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Saturday’s Zhengzhou Open semi-final between Qinwen Zheng and Jasmine Paolini was a repeat of this year’s Palermo Ladies Open. The result turned to be the same as in Italy. Zheng won 6-2, 6-3 after an hour and 15 minutes.
Zheng hit five aces. Although she put in only 45% of her first serves to Paolini’s 69%, she won 85% (17 of 20) of her first-serve points. Paolini could win only 45% of her first-serve points, or 18 of 40 points she put in.
Paolini fared slightly better when it came to winning second-serve points. She won 50% to Zheng winning 42%. Paolini was able to convert two of three break points on Zheng’s serve but conceded six break points on her own serve that helped her opponent get ahead in their clash.
For the match, Zheng won 58 points to Paolini’s 44. Of these 58, 19 were winners. In the final, Zheng will play Barbora Krejcikova. The seventh seed from the Czech Republic won 6-3, 6-0 against the eighth-seeded Daria Kasatkina in an hour and a half.
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