Lin Zhu powers past Caroline Dolehide 6-3 6-2 in the quarter in Monterrey on Friday after playing a great match to play Donna Vekic in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 16 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best she could do was reach the 2nd round in 2021. Here you can see her previous results at this event.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Zhu scored 62 points vs. Caroline’s 43.
Zhu
The Chinese served exceptionally well to win 81% of the points (30/37) behind her first serve, and she won 50% points (6/12) on her second serve. Zhu didn’t lose the focus when converting 57% of the break points that she conquered (4/7).
Dolehide
On the other side, Dolehide wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Zhu and Dolehide is 1-2 for Caroline.
Draw and next match H2H: Lin Zhu vs. Donna Vekic – stats
Zhu will take on Vekic in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Lin Zhu and Donna Vekic play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Vekic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Vekic won 6-4 0-6 6-3 in the 2nd round in Baku back in 2015.
Live score progression and stats
Zhu conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Caroline Dolehide in the 1st game (1-0). Lin managed to boost her lead after breaking Caroline in the 9th (6-3) game before conquering the set.
Zhu failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 40.
Zhu converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Caroline wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 10th game (2-6 30-40).
They contested 65 points. Lin conquered the set after winning 9 points more than Caroline (37-28). Zhu dropped 11 points on serve (24-11). On the losing side, Dolehide conceded 13 points on serve (17-13).
The Chinese in this set played at a much higher level than Caroline and eventually she won 6-2 after breaking Dolehide in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
The American was not able to offer any resistance in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-2 to 6-2.
Lin converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, the Chinese didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 40 points. Lin conquered the set after winning 10 points more than Caroline (25-15). Lin was extremely solid on serve to concede just 2 points (12-2). On the other side, Dolehide conceded 13 points on serve (13-13).
Tennis Scores in Monterrey
- Lin ZhuZhu – Caroline DolehideDolehide (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Donna VekicVekic – Ysaline BonaventureBonaventure (6-2 5-7 7-65) – Stats and score progression
- Caroline GarciaGarcia – Mayar SherifSherif (6-0 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Elise MertensMertens – Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto (6-2 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Caroline GarciaGarcia – Elise MertensMertens (4-2) – H2H details and stats
- Donna VekicVekic – Lin ZhuZhu (1-0) – H2H details and stats