Diana Shnaider victorious over Zhu in the quarter to collide vs Alexandrova at the Ningbo Open. HIGHLIGHTS – NINGBO RESULTS

NINGBO OPEN - NINGBO DRAW AND RESULTS. Shnaider hustles Zhu to square off with Ekaterina Alexandrova in the semifinal

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Luke Meyer
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Diana Shnaider gets the better of Lin Zhu 2-6 6-3 6-1 in the quarter in Ningbo on Friday. Shnaider will play against Ekaterina Alexandrova in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 48 minutes. Her best result in this competition was reaching the final in 2023. Here you can see her history at this event.

Shnaider
Ningbo
Shnaider's Record

Diana added to her prize money $ 30,305 after winning this match. She has already won $ 59,000 up to now in the tournament. If she wins the next match, the Russian will add $ 42,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 101,000.

Highlights Diana Shnaider vs. Lin Zhu Ningbo Open – Ningbo

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Shnaider
Zhu
Diana Shnaider
2-6 6-3 6-1
1h:48
Lin Zhu
79
79
Total points
61
61
33
33
Winners
28
28
42%
42%
Ratio Winners
46%
46%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
2
2
5
5
Double Faults
3
3
73%
73%
1st in
67%
67%
65%
65%
1st won
60%
60%
33/51
33/51
1st won
28/47
28/47
53%
53%
2nd won
26%
26%
10/19
10/19
2nd won
6/23
6/23
-- Break Points --
6/11
6/11
Total
4/9
4/9
55%
55%
Won
44%
44%
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At the end of the match, Shnaider scored 79 points vs. the Chinese’s 61.

Shnaider

Shnaider was pretty effective at converting 55% of the break points that she conquered (6/11).

Zhu

On the other side, Lin was battling in converting her break points (only 44% – 4/9). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this encounter, the head to head between Shnaider and Zhu is 3-0 for Diana.

Draw and next match H2H: Diana Shnaider vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova – stats

Shnaider will compete against Alexandrova in the semifinal.

This will be the 3rd time that Diana Shnaider and Ekaterina Alexandrova fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Shnaider and Alexandrova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Shnaider won 6-3 4-6 6-4 in the final in Monterrey back in August 2025.

Diana Shnaider Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Zhu 6-2
ZhuShnaider
6
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
ZhuShnaider
6
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
ZhuShnaider
5
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
ZhuShnaider
5
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
ZhuShnaider
4
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
ZhuShnaider
3
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
ZhuShnaider
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
ZhuShnaider
2
0
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
ZhuShnaider
1
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40

Shnaider overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Lin Zhu in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. However, that wasn’t sufficient for Zhu to win the set because Shnaider managed to break back in the 4th (1-3) game. The Chinese maintained her focus to break Shnaider in the 5th (4-1) game before winning the set (6-2).

The Chinese was flawless in converting all her break points in the 0th (1-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 3rd (2-0 0-40) and the 5th game (3-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Shnaider was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 4th (0-3 15-40) and the 8th game (2-5 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 60 points. The Chinese was the one to win the set after conquering 4 points more than Shnaider (32-28). The Chinese surrendered 12 points on serve (16-12). Regarding the other side of the net, Diana conceded 16 points on serve (16-16).

2nd Set -
Shnaider 6-3
ShnaiderZhu
6
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
ShnaiderZhu
6
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
ShnaiderZhu
5
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
ShnaiderZhu
5
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
ShnaiderZhu
4
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
ShnaiderZhu
4
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
ShnaiderZhu
3
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
ShnaiderZhu
2
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
ShnaiderZhu
2
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30

Shnaider got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Lin Zhu in the 2nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, there was more to do for the Russian to win the set since Zhu managed to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game. Diana maintained her cool to break the Chinese in the 4th (3-1) game before conquering the set (6-3).

The Russian converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 4th game (2-1 0-40). In addition on the other side, Zhu converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 3rd game (0-2 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 48 points. Shnaider was the one to win the set after conquering 6 points more than the Chinese (27-21). Shnaider surrendered 7 points on serve (15-7). on the other side of the net, Lin conceded 12 points on serve (14-12).

3rd Set -
Shnaider 6-1
ShnaiderZhu
6
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
ShnaiderZhu
5
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
ShnaiderZhu
4
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
ShnaiderZhu
3
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
ShnaiderZhu
2
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
ShnaiderZhu
1
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15

Shnaider won the set after she broke Zhu 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game.

The Chinese was eclipsed in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-1 to 6-1.

Diana converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (3-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (5-1 0-40). On the other side, Shnaider didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 32 points. The Russian conquered the set after winning 16 more points than Zhu (24-8). The Russian was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (12-4). Regarding the other side of the net, the Chinese conceded 12 points on serve (4-12).

1st
Shnaider
Zhu
2-6
2
6
2
5
1
5
1
4
1
3
0
3
0
2
0
1
2nd
Shnaider
Zhu
6-3
6
3
5
3
5
2
4
2
4
1
3
1
2
1
2
0
1
0
3rd
Shnaider
Zhu
6-1
6
1
5
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
 

Tennis Scores in Ningbo

  • Diana ShnaiderShnaider – Lin ZhuZhu (2-6 6-3 6-1)
  • Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Belinda BencicBencic (5-7 7-5 6-3)
  • Elena RybakinaRybakina – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (6-2 6-0)
  • Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Mccartney KesslerKessler (6-3 6-3)

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