Superlative Lin Zhu makes light work of Garcia in the quarter to set up a battle vs Alexandrova. HIGHLIGHTS – CLEVELAND RESULTS

TENNIS IN THE LAND - CLEVELAND DRAW AND RESULTS. Zhu upsets Garcia to face Ekaterina Alexandrova in the semifinal

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Lin Zhu vs. Caroline Garcia

Lin Zhu upsets Caroline Garcia 6-4 6-1 in the quarter in Cleveland on Thursday after playing an impressive match to come up against Ekaterina Alexandrova in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 25 minutes.

Zhu
Cleveland
Zhu's Record

The Chinese added to her prize money $ 4,858 after winning this match. She has already won $ 11,275 up to now in the tournament. If she wins the next match, Lin will add $ 8,951 to her earnings to get in total $ 20,226.

Highlights Lin Zhu vs. Caroline Garcia Tennis in the Land – Cleveland

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Zhu
Garcia
Lin Zhu
6-4 6-1
1h:25
Caroline Garcia
70
70
Total points
56
56
23
23
Winners
26
26
33%
33%
Ratio Winners
46%
46%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
8
8
3
3
Double Faults
4
4
62%
62%
1st in
71%
71%
64%
64%
1st won
54%
54%
23/36
23/36
1st won
26/48
26/48
59%
59%
2nd won
40%
40%
13/22
13/22
2nd won
8/20
8/20
-- Break Points --
5/10
5/10
Total
1/5
1/5
50%
50%
Won
20%
20%
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At the end of the match, the Chinese scored 70 points vs. Garcia’s 56.

Zhu

Lin was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that she procured (5/10).

Garcia

On the other side, the French player had some problems converting her break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Zhu and Garcia is 1-1.

Draw and next match H2H: Lin Zhu vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova – stats

Zhu will fight against Alexandrova in the semifinal.

There is no head to head record between Lin Zhu and Ekaterina Alexandrova since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Lin Zhu Draw info

Live score progression and stats

Zhu started the set strong after breaking Caroline Garcia in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, there was more work to do for Lin to win the set as the French player found the way to break back in the 4th (1-3) game.

The French player lost the 1st game (1-0) when she had a good chance to win the game when leading 40-0.

Lin converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 3rd (2-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 9th (5-3 30-40) and the 11th game (6-3 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, the French player converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 40-A) and the 4th game (0-3 40-A and 40-A).

They contested 79 points. Zhu won 9 points more than the French player (44-35). Lin conceded 16 points on serve (23-16). In addition, on the other side, Caroline conceded 21 points on serve (19-21).

Zhu didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Caroline Garcia in the 2nd game (2-0). Lin managed to boost her lead after breaking Garcia in the 7th (6-1) game before conquering the set.

Garcia was completely wiped out in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-1 to 6-1.

Lin converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 5th (3-1 30-40) and the 7th game (5-1 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the French player was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 45 points. Lin won 9 more points than Caroline (27-18). Lin conceded 6 points on serve (13-6). Regarding the other side of the net, Caroline conceded 14 points on serve (12-14).

 

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