Zhaoxuan Yang vs Saisai Zheng — Kuala Lumpur Round of 32

Kuala Lumpur · WTA · Round of 32
CHN
Zhaoxuan Yang
31 yrs · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 29 February 2016
hard
CHN8
Saisai Zheng
#1500WTA
32 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLWLLLL
Yang Z.
4-6 6-3 6-2
Zheng S.
Yang Z.
4662
Zheng S.
6321

Zhaoxuan Yang defeated Saisai Zheng 4-6 6-3 6-2 in the Kuala Lumpur round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Saisai Zheng came in defending last year's round of 32, but Zhaoxuan Yang had been the form player, winning 3 of their last 8 on hard.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Yang Z.serving62% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Zheng S.

Zheng S.serving66% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Yang Z.

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
Yang Z.Zheng S.
1st serve in·Even
67%
67%
1st serve points won·Even
60%
58%
2nd serve points won·Even
42%
46%
Service points won·Even
54%
54%
Return points won·Even
43%
45%
Break points saved·Even
53%
51%
Aces / match·Slight edge
1.8
1.2
Double faults / match·Dominant
4.2
2.3

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (46 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Svitolina E.[2]
Bouchard E.[6]
6-756-47-5
Semi-finals
Svitolina E.[2]
Zhu L.
6-36-3
Bouchard E.[6]
Broady N.
6-46-3
Quarter-finals
Svitolina E.[2]
Kucova K.
1-66-16-1
Zhu L.
Wang Q.
6-36-4
Broady N.
Lisicki S.[3]
7-641-67-5
Bouchard E.[6]
Buyukakcay C.
6-16-4
R16
Svitolina E.[2]
Ozaki R.
6-13-66-0
Kucova K.
Hsieh S.[7]
6-13-66-3
Zhu L.
Diyas Z.
7-56-2
Wang Q.
Duan Y.
6-46-4
Lisicki S.[3]
Krejcikova B.
7-56-3
Bouchard E.[6]
Nara K.
6-16-2
Buyukakcay C.
Chang K.
7-56-3
Broady N.
Yang Z.
6-46-3
R32
Krejcikova B.
Wang Y.
6-41-66-2
Diyas Z.
Beck A.[4]
7-56-3
Zhu L.
Panova A.
6-46-4
Wang Q.
Kumkhum L.
6-26-1
Duan Y.
Hibino N.[5]
6-46-2
Broady N.
Koukalova K.
6-33-66-3
Lisicki S.[3]
Linette M.
6-47-65
Bouchard E.[6]
Zhang L.
6-36-1
Nara K.
Hantuchova D.
6-46-747-610
Buyukakcay C.
Siegemund L.
7-56-1
Chang K.
Vinci R.[1]
5-76-26-1
Yang Z.
Zheng S.[8]
4-66-36-2
Svitolina E.[2]
Kato M.
6-16-1
Ozaki R.
Kulichkova E.
6-06-2
Kucova K.
Voegele S.
7-646-4
Hsieh S.[7]
Cepelova J.
6-46-4