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Qinwen Zheng played one of the two completed matches at the Zhengzhou Open on Friday. The only player from China who’s still in contention in the playing field won against Angelina Kalinina 6-3, 6-2 in 87 minutes, in their quarter-final match-up.
The match began with a break, on Zheng’s serve but it didn’t take long for her to get the proceedings going in her favour. The 21-year-old won 87% of her first-serve points against her opponent, who won only 59% of her first-serve points.
Neither player was able to dominate on her second serve but Zheng still finished better, winning 45% of her second-serve points to her rival’s 33%.
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Zheng will take on Jasmine Paolini in the penultimate round.
The Italian withstood a second-set comeback attempt by Laura Siegemund in their last-eight encounter, to wrap up the meeting, 6-0, 7-5 in an hour and 44 minutes. Paolini won 72% of her first-serve points to the German’s 50%.
She also won 56% points on return on the latter’s second serve. Of the four break points she faced, the Italian saved three. She converted five break points on…
