Lin Zhu surprises Varvara Gracheva 6-4 7-6(3) in the 1st round in Montreal on Sunday. Zhu will engage against Ekaterina Alexandrova in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 2 minutes. This will be her best result in this event. Previously, the best she could do was reaching the 1st round in 2023. Here you can see her previous results at this event.

Montreal
Zhu's Record

Zhu added to her prize money $ 6,935 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 19,705 after this win. If she wins the next match, Lin will add $ 13,295 to her earnings to get in total $ 33,000 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Zhu
Gracheva
6-4 7-63
2h:02
84
84
Total points
76
76
27
27
Winners
27
27
32%
32%
Ratio Winners
36%
36%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
1
1
3
3
Double Faults
3
3
55%
55%
1st in
49%
49%
64%
64%
1st won
66%
66%
27/42
27/42
1st won
27/41
27/41
62%
62%
2nd won
49%
49%
21/34
21/34
2nd won
21/43
21/43
-- Break Points --
3/14
3/14
Total
2/7
2/7
21%
21%
Won
29%
29%
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At the end of the match, Zhu scored 84 points vs. the French player’s 76.

Zhu

Lin won this match even if she was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points since she converted only 21% (3/14) of the procured opportunities.

Gracheva

On the other side, the French player had some problems converting her break points (only 29% – 2/7). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this encounter, the head to head between Zhu and Gracheva is 3-0 for Lin.

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

Zhu will fight against Alexandrova in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Lin Zhu and Ekaterina Alexandrova clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Alexandrova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Alexandrova won 7-5 6-2 in the semifinal in Cleveland back in 2023.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Zhu 6-4
ZhuGracheva
6
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
ZhuGracheva
6
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
ZhuGracheva
5
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
ZhuGracheva
4
4
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
ZhuGracheva
3
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
ZhuGracheva
3
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
ZhuGracheva
2
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
ZhuGracheva
2
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
ZhuGracheva
1
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
ZhuGracheva
1
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
ZhuGracheva
0
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Zhu clinched in the 9th game (5-4) just before ultimately conquering the set (6-4).

Zhu wasted a good opportunity to break the French player in the 7th game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Gracheva had no answers in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-4 to 6-4.

The Chinese converted 11% of her break points (1/9). She had 9 break points opportunities in the 7th (3-3 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 9th (4-4 30-40) and the 11th game (6-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Gracheva wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 10th game (4-5 30-40).

They contested 79 points. Lin conquered the set after winning 7 more points than Gracheva (43-36). Lin conceded 9 points on serve (21-9). On the other side, Varvara conceded 22 points on serve (27-22).

2nd Set -
Zhu 7-6
ZhuGracheva
7
6
Z
0
1
G
1
1
G
2
1
Z
3
1
Z
4
1
G
4
2
G
5
2
Z
6
2
Z
6
3
G
7
3
ZhuGracheva
6
6
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
ZhuGracheva
5
6
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
ZhuGracheva
5
5
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
ZhuGracheva
5
4
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
ZhuGracheva
5
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
ZhuGracheva
4
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
ZhuGracheva
4
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
ZhuGracheva
3
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
ZhuGracheva
2
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
ZhuGracheva
2
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
ZhuGracheva
2
0
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30

Zhu came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Varvara Gracheva in the 2nd game (2-0). Nonetheless, the Chinese refused to bow to find the way to come back to break Varvara in the 5th (3-2) game before winning the set at the breaker at 3.

Zhu wasted a good opportunity to break Varvara in the 11th game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Tiebreak

The Chinese won 5 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1), 4th (3-1), 7th (5-2), 8th (6-2) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, Varvara won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 6th (2-4) and 9th (3-6) point.

Lin won the tiebreak 7-3 after she conquered a decisive 4-2

lead.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 5-2, 6-2, 6-3, 7-3

Zhu converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 15-40), the 9th (5-3 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Gracheva converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had her opportunities in the 4th (1-2 15-40 and 30-40), the 9th (4-5 15-40) and the 12th game (6-5 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).

They played 81 points. It’s worth to point out that, Lin won this set even if she scored less points 1 than Gracheva (40-41). Zhu dropped 21 points on serve (26-21

). On the losing side, the French player conceded 14 points on serve (20-14).
1st
Zhu
Gracheva
6-4
6
4
5
4
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
2nd
Zhu
Gracheva
7-6
7
6
6
6
5
6
5
5
5
4
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
2
0
1
0

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