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Liudmila Samsonova #19 def. Qinwen Zheng #29

6-4 1-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Feb 11, 2023*
Tournament	Abu Dhabi
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Liudmila Samsonova
Score	6-4 1-6 6-4
Loser	Qinwen Zheng

Stat	Liudmila Samsonova	Qinwen Zheng
Aces	10	15
Double faults	2	3
First serve %	63	56
First serve points won %	79	72
Second serve points won %	43	51
Break points saved %	60	71
Break points converted %	29	40
Service points won %	66	63
Return points won %	37	34
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Liudmila Samsonova	Qinwen Zheng
Country	RUS	CHN
Birth date	Nov 11, 1998	Oct 8, 2002
Age	24	20
Height	182	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	19	29
Ranking points (entering)	1,905	1,415
Elo (entering)	1,924	1,881
Career W-L	161–133	131–79
Career earnings	$8,919,896	$10,449,700

Pre-match H2H

Liudmila Samsonova 1 – 1 Qinwen Zheng

Path

Liudmila Samsonova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 11, 2023	QF	Veronika Kudermetova	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 10, 2023	R16	Barbora Krejcikova	7-5 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 9, 2023	R32	Claire Liu	3-6 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Liudmila Samsonova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 12, 2023	F	Belinda Bencic	6-1 6-7(8) 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Qinwen Zheng's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 11, 2023	QF	Daria Kasatkina	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 10, 2023	R16	Jelena Ostapenko	7-6(10) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 9, 2023	R32	Rebecca Marino	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data