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WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES BEIJING, CHINA | SEPTEMBER 28-OCTOBER 6, 2019 | $8,285,274 WTA PREMIER MANDATORY EVENT wtatennis.com | facebook.com/WTA | twitter.com/WTA | youtube.com/WTA Tournament Website: www.chinaopen.com.cn | @ChinaOpen | facebook.com/ChinaOpen WTA Communications: Estelle LaPorte ([email protected]), Adam Lincoln ([email protected]), Teyva Sammet ([email protected]), Kate Okiomah ([email protected]) CHINA OPEN - DAY 4 MATCH-UPS ZHENG SAISAI (CHN #39) vs. [13] SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #12) Stephens leads 2-0 Stephens triumphed when the pair met at the same stage here in 2018... Zheng is the only Chinese player left in the draw... Stephens bidding to reach the round of 16 here for a third time [1] ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #1) vs. YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #37) Barty leads 1-0 Barty won in three sets when they played earlier this year at Madrid...Putintseva has scored three Top-5 wins already this season... Barty received first-round performance bye after last week’s SF run in Wuhan [Q] ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #82) vs. [4] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #4) Petkovic leads 1-0 Petkovic beat a teenage Osaka in straight sets at 2014 Stanford... Osaka has won past seven matches against qualifiers...Petkovic was runner-up here in 2011 [16] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #19) vs. [Q] CHRISTINA MCHALE (USA #90) Wozniacki leads 4-2 Wozniacki beat McHale in their last encounter at 2016 Auckland... McHale bidding to win back-to-back tour-level matches for only the second time this season... Wozniacki only former champion left in the draw MATCH NOTES BEIJING - CHINA | Sep 28 - Oct 06, 2019 | $8,285,274 | PREMIER MANDATORY SAISAI ZHENG (CHN #39) vs. [13] SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #12) Head to Head: SLOANE STEPHENS leads 2-0 2019 MADRID CLAY O R16 SLOANE STEPHENS 3-6 6-3 6-2 123 mins 2018 BEIJING HARD O R2 SLOANE STEPHENS 6-1 6-3 82 mins SAISAI ZHENG SLOANE STEPHENS 39 WTA RANKING 12 35 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 24 05-02-1994 (25) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 20-03-1993 (26) $919,611 YTD PRIZE MONEY $1,463,194 $3,282,459 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $14,839,397 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 1 / 1 0 / 6 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 1 / 4 0 / 0 BEIJING W-L (MD) * 2-5 6-4 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 18-20 / 67-102 24-18 / 220-149 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 8-4 / 24-28 7-6 / 70-50 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 9-3 / 19-11 11-2 / 59-29 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 15-13 / 58-74 12-12 / 141-98 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-1 / 5-5 2-2 / 18-7 0-1 / 2-5 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 9-21 1-3 / 5-9 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-2 / 17-35 1-8 / 7-21 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-4 / 36-58 * Updated entering 2019 Beijing 2r ROAD TO THE SECOND ROUND SAISAI ZHENG (CHN #39) [13] SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #12) R64: d. MONICA PUIG (PUR #71) 4-6,6-3,7-6(5) (3h02) R64: d. MAGDA LINETTE (POL #42) 7-5,6-3 (1h37) Insights Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube: www.youtube.com/WTA from MATCH NOTES BEIJING - CHINA | Sep 28 - Oct 06, 2019 | $8,285,274 | PREMIER MANDATORY BEIJING Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match SAISAI ZHENG SLOANE STEPHENS 2018 2018 R2 L - SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #9) 6-1 6-3 R16 L - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #30) 4-6 6-2 6-3 2016 2017 R1 L - ROBERTA VINCI (ITA #16) 6-0 3-6 6-3 R1 L - CHRISTINA MCHALE (USA #71) 6-3 6-0 2015 2015 R1 L - CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #39) 6-2 6-2 R2 L - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #33) 3-6 6-3 6-4 2013 2013 R1-Q L - EUGENIE BOUCHARD (CAN #36) 6-2 6-3 R16 L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #8) 6-3 6-1 2012 R1 L - SU-WEI HSIEH (TPE #38) 6-2 6-3 2011 R1 L - KAIA KANEPI (EST #46) 6-0 6-3 Insights Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube: www.youtube.com/WTA from ZHENG SLOANE SAISAI VS STEPHENS BEIJING BEIJING • Making sixth main draw appearance at China Open, • Making fourth appearance at Beijing (seventh overall) • Reached R16 here on debut in 2013 (l. Wozniacki) • Scored first