Victoria Azarenka and Lin Zhu will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the U.S. Open for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 2:00 pm on Grandstand. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Victoria Azarenka who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Victoria Azarenka is the pick to win this match.
Victoria Azarenka -> 1.285
Lin Zhu -> 3.64

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Prediction and head to head Victoria Azarenka vs. Lin Zhu

This will be the 2^nd time that Victoria Azarenka and Lin Zhu play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Azarenka (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Azarenka won 4-6 6-1 6-4 in the 4^th round in at the Australian Open back in January 2023.

Highlights Victoria Azarenka vs Lin Zhu – Australian Open 22-January-2023

Victoria Azarenka

Ranked no. 18, Victoria got to the 2^nd round after beating Fiona Ferro 6-1 6-2.

In the 1^st round, The Belarussian had a good straight sets win against Ferro (6-1 6-2). During the match, Azarenka scored 60 points vs Ferro’s 37. Azarenka was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Regarding the service games, Azarenka recorded 2 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Victoria Azarenka lost the serve twice and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Azarenka put 70% of her first serves in, winning 69% (24/35) of the points behind her 1st serve and 27% (4/15) on the 2nd serve. The Belarussian broke Ferro 7 times after converting 64% of her break points (7/11).

Azarenka has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 68% of her matches (209-100). 14-9 on hard in 2023. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Azarenka has an aggregate 140-61 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

Victoria’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal at the Australian Open .

Azarenka has an overall 20-15 win-loss record in 2023, 14-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Lin Zhu

Ranked no. 44, the Chinese got to the 2^nd round after beating Mayar Sherif 6-3 7-5.

In the 1^st round, The Chinese had a good straight sets win against Sherif (6-3 7-5). During the match Zhu scored 66 points vs Sherif’s 50. Lin was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.

About the serving games, Zhu managed to score 3 aces and she was quite steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Lin Zhu was pretty efficient on serve to win 73% (24/33) of her 1st serve and 61% (11/18) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. Zhu broke Sherif 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).

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.

Lin has an aggregate 22-17 win-loss record in 2023, 18-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2019. See her history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Azarenka	Zhu
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	15	21
Pts	60-37	66-50
Total Points	97	116
Winners	24	24
%Winners	40%	36%

Both Azarenka and Zhu played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Azarenka and Zhu have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Azarenka played 6 games less than Zhu. The Belarussian scored 24 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Zhu recorded 24 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Azarenka	Zhu
Aces	2	3
Avg per match	2	3
1st in	35/50	33/51
%1st in	70%	65%
1st pts	24/35	24/33
%1st pts	69%	73%
2nd pts	4/15	11/18
%2nd pts	27%	61%

Azarenka struck 2 aces . Zhu recorded 3 aces . Azarenka won 69% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 27% of the points. On the other side, Zhu won 73% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 61% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Azarenka	Zhu
Won	7	5
Converted	7/11	5/9
% Converted	64%	56%
Conceded	7	2
Saved	5	0
% Saved	71%	0%
Times Broken	2	2

The Belarussian broke her opponent 7 times with a 64% conversion rate. Azarenka surrendered her serve twice and she saved 71% of the break points that she conceded. Zhu broke her opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Lin conceded her serve twice and she saved 0% of the break points that she conceded.

Azarenka
	R1 Ferro	Total
Score	6-1 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	15	15
pts	60-37	60-37
Total points	97	97
Winners	24	24
%Winners	40%	40%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	35/50	35/50
% 1st in	70%	70%
1st pts	24/35	24/35
% 1st pts	69%	69%
2nd pts	4/15	4/15
% 2nd pts	27%	27%
Breaks
Won	7	7
Converted	7/11	7/11
Converted %	64%	64%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	5/7	5
Saved %	71%	71%
Times Broken	2	2

Zhu
	R1 Sherif	Total
Score	6-3 7-5
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	21	21
pts	66-50	66-50
Total points	116	116
Winners	24	24
%Winners	36%	36%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	33/51	33/51
% 1st in	65%	65%
1st pts	24/33	24/33
% 1st pts	73%	73%
2nd pts	11/18	11/18
% 2nd pts	61%	61%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/9	5/9
Converted %	56%	56%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	0/2	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	2	2

Tennis Scores – U.S. Open

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• Fernando VerdascoVerdasco – Guillermo Garcia-LopezGarcia-Lopez (4-6 6-0 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Dusan LajovicLajovic (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Sam QuerreyQuerrey – Radu AlbotAlbot (7-6⁴ 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Kyle EdmundEdmund (7-6⁴ 4-6 7-6⁵) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jack SockSock – Yuki BhambriBhambri (6-3 7-6³) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Denis IstominIstomin (6-1 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (6-4 1-6 7-6⁵) – Stats, scores, rankings
• David FerrerFerrer – Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Kevin AndersonAnderson – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Borna CoricCoric – Leonardo MayerMayer (6-7⁵ 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (6-1 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Roger FedererFederer (3-6 6-3 7-6⁴) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Fabio FogniniFognini – Nicola KuhnKuhn (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Marius CopilCopil (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Tomas BerdychBerdych – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Steve JohnsonJohnson – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Kei NishikoriNishikori – John MillmanMillman (7-6⁴ 4-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Mikhail YouzhnyYouzhny – Gilles MullerMuller (4-6 6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Milos RaonicRaonic – Mikael YmerYmer (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• John IsnerIsner – Jiri VeselyVesely (7-6³ 1-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Michael MmohMmoh – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (7-6⁴ 2-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Marin CilicCilic – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Nicolas JarryJarry (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Juan Martin Del PotroMartin Del Potro – Robin HaaseHaase (6-4 5-7 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Vasek PospisilPospisil – Andrey RublevRublev (7-6⁵ 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Joao SousaSousa – David GoffinGoffin (6-0 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jeremy ChardyChardy – Richard GasquetGasquet (7-5 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
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