Ekaterina Alexandrova annihilates Qinwen Zheng 6-1 6-4 in the quarter in Charleston on Friday after playing a fantastic match to fight against Jessica Pegula in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 24 minutes. This run will match her most significant achievement in this competition. Here you can see her history at this event.
The Russian added to her prize money $ 25,535 after winning this match. She has already won $ 51,085 till now in this event. If she wins the next match, Ekaterina will add $ 49,915 to her earnings to get in total $ 101,000.
Highlights Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Qinwen Zheng Credit One Charleston Open – Charleston
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:24
At the end of the match, Alexandrova scored 63 points vs. Qinwen’s 46.
Alexandrova
Alexandrova served very well to win 79% of the points (30/38) behind her first serve. Anyhow she won only 48% points (11/23) on her second serve. The Russian was pretty effective at converting 60% of the break points that she procured (3/5).
Zheng
On the other side, the Chinese wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/3). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Alexandrova and Zheng is 3-0 for Ekaterina.
Draw and next match H2H: Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Jessica Pegula – stats
Alexandrova will take on Pegula in the semifinal.
This will be the 4th time that Ekaterina Alexandrova and Jessica Pegula fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Alexandrova (see full H2H stats), but Pegula leads 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Alexandrova won 4-6 6-1 6-1 in the quarter in Doha back in February 2025.
Live score progression and stats
Alexandrova had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Qinwen Zheng in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Alexandrova extended her lead after breaking the Chinese in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).
There was a pivotal moment in this set when Ekaterina won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.
Alexandrova converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40), the 3rd (3-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (6-0 30-40). On the other side, the Chinese wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 1st game (0-0 40-A).
They played 54 points. The Russian won 14 more points than Qinwen (34-20). Alexandrova surrendered 11 points on serve (20-11). on the other side of the court, Qinwen conceded 14 points on serve (9-14).
Alexandrova conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Qinwen Zheng in the 2nd game (2-0). The Russian managed to boost her lead after breaking Zheng before conquering the set (6-4).
Ekaterina wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 9th game (5-3 30-40). On the other side, the Chinese was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 55 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Ekaterina won just 3 points more than Qinwen (29-26). The Russian conceded 9 points on serve (21-9). On the other side, Qinwen conceded 8 points on serve (17-8).
Tennis Scores in Charleston
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins (1-6 6-3 6-0)
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Qinwen ZhengZheng (6-1 6-4)
- Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova – Emma NavarroNavarro (7-5 7-61)
- Sofia KeninKenin – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (6-4 6-3)
Upcoming matches
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (1-2) – H2H details and stats
- Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova – Sofia KeninKenin (0-0) – H2H details and stats
