Evgeniya Rodina vs Saisai Zheng — Tianjin Round of 32

Tianjin · WTA · Round of 32
RUS
Evgeniya Rodina
37 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 12 October 2015
hard
CHN8
Saisai Zheng
#1500WTA
32 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Rodina E.
7-5 6-3
Zheng S.
Rodina E.
762
Zheng S.
530

Evgeniya Rodina defeated Saisai Zheng 7-5 6-3 in the Tianjin round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Saisai Zheng came in defending last year's semi-final.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Rodina E.serving60% hold

wins 54% of points on serve vs Zheng S.

Zheng S.serving67% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Rodina E.

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
Rodina E.Zheng S.
1st serve in·Even
67%
67%
1st serve points won·Even
58%
58%
2nd serve points won·Even
42%
46%
Service points won·Even
53%
54%
Return points won·Even
43%
45%
Break points saved·Even
52%
52%
Aces / match·Even
1.1
1.2
Double faults / match·Dominant
3.8
2.3

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (187 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Rodina E.Zheng S.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
24
19
Break points saved·Even
20
16
Break points won·Even
73
71
Deciding sets·Slight edge
56
50
Tiebreaks·Even
44
40

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

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Radwanska A.[2]
Kovinic D.
6-16-2
Semi-finals
Radwanska A.[2]
Pliskova K.[3]
6-36-1
Kovinic D.
Jovanovski B.
6-46-726-2
Quarter-finals
Pliskova K.[3]
Babos T.
6-36-2
Kovinic D.
Duan Y.
7-53-66-3
Jovanovski B.
Mladenovic K.[5]
6-44-66-3
Radwanska A.[2]
Kulichkova E.
7-636-2
R16
Kovinic D.
Pereira T.[6]
6-25-76-1
Duan Y.
Kichenok L.
6-756-26-4
Jovanovski B.
Vesnina E.
6-36-1
Mladenovic K.[5]
Radwanska U.
6-46-4
Babos T.
Riske Amritraj A.[7]
6-36-3
Kulichkova E.
Rodina E.
6-27-5
Radwanska A.[2]
Wang Q.
6-16-1
Pliskova K.[3]
Linette M.
6-26-1
R32
Radwanska A.[2]
Savchuk O.
6-16-0
Kichenok L.
Pennetta F.[1]
6-37-5
Kovinic D.
Bondarenko K.
6-46-1
Pereira T.[6]
Hibino N.
7-56-2
Vesnina E.
Svitolina E.[4]
6-26-4
Jovanovski B.
Jabeur O.
6-717-646-1
Radwanska U.
Kichenok N.
6-46-0
Riske Amritraj A.[7]
Han X.
6-06-4
Babos T.
Kudryavtseva A.
6-06-1
Linette M.
Putintseva Y.
7-636-1
Rodina E.
Zheng S.[8]
7-56-3
Kulichkova E.
Tig P.
6-46-3
Wang Q.
Zhang Y.
7-56-4
Duan Y.
Vaidisova N.
6-36-3
Pliskova K.[3]
Kucova K.
3-66-37-5
Mladenovic K.[5]
Liu F.
6-06-1