Qinwen Zheng and Lulu Sun will play each other in the 3^rd round of the BNP Paribas Open for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 8:00 pm on STADIUM 2. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Qinwen Zheng who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Qinwen Zheng is the pick to win this match.
Qinwen Zheng -> 1.22
Lulu Sun -> 4.3

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Prediction and head to head Qinwen Zheng vs. Lulu Sun

This will be the 2^nd time that Qinwen Zheng and Lulu Sun face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Sun (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Sun won 4-6 6-2 6-4 in the 1^st round in at the Wimbledon back in 2024.

Qinwen Zheng

Ranked no. 9, Qinwen got to the 3^rd round after defeating Unknown Player bye and Victoria Azarenka 6-3 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, Qinwen had a good straight sets win against Azarenka (6-3 6-4). During the match, Zheng scored 64 points vs Azarenka’s 48. Qinwen was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about the service games, Zheng fired 4 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Qinwen Zheng was extremely effective on serve to win 71% (24/34) of her 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve 3 times. Zheng broke Azarenka 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).

Zheng has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 70% of her matches (230-98). 2-3 on hard in 2025. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Zheng has a compiled119-56 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.

The Chinese has an overall 2-3 win-loss record in 2025, 2-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Indian Wells

Lulu Sun

Ranked no. 49, LuluAnke got to the 3^rd round after defeating Rebecca Sramkova 6-3 1-6 7-6(2) and Linda Noskova 6-1 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, LuluAnke had a good straight sets win against Noskova (6-1 6-4). During the match Sun scored 67 points vs Noskova’s 49. Sun was quite aggressive to blast 20 winners.

About the serving games, Sun made 6 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Lulu Sun was quite efficient on serve to win 87% (20/23) of her 1st serve and 61% (20/33) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Sun broke Noskova 3 times after converting 50% of her break points (3/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

LuluAnke has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points she played.

LuluAnke has a compiled 3-8 win-loss record in 2025, 3-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Indian Wells

LuluAnke has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Zheng	Sun
Match played	1	2
Tot Set	2	5
Tot Games	19	46
Pts	64-48	164-147
Total Points	112	311
Winners	24	57
%Winners	38%	35%

Zheng played 1 match while Sun competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Lulu Sun dropped 1 set while Qinwen Zheng hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Zheng has played 3 set(s) less than Sun (2 vs 5). Therefore, Zheng played 27 games less than Sun. The Chinese scored 24 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, LuluAnke scored 57 winners (35%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Zheng	Sun
Aces	4	12
Avg per match	4	6
1st in	34/59	79/155
%1st in	58%	51%
1st pts	24/34	57/79
%1st pts	71%	72%
2nd pts	13/25	46/76
%2nd pts	52%	61%

Zheng managed to score 4 aces . Sun recorded 12 aces (6 per match). Zheng won 71% points behind her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Sun won 72% 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	Zheng	Sun
Won	5	5
Converted	5/9	5/14
% Converted	56%	36%
Conceded	3	13
Saved	0	10
% Saved	0%	77%
Times Broken	3	3

Zheng broke her opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Qinwen dropped her serve 3 times and she saved 0% of the break points that she conceded. The Kiwi broke her opponents 5 times with a 36% conversion rate. Sun conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 77% of the break points that she conceded.

Zheng
	R2 Azarenka	Total
Score	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	64-48	64-48
Total points	112	112
Winners	24	24
%Winners	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	34/59	34/59
% 1st in	58%	58%
1st pts	24/34	24/34
% 1st pts	71%	71%
2nd pts	13/25	13/25
% 2nd pts	52%	52%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/9	5/9
Converted %	56%	56%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	0/3	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	3	3

