Lin Zhu is about to play against Lesya Tsurenko on Thursday the 9th of March in Indian Wells. Here is an update about her live rankings.
Lin Zhu is currently ranked no.33 with points with the status of Chinese no.3 behind Shuai Zhang (world no.27) and Qinwen Zheng who is world no.24.
On the other part of the net, Lesya Tsurenko is right now ranked no.95 with 688 points placed as the Ukrainian no.4.
Live Rankings
121 | 106 | D.Semenistaja | 606 |
122 | 18 | M.Trevisan | 602 |
123 | 31 | L.Zhu | 601 |
124 | 14 | P.Martic | 597 |
125 | 104 | J.Ponchet | 597 |
126 | 125 | T.Gibson | 595 |
127 | 116 | M.Stakusic | 587 |
128 | 51 | E.Ruse | 581 |
129 | 100 | L.Pigossi | 574 |
130 | 105 | E.Lys | 565 |
131 | 4 | B.Andreescu | 563 |
132 | 93 | M.Timofeeva | 551 |
Zhu is 2 places up in the live rankings to be the new world no.31 which is also her career high.
Lin Zhu will not improve her live rankings if she defeats Tsurenko in the 1st round. In fact, as of now the next player in line is Paula Badosa who has 1378 points. If Zhu wins, she will have 1342 points.
Zhu will have 120 points to defend in the next 4 weeks. She will drop 100 points on the 27th of March (W60+H Irapuato) and 20 points on the 3rd of April (Miami Open – Miami).
In her live rankings, out of 1315 points, Lin has gained 1275 points (97%) on Hard Court and 40 points (3%) on Clay.
Year-to-date live rankings
In terms of live year-to-date rankings, Zhu is still ranked no.37 occupying the position of Chinese no.3.
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H2H Lin Zhu vs. Lesya Tsurenko
Zhu and Tsurenko played each other twice. The head to head is 1-1.
The last time that they played each other it was Hua Hin (Thailand Open) when Zhu won 6-4 6-4. The prediction is Tsurenko to win in 3 sets.
Tsurenko in Indian Wells, ranking, and results in 2023
Ranked world no.95, Lesya has a 16-4 record in 2023. The Ukrainian is playing at the moment in Indian Wells where she beat Taylor Townsend 6-75 6-1 6-1 and Katie Boulter 6-3 6-74 6-4.
Lesya Tsurenko will square off with the world no.33 Lin Zhu in the 1st round on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on STADIUM 8. Their head to head is 1-1.
Lesya got to the final in Hua Hin (Thailand Open).
Tsurenko won 4 titles in her career: all of them conquered on hard courts. (See the list of her titles)
Lesya Tsurenko in 2023
Now the world no.33 (career-high), the Chinese played her last match on the 4th of March when she surrendered to world no.23 Donna Vekic 7-5 6-2 in the semifinal in Monterrey (draw).
This year Lin has a compiled 13-5 win-loss record. Lin has won 1 title in Hua Hin.