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WTA Osaka, JapanWomen's Singles · Round of 32 · HardCompleted
6-2, 1-6, 6-4Court 21h 50m

Keys to Victory

Fine margins
Decided by fine margins; no single statistic separated the two.
On-air one-liner
Valentova edged Zhang in a tight contest, winning 6-2, 1-6, 6-4 at Osaka.
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Game flow

ValentovaZhang▼ break of serve
Set 135 min▾
▼1-02-0▼3-04-04-1▼4-2▼5-26-2
6-2
Valentova6153040
Zhang2000
Break
Valentova500153040
Zhang21530303030
Break
Valentova400153030
Zhang21530303040
Valentova400015
Zhang115304040
Valentova4151530404040Ad40Ad
Zhang001515153040404040
Break
Valentova30015153040Ad40Ad
Zhang0153030404040404040
Valentova21515153040
Zhang0015303030
Break
Valentova1015304040
Zhang01515151530

Valentova broke for 1-0 and again for 3-0, then clinched 6-2 with a break for 5-2, though Zhang saved one break point in a deuce hold for 1-4.

Set 234 min▾
0-1▼0-20-3▼0-40-51-51-6
1-6
Valentova115151515
Zhang60153040
Valentova115153040
Zhang50151515
Valentova0000
Zhang5153040
Break
Valentova0151530304040Ad4040
Zhang4015153030404040Ad
Valentova000015
Zhang315304040
Break
Valentova0015303030
Zhang21515153040
Valentova015153040404040
Zhang101515153040Ad

Zhang broke for 2-0 and again for 4-0 in a 5 minute deuce game, then held for 6-1 as Valentova managed only a hold for 1-5.

Set 348 min▾
1-01-12-1▼3-1▼3-2▼4-25-25-3▼5-4▼6-4
6-4
Break
Valentova61515304040
Zhang4015151530
Break
Valentova5015151530
Zhang41515304040
Valentova50151515
Zhang315153040
Valentova5153040
Zhang2000
Break
Valentova41530304040
Zhang200151530
Break
Valentova3015151530
Zhang21515304040
Break
Valentova30153040
Zhang115151515
Valentova215304040
Zhang100015
Valentova10151515
Zhang115153040
Valentova1153040
Zhang0000

Valentova broke for 3-1 and again for 4-2, then sealed 6-4 with a break for 6-4, though Zhang saved one break point in each decisive game.

Match Stats

ValentovaZhang
6
Aces
2
4
Double faults
2
52%
1st serve in
70%
68%
1st serve pts won
60%
6/12 (50%)
Break points won
5/11 (45%)
7/12 (58%)
Service games won
7/13 (54%)
6/13 (46%)
Return games won
5/12 (42%)
34/76 (45%)
Return points won
34/79 (43%)
79
Total points won
76
Data note
AI recap generated from set scores + aggregate match statistics.