Qinwen Zheng routs Jasmine Paolini 6-1 6-1 in the Round Robin in Riyadh on Wednesday after playing a remarkable match. The epic lasted 4 hours and 55 minutes.
Highlights Qinwen Zheng vs. Jasmine Paolini WTA Finals – Riyadh
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Zheng scored 59 points vs. the Italian’s 37.
Zheng
Zheng served exceptionally well to win 77% of the points (23/30) behind her first serve, and she won 53% points (9/17) on her second serve. Zheng fired 12 aces without committing any double fault. The Chinese was pretty good at converting 63% of the break points that she conquered (5/8).
Paolini
On the other side, Paolini wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Zheng and Paolini is 4-0 for Qinwen.
Live score progression and stats
Zheng was too good to drop barely 1 game before breaking Jasmine 3 times and win the set 6-1.
The Chinese failed to serve out the set when leading 6-1 to be broken at 40.
The Italian was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 7 games of the set when the game count went from 0-1 to 6-1.
Zheng converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 5th (3-1 30-40) and the 7th game (5-1 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Paolini wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 8th game (0-6 40-A).
They contested 61 points. Zheng won 13 points more than Paolini (37-24). Qinwen dropped 9 points on serve (19-9). Regarding the other side of the net, Jasmine conceded 18 points on serve (15-18).
The Chinese won the set after she broke Jasmine in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game.
Jasmine was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 1-1
to 6-1.Qinwen converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 15-40). On the other side, Jasmine wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 7th game (1-5 30-40).
They contested 35 points. Zheng was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than the Italian (22-13
). The Chinese dropped 6 points on serve (13-6). Regarding the other side of the net, Jasmine conceded 9 points on serve (7-9).Tennis Scores in Riyadh
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (6-4 3-6 6-1)
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (6-1 6-1)
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Jessica PegulaPegula (6-3 6-3)
- Cori GauffGauff – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (6-3 6-4)
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (6-3 7-5)
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (4-6 7-5 6-2)
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Elena RybakinaRybakina (7-65 6-4)
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