Lin Zhu outlasts Venus Williams 3-6 6-2 7-5 in the 2nd round in Auckland on Thursday after conquering a huge battle. Zhu is going to play against Cori Gauff in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 23 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the qualifications in 2016. Here you can see her history at this event.
Highlights Lin Zhu vs. Venus Williams ASB Classic – Auckland
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Lin scored 95 points vs. Venus’s 87.
Zhu
The Chinese was pretty good at converting 57% of the break points that she conquered (8/14).
Williams
On the other side, Williams had a tough time converting her break points (only 43% – 6/14). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Zhu and Williams is 1-0 for Lin.
Draw and next match H2H: Lin Zhu vs. Cori Gauff – stats
Zhu will come up against Gauff in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Lin Zhu and Cori Gauff since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Zhu got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Venus Williams in the 1st game (1-0). However, Venus refused to bow to find the way to come back to break the Chinese 3 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 6th (3-3) and in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).
Zhu was not able to offer any resistance in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-3 to 6-3.
Venus was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-2 30-40), the 4th (1-2 15-40), the 6th (2-3 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 15-40). Also, on the other side, Zhu was perfect in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 5th (2-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (3-5 30-40).
They played 56 points. Venus was the winner of the set after clinching 8 points more than Zhu (32-24). The American dropped 15 points on serve (17-15). On the other side, Lin conceded 15 points on serve (9-15).
Zhu had a favorable start in this set after breaking Venus Williams in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, the Chinese succeeded in coming back to break the American 3 times in the 2nd
(1-1), in the 4th (3-1) gamein the 8th game before winning the set (6-2) after breaking his opponent in the last game.Certainly, a key moment was when Zhu won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to change the game count from 0-1 to 4-1.
They contested 50 points. Zhu was the winner of the set after clinching 10 points more than Venus (30-20). Lin lost 9 points on serve (15-9). on the other side of the court, Williams conceded 15 points on serve (11-15
).Lin won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 5th (2-3) game, The Chinese broke back 3 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 10th (5-5) and in the 12th game to conquer the set 7-5.
Venus was powerless in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-5 to 7-5.
The Chinese converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 30-40), the 10th (4-5 0-40 and 15-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, the American converted 25% of her break points (2/8). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (2-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 77 points. The Chinese conquered the set after winning 5 more points than Venus (41-36). The Chinese conceded 19 points on serve (26-19). Regarding the other side of the net, Williams conceded 15 points on serve (17-15).
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- Cori GauffGauff – Sofia KeninKenin (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Lin ZhuZhu – Venus WilliamsWilliams (3-6 6-2 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Danka KovinicKovinic – Lauren DavisDavis (4-6 6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
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