Lin Zhu and Rebecca Marino will square off in the quarter of the Rothesay Classic for the 6^th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am on Ann Jones Centre Court. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Lin Zhu who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Lin Zhu is the pick to win this match.
Lin Zhu -> 1.46
Rebecca Marino -> 2.72

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Prediction and head to head Lin Zhu vs. Rebecca Marino

This will be the 6^th time that Lin Zhu and Rebecca Marino clash against each other. The head to head is 3-2 for Zhu (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.

The last time that they fought against each other, Marino won 7-6(1) 6-4 in the 1^st round in Madrid back in April 2023.

Highlights Rebecca Marino vs Lin Zhu – Madrid 25-April-2023

Lin Zhu

Ranked no. 39, Lin reached the quarter after defeating Katie Boulter 7-5 7-5 and Magda Linette 6-3 6-0.

In the 2^nd round, Lin had a good straight sets win against Linette (6-3 6-0). During the match, Zhu scored 56 points vs Linette’s 29. The Chinese was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.

Regarding the service games, Zhu was unable to score even 1 ace in the match and she was extremely solid in conceding no double faults. Lin Zhu was extremely effective on serve to win 84% (21/25) of her 1st serve and 67% (8/12) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Lin was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Linette 5 times.

Overall Performance in this tournament

Lin hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to conquer 58% of the points she played.

Zhu has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 61% of her matches (315-205). 3-1 on grass in 2023. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Zhu has an overall 12-22 win-loss record in the last years on grass.

Her best result of the season was winning the title in Hua Hin where she defeated Lesya Tsurenko in the final 6-4 6-4.

The Chinese has a compiled 16-10 win-loss record in 2023, 3-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Birmingham

Lin has never competed in this tournament before.

Rebecca Marino

Ranked no. 90, Marino got to the quarter after beating Anastasia Zakharova 6-2 4-6 6-3, Xiyu Wang 7-6⁵ 5-7 6-3 and Emina Bektas 6-4 4-6 7-6¹.

In the 2^nd round, Marino defeated Bektas (6-4 4-6 7-6¹). During the match Marino scored 111 points vs Bektas’s 106. The Canadian was very aggressive to blast 47 winners.

Talking about serving, Marino buried her opponent with 21 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Rebecca Marino lost the serve 4 times and she saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Marino put 55% of her first serves in, winning 73% (47/64) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (24/53) on the 2nd serve. Rebecca broke Bektas 4 times after converting 44% of her break points (4/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Marino started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points she played.

The Canadian has an overall 13-14 win-loss record in 2023, 3-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Birmingham

Previously, her best result was reaching the 3^rd

round in 2011. See her history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Zhu	Marino
Match played	2	3
Tot Set	4	9
Tot Games	39	94
Pts	132-97	318-293
Total Points	229	611
Winners	49	149
%Winners	37%	47%

Zhu played 2 matches while Marino competed in 3 matches. Marino started her run from the qualifications while Zhu had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Rebecca Marino surrendered 3 sets while Lin Zhu hasn’t conceded a set so far. Zhu has played 5 set(s) less than Marino (4 vs 9). Therefore, Zhu played 55 games less than Marino. The Chinese scored 49 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Marino fired 149 winners (47%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Zhu	Marino
Aces	5	50
Avg per match	2.5	16.7
1st in	73/112	195/319
%1st in	65%	61%
1st pts	49/73	149/195
%1st pts	67%	76%
2nd pts	23/39	55/124
%2nd pts	59%	44%

Zhu fired 5 aces (2.5 per match). Marino blasted 50 aces (16.7 per match). Zhu won 67% points on her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Marino won 76% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 44% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Zhu	Marino
Won	11	11
Converted	11/15	11/36
% Converted	73%	31%
Conceded	14	29
Saved	10	20
% Saved	71%	69%
Times Broken	4	9

The Chinese broke her opponents 11 times with a 73% conversion rate. Zhu dropped her serve 4 times and she saved 71% of the break points that she conceded. Rebecca broke her opponents 11 times with a 31% conversion rate. Rebecca conceded her serve 9 times and she saved 69% of the break points that she conceded.

Zhu
	R1 Boulter	R2 Linette	Total
Score	7-5 7-5	6-3 6-0
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	24	15	39
pts	76-68	56-29	132-97
Total points	144	85	229
Winners	28	21	49
%Winners	37%	38%	37%
SERVE
Aces	5	0	5
Double Faults	1	0	1
1st in	48/75	25/37	73/112
% 1st in	64%	68%	65%
1st pts	28/48	21/25	49/73
% 1st pts	58%	84%	67%
2nd pts	15/27	8/12	23/39
% 2nd pts	56%	67%	59%
Breaks
Won	6	5	11
Converted	6/10	5/5	11/15
Converted %	60%	100%	73%
Conceded	14	0	14
Saved	10/14	0/0	10
Saved %	71%	–	36%
Times Broken	4	0	4

Marino
	Q1 Zakharova	Q3 Bogdan	R1 Wang	R2 Bektas	Total
Score	6-2 4-6 6-3	6-4 4-6 6-4	7-65 5-7 6-3	6-4 4-6 7-61
Tot Set	3	3	3	3	12
Tot Games	27	30	34	33	124
pts	90-77	–	117-110	111-106	318-293
Total points	167	0	227	217	611
Winners	46		56	47	149
%Winners	51%	0%	48%	42%	47%
SERVE
Aces	14	0	15	21	50
Double Faults	6		7	6	19
1st in	56/91	/	75/111	64/117	195/319
% 1st in	62%	0%	68%	55%	61%
1st pts	46/56	/	56/75	47/64	149/195
% 1st pts	82%	0%	75%	73%	76%
2nd pts	15/35	/	16/36	24/53	55/124
% 2nd pts	43%	0%	44%	45%	44%
Breaks
Won	3		4	4	11
Converted	3/9	/	4/18	4/9	11/36
Converted %	33%	0%	22%	44%	31%
Conceded	5		11	13	29
Saved	4/5	0/	7/11	9/13	20
Saved %	80%	–	64%	69%	107%
Times Broken	1		4	4	9

Tennis Scores in Birmingham

• Yan SabaninSabanin – Dmytro KamyninKamynin (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Julian OnkenOnken – Vladyslav OrlovOrlov (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Baptiste CrepatteCrepatte – Alexander LebedynLebedyn (6-4 2-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Ivan NedelkoNedelko – Francesco VilardoVilardo (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Lin ZhuZhu – Rebecca MarinoMarino (3-2) – H2H and prediction
• Harriet DartDart – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Magdalena FrechFrech – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (0-0) – H2H and prediction