Marie Bouzkova and Lin Zhu will play each other in the 2nd round of the Phillip Island Trophy for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 11:00 am on Court 5. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marie Bouzkova who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marie Bouzkova is the pick to win this match.
Marie Bouzkova -> 1.32
Lin Zhu -> 3.52
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Prediction and head to head Marie Bouzkova vs. Lin Zhu
This will be the 2nd time that Marie Bouzkova and Lin Zhu fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Zhu (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Zhu won 3-6 6-3 6-2 in the qualifications in at the Wimbledon back in 2017.
Marie Bouzkova
Ranked no. 50, Bouzkova got to the qualifications after beating Danka Kovinic 3-6 5-0 ret..
In the 1st round against Kovinic, Bouzkova recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 5-0 ret.). During the match Bouzkova scored 47 points vs Kovinic’s 39. Marie was very aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about the service games, Bouzkova scored just 1 ace in the encounter and she committed only 1 double fault. Marie Bouzkova lost the serve twice and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Bouzkova put 79% of her first serves in, winning 61% (19/31) of the points behind her 1st serve and 63% (5/8) on the 2nd serve. The Czech was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Kovinic 3 times.
Bouzkova has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 66% of her matches (253-129). 3-2 on hard in 2021. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Bouzkova has a 172-69 record in the last 8 years on hard.
Bouzkova has a 3-2 win-loss record in 2021, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Melbourne
The Czech lost in the 1st round to Naomi Osaka.
Lin Zhu
Ranked no. 94, Lin got to the qualifications after defeating Sara Errani 6-2 6-3.
In the 1st round, Zhu had a good straight sets win against Errani (6-2 6-3). During the match Zhu scored 70 points vs Errani’s 57. The Chinese was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Zhu bagged 3 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Lin Zhu lost the serve 3 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Zhu put 70% of her first serves in, winning 58% (23/40) of the points behind her 1st serve and 41% (7/17) on the 2nd serve. Zhu broke Errani 7 times after converting 70% of her break points (7/10).
Zhu has a 2-3 win-loss record in 2021, 2-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Melbourne
Zhu lost in the 2nd round to Alison Riske.
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