Victoria Azarenka dispatches Lin Zhu 4-6 6-1 6-4 in the 4th round in Melbourne on Sunday. Azarenka will try to keep the momentum against Jessica Pegula in the quarter. The match lasted 2 hours and 40 minutes. Victoria won this tournament twice in 2012 and 2013. Here you can see her history at this event.

Melbourne
Azarenka's Record

Victoria added to her prize money $ 217,000 after winning this match. She has won already $ 555,250 after this win. If she wins the next match, Victoria will add $ 369,750 to her earnings to get in total $ 925,000 in total.

Highlights Victoria Azarenka vs. Lin Zhu Australian Open – Melbourne

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Azarenka
Zhu
4-6 6-1 6-4
2h:40
103
103
Total points
99
99
45
45
Winners
40
40
44%
44%
Ratio Winners
40%
40%
35
35
Unforced
32
32
52%
52%
Ratio Unforced
48%
48%
24/30
24/30
Net Approaches
14/20
14/20
80%
80%
Perc
70%
70%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
2
2
4
4
Double Faults
2
2
63%
63%
1st in
71%
71%
70%
70%
1st won
56%
56%
45/64
45/64
1st won
40/71
40/71
32%
32%
2nd won
48%
48%
12/38
12/38
2nd won
14/29
14/29
175
175
Fastest serve
169
169
154
154
AVG 1st Serve
154
154
130
130
AVG 2nd Serve
121
121
-- Break Points --
7/15
7/15
Total
5/14
5/14
47%
47%
Won
36%
36%
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At the end of the match, the Belarussian scored 103 points vs. Zhu’s 99.

Azarenka

The Belarussian won this match even if she had some problems converting her break points after she converted only 47% (7/15) of the procured opportunities.

Zhu

On the other side, Lin had a tough time converting her break points (only 36% – 5/14). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this encounter, the head to head between Azarenka and Zhu is 1-0 for Victoria.

Draw and next match H2H: Victoria Azarenka vs. Jessica Pegula – stats

Azarenka will play Pegula in the quarter.

This will be the 5th time that Victoria Azarenka and Jessica Pegula fight against each other. The head to head is 2-2 for Azarenka and Pegula (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.

The last time that they played, Pegula won 7-63 6-1 in the semifinal in Guadalajara back in 2022.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Zhu 6-4
ZhuAzarenka
6
4
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
ZhuAzarenka
5
4
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
ZhuAzarenka
5
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
ZhuAzarenka
4
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
ZhuAzarenka
3
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
ZhuAzarenka
2
3
15
15
15
30
15
40
ZhuAzarenka
2
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
ZhuAzarenka
2
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
ZhuAzarenka
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
ZhuAzarenka
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30

Azarenka was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Lin Zhu in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, that wasn’t sufficient for Zhu to win the set because Victoria succeeded in breaking back in the 4th (2-2) game. Zhu maintained her focus to break Azarenka in the 7th (4-3) game before winning the set (6-4).

They contested 74 points. Lin was the one to win the set after conquering 8 points more than Victoria (41-33). Zhu surrendered 11 points on serve (23-11). on the other side of the net, Victoria conceded 18 points on serve (22-18).

2nd Set -
Azarenka 6-1
AzarenkaZhu
6
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
AzarenkaZhu
5
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
AzarenkaZhu
5
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
AzarenkaZhu
4
0
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
AzarenkaZhu
3
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
AzarenkaZhu
2
0
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
AzarenkaZhu
1
0
15
15
15
30
40
30

Azarenka had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Lin Zhu in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. The Belarussian extended her lead after breaking Lin in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1

).

The Chinese lost the 2nd game (2-0) when she was 40-0 up. A defining moment of this set was when Victoria won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.

Victoria converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 40-A) and the 4th game (3-0 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Lin was unable to convert any of her 3 break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th

game (0-4 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).

They contested 54 points. Azarenka was the one to win the set after conquering 8 points more than Lin (31-23). Victoria surrendered 11 points on serve (19-11). On the other side, the Chinese conceded 12 points on serve (12-12).

3rd Set -
Azarenka 6-4
AzarenkaZhu
6
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
AzarenkaZhu
5
4
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
AzarenkaZhu
4
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
AzarenkaZhu
3
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
AzarenkaZhu
3
3
0
15
0
30
15
40
AzarenkaZhu
3
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
AzarenkaZhu
2
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
AzarenkaZhu
2
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
AzarenkaZhu
1
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
AzarenkaZhu
1
0
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40

Azarenka had a racing start in this set after breaking Lin Zhu in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, that wasn’t sufficient for the Belarussian to win the set because the Chinese found the way to break back in the 2nd (1-1), in the 4th (2-2) and in the 6th (3-3) game. Victoria maintained her cool to break the Chinese in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).

They played 87 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Azarenka won just 3 points more than Lin (45-42). Victoria conceded 16 points on serve (17-16). On the losing side, the Chinese conceded 28 points on serve (26-28).

1st
Azarenka
Zhu
4-6
4
6
4
5
3
5
3
4
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
2
0
2
0
1
2nd
Azarenka
Zhu
6-1
6
1
5
1
5
0
4
0
3
0
2
0
1
0
3rd
Azarenka
Zhu
6-4
6
4
5
4
4
4
3
4
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0

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