Qinwen Zheng topples Elise Mertens 6-3 3-6 6-3 in the 3rd round in Charleston on Thursday. Zheng will seek to keep on going in this event against Ekaterina Alexandrova in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 22 minutes. This will be her best result in this tournament. In the past, the best she could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2022. Here you can see her previous results at this event.

Charleston
Zheng's Record

Qinwen added to her prize money $ 12,650 after winning this match. She has already won $ 25,550 after this win. If she wins the next match, Qinwen will add $ 25,535 to her earnings to get in total $ 51,085 in total.

Highlights Qinwen Zheng vs. Elise Mertens Credit One Charleston Open – Charleston

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Zheng
Mertens
6-3 3-6 6-3
2h:22
96
96
Total points
82
82
39
39
Winners
28
28
41%
41%
Ratio Winners
34%
34%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
1
1
5
5
Double Faults
8
8
59%
59%
1st in
58%
58%
68%
68%
1st won
60%
60%
39/57
39/57
1st won
28/47
28/47
48%
48%
2nd won
44%
44%
19/40
19/40
2nd won
15/34
15/34
-- Break Points --
5/9
5/9
Total
4/12
4/12
56%
56%
Won
33%
33%
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At the end of the match, the Chinese scored 96 points vs. Elise’s 82.

Zheng

The Chinese didn’t lose the focus when converting 56% of the break points that she conquered (5/9).

Mertens

On the other side, the Belgian was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points (only 33% – 4/12). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this match, the head to head between Zheng and Mertens is 1-0 for Qinwen.

Draw and next match H2H: Qinwen Zheng vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova – stats

Zheng will compete against Alexandrova in the quarter.

This will be the 3rd time that Qinwen Zheng and Ekaterina Alexandrova fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Alexandrova (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.

The last time that they played each other, Alexandrova won 5-7 6-4 6-2 in the 3rd round in Madrid back in 2023.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Zheng 6-3
ZhengMertens
6
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
ZhengMertens
6
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
ZhengMertens
5
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
ZhengMertens
4
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
ZhengMertens
4
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
ZhengMertens
3
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
ZhengMertens
2
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
ZhengMertens
2
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
ZhengMertens
1
1
0
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15
15
15
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40
A
40
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40
A
ZhengMertens
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0
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15
15
15
30
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30

Qinwen won the set after she broke Mertens in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (5-3) game. The Belgian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Anyhow, the Chinese maintained the focus to conquer the set 6-3.

Zheng converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 5th (3-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40). On the other side, Mertens was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 6th game (2-4 15-40).

They played 57 points. Qinwen was the winner of the set after clinching 5 more points than the Belgian (31-26). The Chinese dropped 8 points on serve (17-8). Regarding the other side of the net, the Belgian conceded 14 points on serve (18-14).

2nd Set -
Mertens 6-3
MertensZheng
6
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
MertensZheng
6
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
MertensZheng
5
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
MertensZheng
4
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
MertensZheng
3
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
MertensZheng
3
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
MertensZheng
3
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
MertensZheng
2
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
MertensZheng
1
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40

The Belgian won the set after she broke the Chinese in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (5-3) game. Zheng tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) game. Yet, Elise didn’t lose the lead to win the set 6-3.

Qinwen was completely knocked out in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-3 to 6-3.

Elise was on the money in converting all her break points in the 4th (2-1 30-40), the 8th (4-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (6-2 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Zheng was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 5th game (1-3 0-40).

They contested 59 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Elise won just 3 more points than Zheng (31-28). Elise dropped 11 points on serve (15-11). on the other side of the net, the Chinese conceded 16 points on serve (17-16).

3rd Set -
Zheng 6-3
ZhengMertens
6
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
ZhengMertens
5
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
ZhengMertens
5
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
ZhengMertens
4
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
ZhengMertens
3
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
ZhengMertens
2
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
ZhengMertens
1
2
15
0
15
15
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15
40
15
ZhengMertens
0
2
15
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15
15
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15
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A

Zheng was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Elise Mertens in the 2nd game (2-0). Zheng improved her lead after breaking the Belgian in the 6th (4-2) game before conquering the set (6-3).

A defining moment of this set was when Zheng won 5 consecutive games in the 3rd set so as to bring the game count from 0-2 to 5-2.

Qinwen converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 4th (1-2 0-40) and the 5th game (3-2 15-40). On the other side, Mertens was unable to convert any of her 6 break points. She had 6 break points opportunities in the 7th (2-4 40-A) and the 9th game (3-5 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).

They contested 62 points. Qinwen conquered the set after winning 12 more points than Elise (37-25). The Chinese lost 15 points on serve (24-15). on the other side of the net, Elise conceded 13 points on serve (10-13).

1st
Zheng
Mertens
6-3
6
3
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Zheng
Mertens
3-6
3
6
3
5
3
4
3
3
2
3
1
3
1
2
1
1
0
1
3rd
Zheng
Mertens
6-3
6
3
5
3
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
1
2
0
2
0
1

Tennis Scores in Charleston

  • Qinwen ZhengZheng – Elise MertensMertens (6-3 3-6 6-3)
  • Sofia KeninKenin – Daria KasatkinaKasatkina (6-3 7-67)
  • Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (6-4 6-4)
  • Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (7-5 6-3)
  • Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Madison KeysKeys (6-2 6-4)
  • Emma NavarroNavarro – Ashlyn KruegerKrueger (4-6 6-4 6-2)
  • Jessica PegulaPegula – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (6-3 6-2)
  • Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Diana ShnaiderShnaider (6-2 6-1)

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