4-7 40-A).
They played 74 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Zheng won just 2 points more than Aryna (38-36). Zheng lost 16 points on serve (18-16). On the losing side, Sabalenka conceded 20 points on serve (20-20).
Sabalenka had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Qinwen Zheng in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, there was more work to do for Aryna to win the set because the Chinese found the way to break back in the 4th (1-3) and in the 8th (3-5) game. The Belarussian kept her focus to break Zheng in the 7th (5-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
The Belarussian failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 0.
The Belarussian converted 42% of her break points (3/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-0 15-40), the 5th (3-1 30-40), the 7th (4-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). Also, on the other side, Zheng converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had her opportunities in the 4th (0-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 6th (2-3 30-40) and the 8th game (2-5 0-40).
They played 57 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Belarussian won just 3 more points than Zheng (30-27). Aryna conceded 14 points on serve (12-14). On the losing side, Zheng conceded 18 points on serve (13-18).
