Lesya Tsurenko shocks Zhu in the 1st round of the BNP Paribas Open – INDIAN WELLS RESULTS

BNP PARIBAS OPEN - INDIAN WELLS DRAW AND RESULTS. Tsurenko surprises Zhu to fight against Donna Vekic in the 2nd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Lesya Tsurenko vs. Lin Zhu

Lesya Tsurenko shocks Lin Zhu 6-4 6-3 in the 1st round in Indian Wells on Wednesday. Tsurenko will square off with Donna Vekic in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 42 minutes. Her most significant achievement in this event was reaching the quarter in 2015. Here you can see her history at this event.

Tsurenko
Indian Wells
Tsurenko's Record

The Ukrainian added to her prize money $ 12,225 after winning this match. She has already won $ 30,885 after this win. If she wins the next match, Lesya will add $ 24,885 to her earnings to get in total $ 55,770 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Tsurenko
Zhu
Lesya Tsurenko
6-4 6-3
1h:42
Lin Zhu
75
75
Total points
64
64
21
21
Winners
27
27
28%
28%
Ratio Winners
42%
42%
-- Serve --
0
0
Aces
0
0
3
3
Double Faults
2
2
64%
64%
1st in
65%
65%
62%
62%
1st won
48%
48%
21/34
21/34
1st won
27/56
27/56
42%
42%
2nd won
43%
43%
8/19
8/19
2nd won
13/30
13/30
-- Break Points --
7/16
7/16
Total
4/6
4/6
44%
44%
Won
67%
67%
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At the end of the match, the Ukrainian scored 75 points vs. Lin’s 64.

Tsurenko

Tsurenko won this match even if she was far from perfect in converting her break points as she converted only 44% (7/16) of the procured opportunities.

Zhu

On the other side, Zhu was pretty focused in converting 67% of the break points that she procured points (4/6). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this match, the head to head between Tsurenko and Zhu is 2-1 for Lesya.

Draw and next match H2H: Lesya Tsurenko vs. Donna Vekic – stats

Tsurenko will face Vekic in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Lesya Tsurenko and Donna Vekic fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Vekic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Vekic won 2-6 5-0 ret. in the 1st round in Monterrey back in February 2023.

Lesya Tsurenko Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Tsurenko 6-4
TsurenkoZhu
6
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
TsurenkoZhu
6
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
TsurenkoZhu
5
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
TsurenkoZhu
4
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
TsurenkoZhu
4
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
TsurenkoZhu
3
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
TsurenkoZhu
2
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
TsurenkoZhu
2
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
TsurenkoZhu
2
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
TsurenkoZhu
1
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
TsurenkoZhu
1
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30

Tsurenko had a great start in this set after breaking Lin Zhu in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, that was not enough for the Ukrainian to win the set since Zhu found the way to break back in the 2nd (1-1), in the 4th (2-2) and in the 8th (4-4) game. Tsurenko maintained her focus to break Lin in the 3rd (2-1), in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).

The Chinese lost the 3rd game (2-1) when she had a strong 40-0 lead while on serve.

Tsurenko converted 50% of her break points (4/8). She had 8 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (1-1 40-A), the 5th (2-2 40-A and 40-A), the 7th (3-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40). Also, on the other side, Zhu converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 30-40), the 4th (1-2 30-40), the 6th (3-2 30-40) and the 8th game (3-4 30-40).

They played 81 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Ukrainian won just 3 more points than the Chinese (42-39). The Ukrainian dropped 16 points on serve (16-16). In addition, on the other side, the Chinese conceded 26 points on serve (23-26).

2nd Set -
Tsurenko 6-3
TsurenkoZhu
6
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
TsurenkoZhu
5
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
TsurenkoZhu
4
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
TsurenkoZhu
3
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
TsurenkoZhu
3
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
TsurenkoZhu
3
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
TsurenkoZhu
2
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
TsurenkoZhu
1
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30

Lesya won the set after she broke Lin 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game. Zhu tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) game. Notwithstanding, Lesya stayed solid to conquer the set 6-3.

The Chinese lost the 7th game (4-3) when she had a good chance to win the game when leading 40-0.

The Ukrainian converted 37% of her break points (3/8). She had 8 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 7th (3-3 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, the Chinese converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 5th game (2-3 0-40 and 15-40).

They contested 58 points. Tsurenko conquered the set after winning 8 points more than the Chinese (33-25). The Ukrainian surrendered 8 points on serve (13-8). Regarding the other side of the net, the Chinese conceded 20 points on serve (17-20).

1st
Tsurenko
Zhu
6-4
6
4
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
2
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Tsurenko
Zhu
6-3
6
3
5
3
4
3
3
3
3
2
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
 

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