main draw win here during last year’s 2r and 2018 (d. today’s opponent Zheng, l. Cibulkova) showing (as WC, d. Yastremska, l. Stephens) • Previous best result was raching 2r on debut in 2016 • Recovered from 3-1 down in the final set to edge (d. Riske, l. Muguruza) past Puig in 1r on Saturday • In 1r beat recent Seoul R-Up Linette in straight sets • Faces No.12 Stephens in 2r today; owns one Top 20 • Faces Chinese No.3 Zheng in 2r today; has won five win this season, over No.10 Sabalenka en route to consecutive matches against Chinese opposition, San Jose title including Zhang and Y.Wang last week in Wuhan • Is one of two Chinese women to reach 2r from seven • In addition to R16 showing here, during last year’s in starting field (also Y.Wang, l. Svitolina on Monday) Asian swing fell 1r at Tokyo and Wuhan, and was • Enters tournament ranked No.39 (two spots off ca- R-Up at WTA Finals in Singapore reer-high ranking, achieved on August 19, 2019) • One of a tournament-leading 12 Americans in Beijing • During last year’s Asian swing, fell 2r at Hiroshima, main draw Guangzhou, Wuhan, Beijing and Hong Kong, before • In 2019, has won the second most tie-breaks on tour lifting ITF Circuit title at $100K Suzhou-CHN (11-2), behind only Kenin (12-7) • Owns a fine record on home soil, in addition to three WTA 125K Series titles, including here at Zhengzhou in 2018, reached her maiden WTA final at 2018 Nan- SEASON chang and has advanced to three further SFs • Last week, reached R16 at Wuhan (l. Kvitova) • Fell 2r at Osaka (after 1r bye, l. Giorgi) SEASON • Made 1r exit at US Open (l. Kalinskaya) and R16 run at Cincinnati (l. eventual R-Up Kuznetsova) • Opened Asian swing with QF run at Zhengzhou (l. • Lost opening two matches of North American hard Tomljanovic) before 2r exit at Guangzhou (l. Paolini) court season, in 1r at Washington DC (l. Peterson) • Suffered 1r exit at US Open (l. V.Williams) and 2r at Toronto (after 1r bye, l. Bouzkova) • Made 2r at Cincinnati (l. Sabalenka) and fell 1r at To- • On grass, reached 3r at Wimbledon (l. Konta) and ronto (l. Maria); rose to career-high ranking of No.37 suffered 2r defeat at Eastbourne (after 1r bye, l. after Cincinnati (August 19, 2019) Ostapenko) • Lifted maiden WTA singles title at San Jose; upset • Made QF run at Roland Garros (as the 2018 run- No.23 Anisimova, No.30 Sakkari and No.10 Sabalen- ner-up, l. Konta) ka in the final to register her first Top 30 wins since • Fell in 2r at Rome to eventual finalist Konta after SF May 2017 (No.10 Svitolina) showing at Madrid (l. eventual champion Bertens) • Now owns five career Top 10 wins, having previously • In April’s Fed Cup play-offs, won both singles rubbers beaten No.6 Kvitova (via. ret at 2016 Shenzhen), against Switzerland (d. Golubic, Bacsinszky) to help No.2 Kerber (2016 Doha), No.5 A.Radwanska (2016 USA maintain place in World Group for 2020 Olympics) and No.10 Svitolina (2017 Madrid) • Advanced to QF at Charleston (l. eventual champion • On grass, made 1r exits at Mallorca (l. Stosur), East- Keys). Result marked first QF run since reaching bourne (l. Vondrousova) and Wimbledon (l. Barty) final of 2018 WTA Finals in Singapore • Fell 1r at Roland Garros (l. Q.Wang); bounced back • Miami title defense ended in 3r (l. Maria) to reach doubles final (w/Duan, l. Babos/Mladenovic) • After 1r bye at Indian Wells, fell in 2r to qualifier and • Leading into Paris, suffered 1r exit at Rome (l.Mugu- World No.109 Voegele ruza) and made 2r at Strasbourg (l. Kostyuk) • Reached 2r at Acapulco (l. No.172 Haddad Maia) • Recorded best result at a Premier Mandatory event • Made R16 at Australian Open (l. Pavlyuchenkova) with R16 run at Madrid (l. Stephens) • Opened 2019 season at Brisbane, where she fell • Won the new WTA 125K Series clay court event in in 1r (l. Konta) before making a 2r exit at Sydney (l. Anning, China (d. Zhang in F) Putinseva after leading 6-3 5-3) • During the Sunshine Double, made 1r exits at Indian Wells (l. Mladenovic) and Miami (l. Siniakova) • Advanced to QF at Acapulco (l. Andreescu) • Won doubles title at Acapulco w/Azarenka (d. Kraw- czyk/Olmos in F); fourth career WTA doubles title • Made 2r exit at Dubai (l. Muguruza) ZHENG SLOANE SAISAI VS STEPHENS SEASON CONT. CAREER MILESTONES • Represented China in Asia/Oceania Group I of the • In 2018 posted best year-end finish of career to date, Fed Cup in February, losing singles rubber to Diyas at No.6; reached career-high No.3 ranking on July of Kazahkstan in 2-1 the promotional play-off 16, 2018 • Reached QF at Hua Hin (l. Tomljanovic) • Season highlights in 2018 included capturing first • Opened 2019 with 1r losses at Shenzhen (l.