Ekaterina Alexandrova and Lin Zhu will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Tennis in the Land for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 2:30 pm on Stadium Court. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ekaterina Alexandrova who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ekaterina Alexandrova is the pick to win this match.
Ekaterina Alexandrova -> 1.6
Lin Zhu -> 2.34
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Prediction and head to head Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Lin Zhu
There is no head to head record between Ekaterina Alexandrova and Lin Zhu since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Ekaterina Alexandrova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-12 | 9-7 | 1-4 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-21 | 17-13 | 6-5 | 0-1 | 10-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-18 | 12-10 | 13-5 | 4-2 | 6-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-23 | 10-9 | 6-5 | 7-7 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-12 | 9-4 | 4-5 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 22, Alexandrova reached the semifinal after beating Patricia Maria Tig 6-1 6-4, Aliaksandra Sasnovich 7-62 6-3 and Xinyu Wang 5-7 6-0 7-5.
In the quarter against Wang, Alexandrova recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-0 7-5). During the match, Alexandrova scored 95 points vs Wang’s 78. The Russian was pretty aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about the service games, Alexandrova recorded 4 aces and she committed only 8 double faults. Overall, Ekaterina Alexandrova was pretty efficient on serve to win 74% (34/46) of her 1st serve and 51% (21/41) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve 3 times. Ekaterina broke Wang 6 times after converting 75% of her break points (6/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Alexandrova has lost 1 set in this tournament to win 57% of the points she played.
Alexandrova has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 61% of her matches (294-185). 10-6 on hard in 2023. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Alexandrova has a compiled83-66 record in the last 9 years on hard.
Her best result of the season was winning the title in Hertogenbosch where she beat Veronika Kudermetova in the final 4-6 6-4 7-6(3).
Ekaterina has an aggregate 26-14 win-loss record in 2023, 10-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cleveland
Lin Zhu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-14 | 12-10 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-24 | 23-17 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-26 | 34-15 | 6-6 | 1-2 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 13-14 | 8-10 | 0-1 | 4-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-6 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 48, Lin reached the semifinal after defeating Anna Blinkova 6-0 6-3, Julia Grabher 6-4 6-1 and Caroline Garcia 6-4 6-1.
In the quarter, Zhu had a good straight sets win against Garcia (6-4 6-1). During the match Zhu scored 70 points vs Garcia’s 56. The Chinese was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Zhu scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 3 double faults. Lin Zhu lost the serve once and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Zhu put 62% of her first serves in, winning 64% (23/36) of the points behind her 1st serve and 59% (13/22) on the 2nd serve. Zhu broke Garcia 5 times after converting 50% of her break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Chinese hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 58% of the points she played.
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 an aggregate 21-16 win-loss record in 2023, 17-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cleveland
Zhu has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Alexandrova | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 69 | 49 |
| Pts | 241-184 | 208-153 |
| Total Points | 425 | 361 |
| Winners | 96 | 82 |
| %Winners | 40% | 39% |
Both Alexandrova and Zhu played 3 matches. At the moment, Ekaterina Alexandrova conceded 1 set while Lin Zhu hasn’t lost a set so far. Alexandrova has played 1 set more than Zhu (7 vs 6). Therefore, Alexandrova played 20 games more than Zhu. Alexandrova scored 96 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Zhu fired 82 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Alexandrova | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 21 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 0.7 |
| 1st in | 126/229 | 125/187 |
| %1st in | 55% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 96/126 | 82/125 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 51/103 | 31/62 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 50% |
Alexandrova bagged 21 aces (7 per match). Zhu managed to score 2 aces (0.7 per match). Alexandrova won 76% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Zhu won 66% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Alexandrova | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 16 |
| Converted | 13/19 | 16/26 |
| % Converted | 68% | 62% |
| Conceded | 16 | 16 |
| Saved | 10 | 11 |
| % Saved | 63% | 69% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 5 |
Alexandrova broke her opponents 13 times with a 68% conversion rate. The Russian lost her serve 6 times and she saved 63% of the break points that she conceded. Lin broke her opponents 16 times with a 62% conversion rate. The Chinese conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 69% of the break points that she conceded.
| Alexandrova | |||||
| R1 Maria Tig |
R2 Sasnovich |
1/4 Wang |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | 7-62 6-3 | 5-7 6-0 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 22 | 30 | 69 | |
| pts | 65-43 | 81-63 | 95-78 | 241-184 | |
| Total points | 108 | 144 | 173 | 425 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | 34 | 96 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 38% | 36% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 11 | 6 | 4 | 21 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 14 | 8 | 26 | |
| 1st in | 38/64 | 42/78 | 46/87 | 126/229 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 54% | 53% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 31/38 | 31/42 | 34/46 | 96/126 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 74% | 74% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/26 | 16/36 | 21/41 | 51/103 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 44% | 51% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 4/6 | 6/8 | 13/19 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 67% | 75% | 68% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 4/7 | 3/6 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 57% | 50% | 69% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Zhu | |||||
| R1 Blinkova |
R2 Grabher |
1/4 Garcia |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-3 | 6-4 6-1 | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 17 | 17 | 49 | |
| pts | 66-44 | 72-53 | 70-56 | 208-153 | |
| Total points | 110 | 125 | 126 | 361 | |
| Winners | 25 | 34 | 23 | 82 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 47% | 33% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 37/57 | 52/72 | 36/58 | 125/187 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 72% | 62% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 25/37 | 34/52 | 23/36 | 82/125 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 65% | 64% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/20 | 9/20 | 13/22 | 31/62 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | 59% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 5/7 | 5/10 | 16/26 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 71% | 50% | 62% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 8 | 5 | 16 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 6/8 | 4/5 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 75% | 80% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
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