Alison Riske and Lin Zhu will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Australian Open for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1 pm (est) on Court 8. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alison Riske who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alison Riske is the pick to win this match.
Alison Riske -> 1.40
Lin Zhu -> 3.00
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Prediction and head to head Alison Riske vs. Lin Zhu
Head 2 Head
This will be the 3rd time that Alison Riske and Lin Zhu face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Riske and Zhu (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Zhu won 6-2 6-1 in the qualifications in Doha back in 2019.
Alison Riske
Ranked no. 19, Alison got to the qualifications after beating Yafan Wang 7-65 2-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, Alison defeated Wang (7-65 2-6 6-3). During the match Riske scored 113 points vs Wang’s 111. Riske was extremely aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about serving, Riske blasted 5 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Alison Riske lost the serve 7 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Riske put 69% of her first serves in, winning 53% (39/73) of the points behind her 1st serve and 52% (17/33) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Wang 6 times after converting 50% of her break points (6/12).
Riske has a good record in the last 10 years having won 51% of her matches (675-655). 3-1 on hard in 2020. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Riske has a 193-184 win-loss record in the last 10 years on hard.
The American has a 3-1 win-loss record in 2020, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
Alison lost in the 1st round 6-3 6-3 to Kiki Bertens.
Lin Zhu
Ranked no. 71 (career high), the Chinese got to the qualifications after defeating Viktorija Golubic 4-6 6-1 7-65.
In the 1st round against Golubic, Zhu recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-1 7-65). During the match Zhu scored 119 points vs Golubic’s 104. Lin was extremely aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Talking about serving, Zhu blasted 2 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Lin Zhu lost the serve 7 times and she saved 12 break points. Furthermore, Zhu put 74% of her first serves in, winning 51% (45/89) of the points behind her 1st serve and 53% (17/32) on the 2nd serve. Zhu broke Golubic 9 times after converting 60% of her break points (9/15).
Zhu has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 54% of her matches (546-459). 1-2 on hard in 2020. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Zhu has a 89-85 record in the last 8 years on hard.
The Chinese has a 1-2 win-loss record in 2020, 1-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
Lin lost in the 1st round 4-6 6-2 6-2 to Margarita Gasparyan.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Riske | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 |
| Pts | 113-111 | 119-104 |
| Total Points | 224 | 223 |
| Winners | 39 | 45 |
| %Winners | 35% | 38% |
Both Riske and Zhu played 1 matche. Both players lost a set in the event. Alison Riske conceded 1 set, while Lin Zhu dropper 1 set. Talking about their workload, Riske and Zhu have played the same amount of sets 3. They also played the same amount of games (30). Riske scored 39 winners (35% on total points). On the other side, Zhu blasted 45 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Riske | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 2 |
| 1st in | 73/106 | 89/121 |
| %1st in | 69% | 74% |
| 1st pts | 39/73 | 45/89 |
| %1st pts | 53% | 51% |
| 2nd pts | 17/33 | 17/32 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 53% |
Riske blasted 5 aces (5 per match). Zhu blasted 2 aces (2 per match). Riske won 53% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Zhu won 51% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Riske | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 9 |
| Converted | 6/12 | 9/15 |
| % Converted | 50% | 60% |
| Conceded | 13 | 19 |
| Saved | 6 | 12 |
| % Saved | 46% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 7 |
Alison broke her opponent 6 times with 50% conversion rate. Riske conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 46% of the break points that she conceded. The Chinese broke her opponent 9 times with 60% conversion rate. The Chinese conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 63% of the break points that she conceded.
| Riske | |||
| R1 Wang |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 2-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 113-111 | 113-111 | |
| Total points | 224 | 224 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 73/106 | 73/106 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 39/73 | 39/73 | |
| % 1st pts | 53% | 53% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/33 | 17/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 13 | |
| Saved | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 54% | 54% | |
| Times Broken | 7 | 7 | |
| Zhu | |||
| R1 Golubic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-1 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 119-104 | 119-104 | |
| Total points | 223 | 223 | |
| Winners | 45 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 89/121 | 89/121 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 45/89 | 45/89 | |
| % 1st pts | 51% | 51% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/32 | 17/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 9 | 9 | |
| Converted | 9/15 | 9/15 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 19 | 19 | |
| Saved | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 37% | 37% | |
| Times Broken | 7 | 7 | |
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