Amanda Anisimova topples Qinwen Zheng 6-2 4-6 6-4 in the semifinal in London on Saturday. Anisimova will have to play Tatjana Maria in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 13 minutes.
Anisimova added to her prize money $ 55,835 after winning this match. She has already won $ 134,260 after this win. If she wins the next match, Amanda will add $ 83,740 to her earnings to get in total $ 218,000 in total.
Highlights Amanda Anisimova vs. Qinwen Zheng LTA London Championships – London
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Anisimova scored 91 points vs. the Chinese’s 83.
Anisimova
Amanda was effective when converting 78% of the break points that she procured (7/9).
Zheng
On the other side, Qinwen was struggling when converting her break points (only 33% – 5/15). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Anisimova and Zheng is 1-2 for Qinwen.
Draw and next match H2H: Amanda Anisimova vs. Tatjana Maria – stats
Anisimova will fight against Maria in the final.
This will be the 2nd time that Amanda Anisimova and Tatjana Maria play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Maria (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.
The last time that they played, Maria won 2-6 6-2 6-0 in the qualifications in Beijing back in 2018.
Live score progression and stats
Anisimova started the set in the best possible way after breaking Qinwen Zheng in the 1st game (1-0). Amanda improved her lead after breaking the Chinese in the 5th (4-1) game before winning the set (6-2).
The American was unerring in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 4th (3-1 30-40) and the 9th game (6-1 30-40). On the other side, Qinwen wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 8th game (2-5 30-40).
They contested 55 points. The American won 13 points more than Zheng (34-21). Amanda lost 7 points on serve (17-7). On the other side, the Chinese conceded 17 points on serve (14-17).
Anisimova started the set in the best possible way after breaking Qinwen Zheng in the 2nd game (2-0). Anyhow, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Qinwen to win the set because the American succeeded in breaking back in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (4-3) game. Qinwen maintained her focus to break the American in the 6th (3-3), in the 8th (4-4) and in the 10th (6-4) game.
Zheng failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 0.
The American was eclipsed in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-4 to 6-4.
They contested 60 points. Qinwen was the one to win the set after conquering 6 points more than Anisimova (33-27). The Chinese conceded 13 points on serve (11-13). on the other side of the net, Amanda conceded 22 points on serve (14-22
).Anisimova had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Qinwen Zheng in the 2nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, the American was not done to come back to break Zheng in the 7th (4-3) game before winning the set (6-4).
The American converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 30-40) and the 7th game (3-3 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Qinwen converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had her opportunities in the 4th (1-2 0-40 and 15-40) and the 6th game (3-2 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 60 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Amanda won just 2 more points than Zheng (31-29). Amanda conceded 13 points on serve (21-13). On the other side, Qinwen conceded 10 points on serve (16-10).
Tennis Scores in London
- Tatjana MariaMaria – Madison KeysKeys (6-3 7-63)
- Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova – Qinwen ZhengZheng (6-2 4-6 6-4)
Upcoming matches
- Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova – Tatjana MariaMaria (0-1) – H2H details and stats