Saisai Zheng vs Sofia Kenin — Indian Wells Qualifying Round 1

Indian Wells · CHALLENGER · Qualifying Round 1
CHN
Saisai Zheng
#1500WTA
32 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLWLLLL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 7 March 2016
hard
Sofia Kenin
USA
Sofia Kenin
#106WTA
1694ELO
1659Hard ELO
27 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLLWLLLL
Zheng S.
7-5 6-2
Kenin S.
Zheng S.
762
Kenin S.
52–

Saisai Zheng defeated Sofia Kenin 7-5 6-2 in the Indian Wells qualifying round 1 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Sofia Kenin came in ranked #106.

Key context

  • Match story: Saisai Zheng closed it out in two sets, 7–5 6–2.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Zheng S.serving56% hold

wins 52% of points on serve vs Kenin S.

Kenin S.serving56% hold

wins 52% 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.Kenin S.
—
Serve
13
—
Return
0

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

Statistics

This season
Zheng S.Kenin S.
1st serve in·Even
67%
68%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
58%
63%
2nd serve points won·Even
46%
47%
Service points won·Even
54%
58%
Return points won·Even
45%
41%
Break points saved·Even
52%
56%
Aces / match·Even
1.2
1.7
Double faults / match·Clear edge
2.3
3.5

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Zheng S.Kenin S.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
19
66
Break points saved·Dominant
16
92
Break points won·Clear edge
71
85
Deciding sets·Even
50
54
Tiebreaks·Dominant
40
73

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

Freshness

Recent load
Zheng S.Kenin S.
Freshness·
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94

Kenin S.: 12 days rest · 2 matches (14d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast

Draw — qualifying

Q2
Vekic D.
Cepelova J.
6-32-66-2
Bondarenko K.
Dominguez Lino L.
6-46-0
Townsend T.
Sevastova A.
6-25-76-2
Gibbs N.
Friedsam A.
6-45-77-5
Parmentier P.
Zheng S.
6-27-62
Bertens K.
Wozniak A.
6-46-2
Siegemund L.
Osaka N.
6-26-3
Sasnovich A.
Flipkens K.
6-16-2
Pliskova K.
Han X.
6-16-2
Nara K.
Cepede Royg V.
6-46-1
Siniakova K.
Boserup J.
6-06-2
Ozaki R.
Kontaveit A.
7-656-4
Q1
Sevastova A.
Pegula J.
6-26-2
Wozniak A.
Konjuh A.
6-16-3
Pliskova K.
Vickery S.
6-04-66-3
Han X.
Hsieh S.
7-56-1
Siegemund L.
Gajdosova J.
6-26-2
Osaka N.
Paszek T.
5-76-46-4
Nara K.
Tig P.
6-26-1
Cepede Royg V.
Koukalova K.
6-16-4
Boserup J.
Vesnina E.
6-46-3
Siniakova K.
Kingsley R.
6-36-1
Kontaveit A.
Sakkari M.
6-46-3
Ozaki R.
Linette M.
2-67-636-4
Zheng S.
Kenin S.
7-56-2
Townsend T.
Rodina E.
6-27-61
Vekic D.
Mestach A.
6-34-66-1
Cepelova J.
Tatishvili A.
2-67-56-1
Flipkens K.
Chirico L.
7-56-3
Friedsam A.
Glushko J.
4-66-06-4
Gibbs N.
Golubic V.
7-57-5
Parmentier P.
Baindl K.
1-67-636-1
Bondarenko K.
Kania P.
6-06-4
Dominguez Lino L.
Sanchez M.
7-633-66-2
Bertens K.
Duan Y.
3-66-36-0
Sasnovich A.
Karatantcheva S.
7-56-4