Laura Robson vs Jie Zheng — Guangzhou Round of 16

Guangzhou · WTA · Round of 16
GBR
Laura Robson
32 yrs · 180 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 17 September 2012
hard
CHN
Jie Zheng
43 yrs · 164 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWWLLLLW
Robson L.
6-3 6-3
Zheng J.
Robson L.
662
Zheng J.
33–

Laura Robson defeated Jie Zheng 6-3 6-3 in the Guangzhou round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Jie Zheng came in leading the head-to-head 1–0, defending last year's semi-final. Laura Robson claimed a first win over Jie Zheng in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2013-09-16GuangzhouQFhardJie Zheng1-6 7-6(6) 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Robson L.serving71% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Zheng J.

Zheng J.serving71% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Robson L.

Baseline battle — serve is shaky, expect plenty of breaks

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Statistics

This season
Robson L.Zheng J.
1st serve in·Clear edge
57%
70%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
67%
59%
2nd serve points won·Even
43%
45%
Service points won·Even
57%
55%
Return points won·Even
42%
44%
Break points saved·Slight edge
57%
52%
Aces / match·Dominant
4.3
0.4
Double faults / match·Dominant
5.8
2.4

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (91 vs 100). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Robson L.Zheng J.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
30
56
Break points saved·Clear edge
72
55
Break points won·Dominant
47
80
Deciding sets·Dominant
35
71
Tiebreaks·
—
73

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Hsieh S.
Robson L.
6-35-76-4
Semi-finals
Robson L.
Cirstea S.
6-46-2
Hsieh S.
Radwanska U.
6-13-66-0
Quarter-finals
Radwanska U.
Scheepers C.
6-17-5
Robson L.
Peng S.
7-55-76-2
Cirstea S.
Cornet A.
6-46-3
Hsieh S.
Johansson M.
6-36-0
R16
Cornet A.
Govortsova O.
6-40-0
Cirstea S.
Duan Y.
6-17-60
Robson L.
Zheng J.
6-36-3
Peng S.
Luangnam N.
6-26-1
Scheepers C.
Jovanovski B.
6-46-1
Radwanska U.
Minella M.
6-26-3
Johansson M.
Zheng S.
6-24-67-5
Hsieh S.
Chang K.
6-06-3
R32
Chang K.
Bartoli M.
4-3
Cornet A.
Panova A.
6-31-1
Zheng J.
Chan Y.
5-3
Robson L.
Torro Flor M.
6-23-1
Luangnam N.
Gajdosova J.
6-756-46-2
Hsieh S.
Bratchikova N.
7-56-3
Peng S.
Morita A.
7-636-0
Govortsova O.
Diyas Z.
7-56-2
Scheepers C.
Wang Q.
6-06-3
Jovanovski B.
Babos T.
6-16-3
Minella M.
Parmentier P.
7-53-66-3
Radwanska U.
Czink M.
7-616-2
Johansson M.
Niculescu M.
7-56-2
Zheng S.
Cohen J.
7-617-5
Cirstea S.
Hu Y.
6-27-5
Duan Y.
Kumkhum L.
6-26-1