Qinwen Zheng aces Elena Rybakina 7-6(4) 3-6 6-1 in the Round Robin in Riyadh on Monday. Zheng will engage against Jasmine Paolini in the Round Robin. The epic lasted 3 hours and 48 minutes.
Highlights Qinwen Zheng vs. Elena Rybakina WTA Finals – Riyadh
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
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At the end of the match, Zheng scored 96 points vs. Rybakina’s 91.
Zheng
Zheng served extremely well to win 80% of the points (40/50) behind her first serve. Anyhow she won only 47% points (18/38) on her second serve. Zheng won this match even if she was not so effective in converting her break points as she converted only 31% (4/13) of the procured opportunities.
Rybakina
On the other side, Elena didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (3/6). However, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this contest, the head to head between Zheng and Rybakina is 1-2 for Elena.
Draw and next match H2H: Qinwen Zheng vs. Jasmine Paolini – stats
Zheng will face Paolini in the Round Robin.
This will be the 4th time that Qinwen Zheng and Jasmine Paolini square off. The head to head is 3-0 for Zheng (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on I.hard.
The last time that they played each other, Zheng won 6-2 3-6 6-3 in the quarter in Wuhan back in October 2024.
Live score progression and stats
Zheng won the set after she broke Rybakina in the 4th (3-1) game. Elena tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Yet, Zheng didn’t lose the lead to conquer the set 7-6.
Qinwen converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th game (2-1 15-40 and 30-40). Also, on the other side, Elena converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (2-4 30-40).
They played 88 points. It’s worth to point out that, Zheng won this set even if she scored less points 4 than Rybakina (42-46). Qinwen surrendered 18 points on serve (31-18). on the other side of the net, the Kazakhstani conceded 11 points on serve (28-11).
Rybakina clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 5th (2-3) game, Elena broke back in the 6th (3-3) and in the 8th (5-3) game to win the set 6-3.
Qinwen was completely outplayed in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 2-3 to 6-3.
The Kazakhstani was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 5th (2-3 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 15-40 and 30-40). Also, on the other side, Qinwen was flawless in converting all her break points in the 5th (2-2 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (3-3 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 59 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Rybakina won just 3 points more than the Chinese (31-28). Rybakina lost 10 points on serve (18-10). On the losing side, Zheng conceded 13 points on serve (18-13).
The Chinese won the set after she broke Elena in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game.
Elena was powerless in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-1 to 6-1.
The Chinese converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Chinese didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 40 points. The Chinese won 12 points more than Elena (26-14). Zheng was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (12-2). on the other side of the court, the Kazakhstani conceded 14 points on serve (12-14).
Tennis Scores in Riyadh
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (6-3 7-5)
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Elena RybakinaRybakina (7-64 3-6 6-1)
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (4-6 7-5 6-2)
- Cori GauffGauff – Jessica PegulaPegula (6-3 6-2)
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Elena RybakinaRybakina (7-65 6-4)
Upcoming matches
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Elena RybakinaRybakina (6-3) – H2H details and stats
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Qinwen ZhengZheng (0-3) – H2H details and stats
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Cori GauffGauff (11-1) – H2H details and stats
- Cori GauffGauff – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (1-1) – H2H details and stats
