Saisai Zheng vs Yulia PutintsevaFed Cup G1 RR: KAZ vs CHN Round Robin

Fed Cup G1 RR: KAZ vs CHN · WTA · Round Robin
#1500WTA
32 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 0
Sets
Friday, 5 February 2016
hard
#82WTA
1805ELO
1758Hard ELO
31 yrs · 163 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Zheng S.
6-3 6-3
Putintseva Y.
Zheng S.
662
Putintseva Y.
330

Saisai Zheng defeated Yulia Putintseva 6-3 6-3 in the Fed Cup G1 RR: KAZ vs CHN round robin on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Yulia Putintseva came in ranked #82.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Zheng S.serving62% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Putintseva Y.

Putintseva Y.serving69% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Zheng S.

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

Serve & return on hard

Zheng S.Putintseva Y.
Serve
18
Return
29

Per-surface Serve / Return Rating (0–100, percentile within the hard field, opponent-adjusted over 52 weeks). About

Statistics

This season
1st serve in·Slight edge
67%
72%
1st serve points won·Even
58%
61%
2nd serve points won·Even
46%
47%
Service points won·Even
54%
57%
Return points won·Even
45%
45%
Break points saved·Slight edge
52%
57%
Aces / match·Even
1.2
1.2
Double faults / match·Slight edge
2.3
1.8

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Clutch Rating·Dominant
19
83
Break points saved·Dominant
16
87
Break points won·Dominant
71
98
Deciding sets·Dominant
50
86
Tiebreaks·Dominant
40
72

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

Freshness

Recent load
Freshness·
72

Putintseva Y.: 1 day rest · 4 matches, 74 games (7d). Higher means fresher. About