Ekaterina Alexandrova and Lulu Sun will face off in the 2nd round of the Cincinnati Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 6:30 pm on COURT 7. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ekaterina Alexandrova who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ekaterina Alexandrova is the pick to win this match.
Ekaterina Alexandrova -> 1.33
Lulu Sun -> 3.32
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Prediction and head to head Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Lulu Sun
This will be the 3rd time that Ekaterina Alexandrova and Lulu Sun fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Alexandrova and Sun (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Sun won 7-5 3-6 7-6(6) in the semifinal in Monterrey back in 2024.
Highlights Lulu Sun vs Ekaterina Alexandrova – Monterrey 23-August-2024
Ekaterina Alexandrova
30 - 16win/loss
10
10
LLWLWWWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47-25 | 22-16 | 13-5 | 4-1 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 26-25 | 17-13 | 1-7 | 3-2 | 5-3 | 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 |
Ranked no. 16, Ekaterina will start her run in Cincinnati after she played her last match in Montreal where she lost 1-6 6-2 6-4 to Zhu in the 2nd round on the 29th of July.
The Russian has a composed 30-16 win-loss record in 2025, 5-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Her best result of the season was conquering the title in Linz where she beat Dayana Yastremska in the final 6-2 3-6 7-5.
Talking about her overall career, Ekaterina has an overall 357-233 record. She has a positive 112-94 record on hard.
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019, 2020 and 2022. See her history.
Lulu Sun
14 - 20win/loss
90
39
LWWWWWWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32-26 | 27-16 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 41-21 | 17-10 | 10-5 | 6-3 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-20 | 23-10 | 4-4 | 12-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-24 | 16-12 | 7-6 | 1-1 | 6-4 | 2-1 |
| 2021 | 27-13 | 19-9 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 90, LuluAnke reached the 2nd round after defeating Antonia Ruzic 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Kiwi had a good straight sets win against Ruzic (6-4 6-4). During the match Sun scored 73 points vs Ruzic’s 66. Sun was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.
About the serving games, Sun bagged 3 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Lulu Sun lost the serve once and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Sun put 56% of her first serves in, winning 72% (33/46) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (17/36) on the 2nd serve. The Kiwi broke Ruzic 3 times after converting 43% of her break points (3/7).
Sun has a compiled 14-20 win-loss record in 2025, 9-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2024. See her history.
Head 2 Head
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