Lulu Sun and Ashlyn Krueger will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the China Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 2:30 pm on MOON. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ashlyn Krueger who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ashlyn Krueger is the pick to win this match.
Ashlyn Krueger -> 1.68
Lulu Sun -> 2.19

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Prediction and head to head Lulu Sun vs. Ashlyn Krueger

There is no head to head record between Lulu Sun and Ashlyn Krueger since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Lulu Sun

Ranked no. 40, the Kiwi will start her run in Beijing after she played her last match at the New York where she lost 6-3 ret. to Bronzetti in the 1^st round on the 26^th of August.

Sun has an aggregate 41-20 win-loss record in 2024, 17-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Her best result of the season was winning the title the W50 Roehampton where she overcame Heather Watson in the final 7-5 7-5 and the W100 Bonita Springs where she beat Maya Joint in the final 6-1 6-3.

Talking about her overall career, Sun has an overall 235-128 record. She has a positive 143-67 record on hard.

Previously in Beijing

LuluAnke has never competed in this tournament before.

Ashlyn Krueger

Ranked no. 68, Ashlyn got to the 2^nd round after beating Yafan Wang 3-6 6-4 6-2.

In the 1^st round against Wang, Krueger recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 6-2). During the match Krueger scored 91 points vs Wang’s 79. The American was quite aggressive to blast 50 winners.

Talking about serving, Krueger blasted 5 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Ashlyn Krueger lost the serve 4 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Krueger put 76% of her first serves in, winning 67% (50/75) of the points behind her 1st serve and 38% (9/24) on the 2nd serve. Krueger was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Wang 5 times.

The American has an overall 28-23 win-loss record in 2024, 18-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Beijing

Previously, her best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2023. See her history.

Tennis Scores in Beijing

• Paula BadosaBadosa – Viktoriya TomovaTomova (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Yuliia StarodubtsevaStarodubtseva – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Peyton StearnsStearns – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (7-5 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Shuai ZhangZhang – Emma NavarroNavarro (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Diana ShnaiderShnaider – Sofia KeninKenin (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Hailey BaptisteBaptiste (3-6 7-6² 7-6⁵) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jessica PegulaPegula – Diane ParryParry (6-1 7-6⁴) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Katie BoulterBoulter – Taylor TownsendTownsend (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Greetje MinnenMinnen – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (7-5 2-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Naomi OsakaOsaka – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (3-6 6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Rebecca SramkovaSramkova – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (5-7 6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Katie VolynetsVolynets – Marta KostyukKostyuk (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Xinyu WangWang (3-6 6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan – Caroline DolehideDolehide (6-3 5-7 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Vit KoprivaKopriva – Michal FranekFranek (3-6 6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alexander VasilenkoVasilenko – Tadeas ParoulekParoulek (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• David PoljakPoljak – Mikalai HaliakHaliak (6-2 5-2 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jan MertlMertl – Pavel KotovKotov (7-6³ 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Oscar Jose GutierrezJose Gutierrez – Robin StanekStanek (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Tomas MachacMachac – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Patrik RiklRikl – Pavel NejedlyNejedly (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Mananchaya SawangkaewSawangkaew (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Madison KeysKeys – Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Sijia WeiWei – Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova – Cristina BucsaBucsa (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto – Elise MertensMertens (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Yue YuanYuan – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jaqueline CristianCristian – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Clara TausonTauson (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Moyuka UchijimaUchijima – Magda LinetteLinette (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Viktorija GolubicGolubic – Donna VekicVekic (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Darya KasatkinaKasatkina – Jana FettFett (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Nadia PodoroskaPodoroska (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Kamilla RakhimovaRakhimova – Qinwen ZhengZheng (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Clara BurelBurel – Cori GauffGauff (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Magdalena FrechFrech – Alycia ParksParks (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan – Yulia StarodubtsewaStarodubtsewa (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Peyton StearnsStearns – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Katie VolynetsVolynets – Naomi OsakaOsaka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Shuai ZhangZhang – Greetje MinnenMinnen (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Rebecca SramkovaSramkova (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Jessica PegulaPegula (2-0) – H2H and prediction