Superb Shuai Zhang sweeps aside Jimenez Kasintseva in the quarter to battle vs Frech. HIGHLIGHTS – MERIDA RESULTS

MERIDA OPEN AKRON - MERIDA DRAW AND RESULTS. Zhang breezes past Jimenez Kasintseva to come up against Magdalena Frech in the semifinal

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Shuai Zhang soars past Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva 6-1 6-3 in the quarter in Merida on Friday after playing a marvellous match to clash against Magdalena Frech in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 32 minutes.

Zhang
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Zhang's Record

Zhang added to her prize money $ 32,528 after winning this match. She has already won $ 66,003 till now in the tournament. If she wins the next match, Zhang will add $ 48,497 to her earnings to get in total $ 114,500.

Highlights Shuai Zhang vs. Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva Merida Open Akron – Merida

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Zhang
Kasintseva
Shuai Zhang
6-1 6-3
1h:32
Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva
76
76
Total points
56
56
25
25
Winners
10
10
33%
33%
Ratio Winners
18%
18%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
0
0
3
3
Double Faults
2
2
58%
58%
1st in
65%
65%
54%
54%
1st won
29%
29%
25/46
25/46
1st won
10/34
10/34
44%
44%
2nd won
33%
33%
15/34
15/34
2nd won
6/18
6/18
-- Break Points --
8/12
8/12
Total
4/20
4/20
67%
67%
Won
20%
20%
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At the end of the match, the Chinese scored 76 points vs. Victoria’s 56.

Zhang

The Chinese was effective when converting 67% of the break points that she procured (8/12).

Jimenez Kasintseva

On the other side, Victoria was far from perfect in converting her break points (only 20% – 4/20). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this match, the head to head between Zhang and Jimenez Kasintseva is 1-0 for Shuai.

Draw and next match H2H: Shuai Zhang vs. Magdalena Frech – stats

Zhang will play Frech in the semifinal.

This will be the 4th time that Shuai Zhang and Magdalena Frech fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Zhang (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Zhang won 6-4 6-2 in the 4th round in Beijing back in 2024.

Shuai Zhang Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Zhang 6-1
ZhangKasintseva
6
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
ZhangKasintseva
6
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
ZhangKasintseva
5
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
ZhangKasintseva
4
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
ZhangKasintseva
3
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
ZhangKasintseva
3
0
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
ZhangKasintseva
2
0
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
ZhangKasintseva
1
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15

Zhang came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Yet, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Zhang to win the set because Victoria found the way to break back in the 4th (1-3) game. Shuai maintained her focus to break Jimenez Kasintseva in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game.

Zhang failed to serve out the set when leading 6-1 to be broken at 40.

The Andorran had no answers in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-1 to 6-1.

Shuai converted 80% of her break points (4/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 3rd (2-0 40-A), the 5th (3-1 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (5-1 15-40). In addition on the other side, Jimenez Kasintseva converted 7% of her break points (1/13). She had her opportunities in the 4th (0-3 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 6th (1-4 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (0-6 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).

They contested 75 points. The Chinese was the one to win the set after conquering 15 more points than the Andorran (45-30). Shuai surrendered 21 points on serve (26-21). On the other side, the Andorran conceded 19 points on serve (9-19).

2nd Set -
Zhang 6-3
ZhangKasintseva
6
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
ZhangKasintseva
5
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
ZhangKasintseva
4
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
ZhangKasintseva
4
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
ZhangKasintseva
3
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
ZhangKasintseva
3
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
ZhangKasintseva
2
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
ZhangKasintseva
2
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15

Zhang had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva in the 2nd game (2-0). Nonetheless, that was not enough for Zhang to win the set as Jimenez Kasintseva managed to break back in the 3rd (1-2), in the 5th (2-3) and in the 7th (3-4) game. Zhang maintained her focus to break Victoria in the 4th (3-1), in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).

Zhang converted 57% of her break points (4/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 4th (2-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 6th (3-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 15-40). In addition on the other side, Victoria converted 42% of her break points (3/7). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 15-40), the 5th (1-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 7th (2-4 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (3-5 40-A).

They played 57 points. The Chinese conquered the set after winning 5 points more than Victoria (31-26). Shuai lost 19 points on serve (14-19). on the other side of the net, Victoria conceded 17 points on serve (7-17).

1st
Zhang
Kasintseva
6-1
6
1
5
1
4
1
3
1
3
0
2
0
1
0
2nd
Zhang
Kasintseva
6-3
6
3
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
2
0
1
0
 

Tennis Scores in Merida

  • Shuai ZhangZhang – Victoria Jimenez KasintsevaJimenez Kasintseva (6-1 6-3)
  • Cristina BucsaBucsa – Zeynep SonmezSonmez (6-3 6-4)
  • Magdalena FrechFrech – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (6-3 4-6 6-3)
  • Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Katie BoulterBoulter (0-6 6-3 6-3)

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