Qiang Wang vs Aryna Sabalenka — Beijing Quarter-final

Beijing · WTA · Quarter-final
CHN
Qiang Wang
34 yrs · 172 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLLLL
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 1 October 2018
hard
Aryna Sabalenka
BLR
Aryna Sabalenka
#1WTA
2220ELO
2201Hard ELO
$4.7MYTD
$50MCAREER
28 yrs · 182 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWLWWLWW
Wang Q.
7-5 7-5
Sabalenka A.
Wang Q.
772
Sabalenka A.
550

Qiang Wang defeated Aryna Sabalenka 7-5 7-5 in the Beijing quarter-final on hard. The result followed the form book — Qiang Wang came in defending last year's round of 64.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Wang Q.serving69% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Sabalenka A.

Sabalenka A.serving81% hold

wins 64% of points on serve vs Wang Q.

Serve advantage — Sabalenka A.

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

Wang Q.Sabalenka A.
—
Serve
96
—
Return
39

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

Statistics

This season
Wang Q.Sabalenka A.
1st serve in·Even
62%
63%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
63%
70%
2nd serve points won·Even
48%
51%
Service points won·Slight edge
57%
63%
Return points won·Even
45%
45%
Break points saved·Slight edge
55%
63%
Aces / match·Clear edge
2.3
4.6
Double faults / match·Clear edge
2.1
2.9

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Wang Q.Sabalenka A.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
27
98
Break points saved·Dominant
46
98
Break points won·Dominant
74
100
Deciding sets·Dominant
46
97
Tiebreaks·Dominant
22
100

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

Freshness

Recent load
Wang Q.Sabalenka A.
Freshness·
—
90

Sabalenka A.: 8 days rest · 4 matches (14d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast
Weather
23°CClear
Wind 32 km/hHumidity 30%

Draw

Final
Wozniacki C.[2]
Sevastova A.
6-36-3
Semi-finals
Wozniacki C.[2]
Wang Q.
6-16-3
Sevastova A.
Osaka N.[8]
6-46-4
Quarter-finals
Wang Q.
Sabalenka A.
7-57-5
Osaka N.[8]
Zhang S.
3-66-47-5
Sevastova A.
Cibulkova D.
6-37-65
Wozniacki C.[2]
Siniakova K.
6-26-2
R16
Wozniacki C.[2]
Kontaveit A.
7-56-4
Osaka N.[8]
Goerges J.[10]
6-16-2
Sabalenka A.
Garcia C.[4]
5-77-636-0
Cibulkova D.
Stephens S.[9]
4-66-26-3
Zhang S.
Kerber A.[3]
6-12-66-0
Siniakova K.
Bertens K.[11]
6-46-3
Wang Q.
Pliskova K.[7]
6-46-4
Sevastova A.
Vekic D.
6-36-2
R32
Sevastova A.
Keys M.[17]
W/O
Zhang S.
Babos T.
6-16-2
Kerber A.[3]
Suarez Navarro C.
7-646-1
Stephens S.[9]
Zheng S.
6-16-3
Vekic D.
Jabeur O.
7-656-4
Wozniacki C.[2]
Martic P.
7-56-3
Bertens K.[11]
Flipkens K.
6-16-1
Wang Q.
Ostapenko J.[12]
6-06-0
Goerges J.[10]
Tsurenko L.
6-44-62-2
Pliskova K.[7]
Sasnovich A.
6-36-4
Osaka N.[8]
Collins D.
6-16-0
Cibulkova D.
Saville D.
6-36-3
Kontaveit A.
Siegemund L.
2-66-36-2
Siniakova K.
Krunic A.
7-626-2
Garcia C.[4]
Hercog P.
7-626-3
Sabalenka A.
Muguruza G.[14]
7-56-4
R64
Jabeur O.
Halep S.[1]
6-10-0
Siegemund L.
Kasatkina D.[13]
6-34-2
Pliskova K.[7]
Stosur S.
6-46-4
Tsurenko L.
Petkovic A.
6-27-62
Goerges J.[10]
Konta J.
6-24-66-3
Suarez Navarro C.
Putintseva Y.
6-16-0
Kerber A.[3]
Mladenovic K.
6-26-2
Zheng S.
Yastremska D.
6-46-3
Stephens S.[9]
Pavlyuchenkova A.
6-786-46-4
Babos T.
Hsieh S.
6-26-2
Zhang S.
Mertens E.[15]
6-13-66-3
Keys M.[17]
Pera B.
6-36-4
Sevastova A.
Cornet A.
6-46-2
Martic P.
Strycova B.
6-26-3
Cibulkova D.
Duan Y.
6-36-2
Muguruza G.[14]
Makarova K.
6-06-4
Osaka N.[8]
Diyas Z.
6-46-3
Wozniacki C.[2]
Bencic B.
6-26-3
Vekic D.
Sakkari M.
6-16-4
Krunic A.
Svitolina E.[6]
0-66-47-64
Bertens K.[11]
Cirstea S.
6-26-0
Flipkens K.
Boulter K.
4-66-27-5
Garcia C.[4]
Wang Y.
7-6106-746-3
Collins D.
Bacsinszky T.
6-23-66-3
Saville D.
Kvitova P.[5]
6-26-1
Siniakova K.
Van Uytvanck A.
7-56-4
Hercog P.
Vandeweghe C.
6-26-1
Ostapenko J.[12]
Rybarikova M.
6-47-63
Sasnovich A.
Buzarnescu M.
6-36-1