Anastasia Potapova stuns Qinwen Zheng 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round in Madrid on Friday. Potapova will try to keep the momentum against Sofia Kenin in the 3rd round. This run will match her best result in this event. Here you can see her history at this event.
Potapova added to her prize money € 22,030 after winning this match. She has already won € 52,925 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Russian will add € 37,520 to her earnings to get in total € 90,445 in total.
Highlights Anastasia Potapova vs. Qinwen Zheng Mutua Madrid Open – Madrid
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
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After this match, the head to head between Potapova and Zheng is 2-3 for Qinwen.
Draw and next match H2H: Anastasia Potapova vs. Sofia Kenin – stats
Potapova will face Kenin in the 3rd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Anastasia Potapova and Sofia Kenin play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kenin (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they played, Kenin won 6-2 6-3 in the quarter in San Diego back in 2023.
Live score progression and stats
Potapova had a racing start in this set after breaking Qinwen Zheng in the 2nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, there was more to do for Potapova to win the set because the Chinese succeeded in breaking back in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 9th (4-5) game. Anastasia kept her focus to break Qinwen in the 8th (5-3) and in the 10th (6-4) game.
Anastasia failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 15.
Anastasia converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 8th (4-3 0-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40). On the other side, the Chinese was flawless in converting all her break points in the 3rd (0-2 15-40) and the 9th game (3-5 30-40).
They played 60 points. The Russian won 8 points more than the Chinese (34-26). Anastasia surrendered 13 points on serve (19-13). On the losing side, the Chinese conceded 15 points on serve (13-15).
Potapova conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, Potapova broke back in the 8th (4-4) and in the 10th game to win the set 6-4.
Zheng was completely knocked out in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-4 to 6-4.
They played 63 points. Anastasia was the winner of the set after clinching 5 more points than Qinwen (34-29). The Russian dropped 11 points on serve (17-11). Regarding the other side of the net, Qinwen conceded 17 points on serve (18-17).
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