Sun
	R1 Sramkova	R2 Noskova	Total
Score	6-3 1-6 7-62	6-1 6-4
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	29	17	46
pts	97-98	67-49	164-147
Total points	195	116	311
Winners	37	20	57
%Winners	38%	30%	35%
SERVE
Aces	6	6	12
Double Faults	3	4	7
1st in	56/99	23/56	79/155
% 1st in	57%	41%	51%
1st pts	37/56	20/23	57/79
% 1st pts	66%	87%	72%
2nd pts	26/43	20/33	46/76
% 2nd pts	60%	61%	61%
Breaks
Won	2	3	5
Converted	2/8	3/6	5/14
Converted %	25%	50%	36%
Conceded	11	2	13
Saved	8/11	2/2	10
Saved %	73%	100%	173%
Times Broken	3	0	3

Tennis Scores in Indian Wells

• Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Sofia KeninKenin (3-6 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Lucia BronzettiBronzetti – Magdalena FrechFrech (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Elise MertensMertens – Kimberly BirrellBirrell (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Iva JovicJovic (7-6³ 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Sonay KartalKartal – Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Polina KudermetovaKudermetova – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Donna VekicVekic – Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Cori GauffGauff – Moyuka UchijimaUchijima (6-4 3-6 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Maria SakkariSakkari – Viktoriya TomovaTomova (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
• Madison KeysKeys – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Ons JabeurJabeur (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Katie BoulterBoulter – Irina-Camelia BeguBegu (6-7² 6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Xinyu WangWang – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Hailey BaptisteBaptiste (5-7 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Lulu SunSun – Linda NoskovaNoskova (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Marta KostyukKostyuk – Robin MontgomeryMontgomery (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Clara TausonTauson – Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano (7-6³ 7-5) – See score progression
• Qinwen ZhengZheng – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Caroline DolehideDolehide – Eva LysLys (7-6³ 6-4) – See score progression
• Mirra AndreevaAndreeva – Varvara GrachevaGracheva (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Caroline GarciaGarcia (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
• Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Ashlyn KruegerKrueger (6-1 6-7⁸ 6-3) – See score progression
• Elena RybakinaRybakina – Suzan LamensLamens (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Jessica PegulaPegula – Magda LinetteLinette (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Alexander IgoshinIgoshin – Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
• Maxime ChazalChazal – Matvey MininMinin (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Alexandar LazarovLazarov – Mats RosenkranzRosenkranz (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Thomas FancuttFancutt – Alexandru Vasile ManoleVasile Manole (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Giovanni FonioFonio – Justin ButschButsch (6-7⁴ 7-6⁴ 6-3) – See score progression
• Matheus Pucinelle De AlmeidaPucinelle De Almeida – Tomas Lipovsek PuchesLipovsek Puches (6-1 0-6 6-0) – See score progression
• Bogdan Ionut ApostolIonut Apostol – Calin MandaManda (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Albert Alcaraz IvorraAlcaraz Ivorra – Nicolae FrunzaFrunza (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Lucia BronzettiBronzetti – Magdalena FrechFrech (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Polina KudermetovaKudermetova – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Sonay KartalKartal – Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Sofia KeninKenin (3-6 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Iva JovicJovic (7-6(3) 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Cori GauffGauff – Moyuka UchijimaUchijima (6-4 3-6 7-6(4)) – See score progression
• Maria SakkariSakkari – Viktoriya TomovaTomova (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
• Donna VekicVekic – Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Elise MertensMertens – Kimberly BirrellBirrell (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Madison KeysKeys – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (6-3 6-0) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Mccartney KesslerKessler (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Caty McNallyMcNally – Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Jaqueline CristianCristian (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova – Belinda BencicBencic (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Alycia ParksParks – (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Emma NavarroNavarro – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Cori GauffGauff – Maria SakkariSakkari (3-5) – H2H and prediction
• Elise MertensMertens – Madison KeysKeys (2-3) – H2H and prediction
• Elena RybakinaRybakina – Katie BoulterBoulter (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Clara TausonTauson – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Xin Yu WangYu Wang – Jessica PegulaPegula (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Qinwen ZhengZheng – Lulu SunSun (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Marta KostyukKostyuk – Caroline DolehideDolehide (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (1-1) – H2H and prediction