Lin Zhu beats Alycia Parks 7-6(5) 6-2 in the 1st round in Nottingham on Monday. Zhu will clash against Magdalena Frech in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 35 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this competition. In the past, the best she could do was reach the 1st round in 2022. Here you can see her history at this event.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Chinese scored 69 points vs. the American’s 61.
Zhu
Zhu was pretty focused in converting 67% of the break points that she conquered (4/6).
Parks
On the other side, Parks was far from perfect in converting her break points (only 20% – 2/10). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Zhu and Parks is 1-0 for Lin.
Draw and next match H2H: Lin Zhu vs. Magdalena Frech – stats
Zhu will play Frech in the 2nd round.
This will be the 3rd time that Lin Zhu and Magdalena Frech clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Zhu and Frech (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.
The last time that they fought against each other, Zhu won 2-6 6-2 6-2 in the 2nd round in W60 Landisville back in 2019.
Live score progression and stats
Zhu got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Alycia Parks in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, that was not enough for Zhu to win the set since the American succeeded in breaking back in the 8th (4-4) game.
Lin was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 1st game (0-0 40-A). On the other side, Parks converted 11% of her break points (1/9). She had her opportunities in the 4th (1-2 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 8th (3-4 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 96 points. This set was so close that, The Chinese won this set even if she scored the same amount of points as her opponent. The Chinese dropped 18 points on serve (31-18). on the other side of the court, the American conceded 17 points on serve (30-17).
Zhu was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Alycia Parks in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Nevertheless, that wasn’t sufficient for Zhu to win the set as Alycia found the way to break back in the 5th (1-4) game. Zhu maintained her cool to break the American in the 8th (6-2) game.
The Chinese converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (3-0 0-40 and 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40). On the other side, Alycia was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 5th game (0-4 0-40).
They contested 34 points. Lin was the winner of the set after clinching 6 points more than Alycia (20-14). The Chinese conceded 6 points on serve (8-6). On the losing side, the American conceded 12 points on serve (8-12).
Tennis Scores in Nottingham
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- Alize CornetCornet – Katie SwanSwan (2-6 6-1 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Anhelina KalininaKalinina – Nuria Parrizas-DiazParrizas-Diaz (7-5 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Harriet DartDart – Rebecca MarinoMarino (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Camila GiorgiGiorgi – Madison BrengleBrengle (7-65 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Daria SnigurSnigur – Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia (6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Elizabeth MandlikMandlik – Viktoriya TomovaTomova (6-2 3-6 7-65) – Stats and score progression
- Viktorija GolubicGolubic – Jil TeichmannTeichmann (6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Jodie Anna BurrageAnna Burrage – Tereza MartincovaMartincova (7-65 3-6 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Katie BoulterBoulter – Emily AppletonAppleton (6-1 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Xiyu WangWang (6-2 7-66) – Stats and score progression
- Heather WatsonWatson – Jule NiemeierNiemeier (6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Lin ZhuZhu – Alycia ParksParks (7-65 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Donna VekicVekic – Cristina BucsaBucsa (6-2 4-6 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Magdalena FrechFrech – Sonay KartalKartal (6-3 5-7 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Tatjana MariaMaria – Shuai ZhangZhang (6-1 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Alize CornetCornet (3-0) – H2H details and stats
- Elizabeth MandlikMandlik – Camila GiorgiGiorgi (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Magda LinetteLinette – Jodie Anna BurrageAnna Burrage (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Magdalena FrechFrech – Lin ZhuZhu (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Tatjana MariaMaria – Heather WatsonWatson (2-1) – H2H details and stats
- Viktorija GolubicGolubic – Donna VekicVekic (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Anhelina KalininaKalinina – Harriet DartDart (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Katie BoulterBoulter – Daria SnigurSnigur (1-0) – H2H details and stats