Australian Open. Dayana Yastremskaya vs. Zheng Qingwen in the semifinals: match preview

Ukrainian tennis / Australian Open – Ukrainian tennis player Dayana Yastremskaya will play for reaching the final of the Australian Open against Chinese tennis player Zheng Qingwen. The match will take place on Thursday, January 25 and will close the match day at Rod Laver Arena approximately at 12:00 Kyiv time

Dayana Yastremskaya (Ukraine) – 93rd racket of the world

Date of birth: 05/15/2000 (23 years old)
Place of birth: Odessa, Ukraine
Height: 175 cm
Plays: right hand (two-handed backhand)
Videos WTA: 3 (2019 – Hua Hin, Strasbourg; 2018 – Hong Kong)
Highest WTA ranking: 21 (20/01/2020)
Career wins/losses (as of January 25, 2024): 222/150
Career Earnings: $3,255,888

Zheng Qingwen (China) – 15th racket of the world

Date of birth: 08/10/2002 (21 years old)
Place of birth: Shiyan, China
Height: 178 cm
Plays: right hand (two-handed backhand)
WTA titles: 2 (2023 – Palermo, Zhengzhou)
Highest WTA ranking: 13 (08/01/2024)
Career wins/losses (as of January 25, 2024): 183/77
Career Earnings: $2,935,768

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Path to the tournament

Diana Yastremskaya

QR1: Leja Boskovic (Croatia, No. 222) 6:3, 4:6, 6:3
QR2: Valentina Grammaticopoulos (Greece, #221) 6:4, 3:6, 6:4
QRF: Maya Joynt (Australia, #573) 6:2, 1:6, 6:4
R1: Marketa Vondrousova (Czech Republic, No. 7) 6:1, 6:2
R2: Varvara Gracheva (France, No. 39) 6:3, 6:2
R3: Emma Navarro (USA, No. 26) 6:2, 2:6, 6:1
R4: Victoria Azarenka (-, #22) 7:6(6), 6:4
QF: Linda Noskova (Czech Republic, No. 50) 6:3, 6:4

Average rating of opponents in the main draw: No. 29
Time on court: 819 minutes (13 hours 39 minutes) – including qualifications

Statistics (in the main bracket)
Aces: 20
Double faults: 15
Winners: 141 (average 28 per game)
Unforced errors: 140 (average 28 per game)
Break points converted: 21 out of 38 (55.3%)
Break points played: 14 out of 23 (60.9%)
Fastest serve in the tournament: 184 km/h (against Marketa Vondrousova)
Average first serve in the tournament: 161.6 km/h
Average second serve in the tournament: 143.4 km/h
First serve percentage: 57.0%

Zheng Qinwen

R1: Ashlyn Kruger (USA, No. 76) 3:6, 6:2, 6:3
R2: Katie Boulter (Great Britain, #54) 6:3, 6:3
R3: Wang Yafan (China, No. 94) 6:4, 2:6, 7:6(8)
R4: Ocean Dodan (France, #95) 6:2, 6:0
QF: Anna Kalinskaya (-, #75) 6:7(4), 6:3, 6:1

Average rating of opponents in the main draw: No. 79
Time on court: 592 minutes (9 hours 52 minutes)

Statistics
Aces: 44
Double faults: 32
Winners: 150 (average 30 per game)
Unforced errors: 152 (average 30 per game)
Break points converted: 24 out of 44 (60.5%)
Break points played: 17 out of 27 (63%)
Fastest serve of the tournament: 186 km/h (vs. Katie Boulter)
Average first serve in the tournament: 169.4 km/h
Average second serve in the tournament: 136.4 km/h
First serve percentage: 51.8%

History at the tournament

Dayana Yastremskaya – 4/5 | This is Yastremska’s sixth time playing at the Australian Open and her fifth time in the main draw. Dayana is playing in the semi-finals of a major for the first time in her career.

Zheng Qingwen – 5/2 | Zheng Qingwen plays in Melbourne for the third time. She reached the semi-finals for the first time at a Grand Slam tournament.

Performances on hard court (as of 01/25/2024):

Dayana Yastremskaya – 100/70 (10/1 this year)

Zheng Qingwen – 93/45 (7/1 this year)

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Performances in the 2024 season

Diana Yastremskaya – 2/1

WTA 500 – 2/1 | Brisbane – R1

Zheng Qinwen is 2/1

United Cup – 2/1

Last 5 matches:

Diana Yastremskaya – V, V, V, V, V

Zheng Qingwen – V, V, V, V, V

National factor:

Dayana Yastremskaya – 6/4 | Yastremskaya will play against a tennis player from China for the first time since 2022, when she lost twice to Zhang Shuai in the finals of the tournament in Lyon and Birmingham.

Zheng Qingwen – 4/3 | Zheng Qingwen has won her last three matches against tennis players from Ukraine, having beaten Marta Kostyuk (Montreal), Katerina Volodko (Zhengzhou) and Angelina Kalinina (Zhengzhou) last year.

Dayana Yastremskaya will play her 180th match in the main draw of the tournament at the WTA tour level. The Ukrainian has 88 victories (49%);

Zheng Qingwen will play his 106th match in the main draw of the tournament at the WTA tour level. She has 65 wins (62%);

Dayana Yastremskaya will play her 30th match in the main draw of the Grand Slam tournament. The Ukrainian has 14 wins (48%);

Zheng Qingwen will play his 28th match in the main draw of the Grand Slam tournament. The Chinese tennis player has 19 wins (70%);

Dayana Yastremska may become the first Ukrainian tennis player to reach the finals of the Grand Slam tournament. Previously, only Andrei Medvedev reached the final of a major – at Roland Garros 1999 (lost in five sets to Andre Agassi).

If Diana Yastremska wins, she could become the second qualified tennis player in history to reach the final of a Grand Slam tournament, after Emma Raducanu, who won the title at the 2021 US Open.

Dayana Yastremskaya has been the lowest-rated semi-finalist at the Australian Open since 2010, when Justine Henin, who was unranked at that time, reached this stage.

Zheng Qingwen is the youngest tennis player from China to reach the semifinals at a major.

Zheng Qingwen performed the most number of serves in the women’s tournament – 44.

The winner of this match will receive A$1,725,000 in prize money and 1,300 ranking points. Loser – A$990,000 in prize money and 780 ranking points.

Prospect in the ranking

If Dayana Yastremskaya reaches the final, she will rise to 21st place in the WTA rankings, repeating her best result in her career and becoming the second racket of Ukraine, and if she loses, she will take 29th place, located right behind Marta Kostyuk.

Zheng Qingwen has already guaranteed herself a debut in the top 10 at the Australian Major – she will take 10th place if she loses in the semi-finals. If the Chinese woman reaches the final, she will become the seventh racket in the world.

Bookmaker quotes:

Vbet considers Zheng Qingwen the favorite of the match and estimates her chances of winning with a coefficient of 1.52. The odds offered for Dayana Yastremskaya’s victory are 2.76.

Bookmakers Favbet offer to bet on Dayana Yastremskaya’s victory with odds of 2.59. The success of her opponent is estimated by a coefficient of 1.57.

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