Mananchaya Sawangkaew and Saisai Zheng will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Jiangxi Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 5:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mananchaya Sawangkaew who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Mananchaya Sawangkaew is the pick to win this match.
Mananchaya Sawangkaew -> 1.26
Saisai Zheng -> 3.85

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Prediction and head to head Mananchaya Sawangkaew vs. Saisai Zheng

There is no head to head record between Mananchaya Sawangkaew and Saisai Zheng since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Mananchaya Sawangkaew

Ranked no. 147 (career-high), Mananchaya got to the 2^nd round after defeating Xinyu Jiang 6-4 6-4, Eden Silva 6-1 6-4 and Lucia Bronzetti 6-4 4-6 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Mananchaya defeated Bronzetti (6-4 4-6 6-2). During the match, Sawangkaew scored 104 points vs Bronzetti’s 95. The Thai was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about the service games, Sawangkaew made 3 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Mananchaya Sawangkaew lost the serve 6 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Sawangkaew put 48% of her first serves in, winning 73% (33/45) of the points behind her 1st serve and 31% (15/48) on the 2nd serve. Mananchaya broke Bronzetti 8 times after converting 50% of her break points (8/16).

Sawangkaew has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 67% of her matches (164-82). 41-20 on hard in 2024. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Sawangkaew has a composed158-74 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.

Her best result of the season was winning the title the W50 Nonthaburi where she beat Antonia Ruzic in the final 6-1 2-6 6-2.

Mananchaya has a compiled 47-26 win-loss record in 2024, 41-20 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Jiujiang

Sawangkaew has never competed in this tournament before.

Saisai Zheng

Currently unranked, Zheng got to the 2^nd round after defeating Jana Fett 6-4 2-6 6-4.

In the 1^st round, The Chinese defeated Fett (6-4 2-6 6-4). During the match Zheng and Fett scored the same amount of points (86). However, the world no. 147 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Saisai was exceptionally aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Talking about serving, Zheng made 2 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Saisai Zheng lost the serve 5 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Zheng put 75% of her first serves in, winning 59% (40/68) of the points behind her 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the 2nd serve. The Chinese broke Fett 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).

Saisai has a compiled 1-9 win-loss record in 2024, 1-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Sawangkaew	Zheng
Match played	3	1
Tot Set	7	3
Tot Games	65	28
Pts	241-202	86-86
Total Points	443	172
Winners	91	40
%Winners	38%	47%

Sawangkaew played 3 matches while Zheng competed in 1 match. Sawangkaew started her run from the qualifications while Zheng had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Mananchaya Sawangkaew surrendered 1 set, while Saisai Zheng dropped 1 set. Sawangkaew has played 4 sets more than Zheng (7 vs 3). Therefore, Sawangkaew played 37 games more than Zheng. Sawangkaew scored 91 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Saisai fired 40 winners (47%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Sawangkaew	Zheng
Aces	12	2
Avg per match	4	2
1st in	116/221	68/91
%1st in	52%	75%
1st pts	91/116	40/68
%1st pts	78%	59%
2nd pts	42/105	12/23
%2nd pts	40%	52%

Sawangkaew bagged 12 aces (4 per match). Zheng struck 2 aces . Sawangkaew won 78% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 40% of the points. On the other side, Zheng won 59% 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	Sawangkaew	Zheng
Won	15	5
Converted	15/26	5/8
% Converted	58%	63%
Conceded	27	11
Saved	19	6
% Saved	70%	55%
Times Broken	8	5

Sawangkaew broke her opponents 15 times with a 58% conversion rate. Mananchaya surrendered her serve 8 times and she saved 70% of the break points that she conceded. Zheng broke her opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Zheng conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 55% of the break points that she conceded.

Sawangkaew
	Q1 Jiang	Q3 Silva	R1 Bronzetti	Total
Score	6-4 6-4	6-1 6-4	6-4 4-6 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	3	7
Tot Games	20	17	28	65
pts	73-57	64-50	104-95	241-202
Total points	130	114	199	443
Winners	30	28	33	91
%Winners	41%	44%	32%	38%
SERVE
Aces	5	4	3	12
Double Faults	2	9	6	17
1st in	33/56	38/72	45/93	116/221
% 1st in	59%	53%	48%	52%
1st pts	30/33	28/38	33/45	91/116
% 1st pts	91%	74%	73%	78%
2nd pts	10/23	17/34	15/48	42/105
% 2nd pts	43%	50%	31%	40%
Breaks
Won	3	4	8	15
Converted	3/6	4/4	8/16	15/26
Converted %	50%	100%	50%	58%
Conceded	5	10	12	27
Saved	4/5	9/10	6/12	19
Saved %	80%	90%	50%	73%
Times Broken	1	1	6	8

Zheng
	R1 Fett	Total
Score	6-4 2-6 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	28	28
pts	86-86	86-86
Total points	172	172
Winners	40	40
%Winners	47%	47%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	68/91	68/91
% 1st in	75%	75%
1st pts	40/68	40/68
% 1st pts	59%	59%
2nd pts	12/23	12/23
% 2nd pts	52%	52%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/8	5/8
Converted %	63%	63%
Conceded	11	11
Saved	6/11	6
Saved %	55%	18%
Times Broken	5	5

Tennis Scores in Jiujiang

• Sora FukudaFukuda – Louis TessaTessa (6-7¹ 6-2 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Yannick MertensMertens – Florian LakatLakat (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Hugo PonticoPontico – Marat DeviatiarovDeviatiarov (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek (6-1 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Laurent RochetteRochette – Ugo HumbertHumbert (7-6⁷ 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Valentin VacherotVacherot – Mathieu ScagliaScaglia (7-6³ 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Mick LescureLescure (7-5 3-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings

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