Alison Riske grounds Lin Zhu 6-3 6-1 in the 2nd round in Melbourne on Wednesday after playing a solid match to square off with Julia Goerges in the 3rd round.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Riske had a strong start of this set after breaking Zhu in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Yet, there was more work to do for the American to win the set since Zhu found the way to break back in the 5th (1-4) game.
It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the match was when Riske won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.
2nd set.
The American won the set after she broke the Chinese 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game. That break was sufficient for Alison to conquer the set as she didn’t concede her serve during the rest of the set.
The Chinese was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 6 games of the set (from 0-1 to 6-1).
Statistics
At the end of the match, Alison scored 58 points vs. Zhu’s 34 points.
Riske was effective in converting 63% of the break points that she procured (5/8). On the other side, Lin wasn’t that great in converting her break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Riske and Zhu is 2-1 for Alison.
Highlights Alison Riske vs. Lin Zhu Australian Open – Melbourne
Next Match H2H: Alison Riske vs. Julia Goerges – stats
Riske will take on Goerges in the 3rd round.
This will be the 4th time that Alison Riske and Julia Goerges square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Goerges (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
The last time that they played, Riske won 6-4 7-5 in the 1st round in Dubai back in 2019.
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