In the early morning of March 26, Beijing time, the third round of the WTA1000 Miami was played, and the 23rd seed and Chinese Jinhua Zheng Qinwen faced the 12th seed Russian player Samsonova. In the end, Zheng Qinwen sent the invisible egg after falling behind 0-3 in the tiebreaker to defeat 12th seed Samsonova 5-7/7-6(4)/6-3, ending a two-game losing streak against the latter and successfully advancing to the round of 16.
Through this victory, Zheng Qinwen received 120 points, 96,955 US dollars in prize money, and immediately ranked No.23.
Cheng trailed 2-1 in pre-match head-to-head records and has lost two of their last two encounters, including this year's Abu Dhabi leg. The two were supposed to meet in Dubai, but the Chinese star withdrew due to injury before the match.
Zheng returned from injury and defeated Begu in the first three sets. Samsonova made the easy cut the day before, losing only two sets to sweep Grubić.
Throughout the match, the statistics of both sides were very close, but they were better on Zheng Qinwen's serve, with a total of 18 ACEs! And lead the opponent in the success rate of one shot (63%) and the scoring rate of one shot (75%).
In the next round, Zheng Qinwen will face the winner of Gauff and Potapova