Lin Zhu vs Anna Blinkova — Indian Wells Qualifying Round 2

Indian Wells · CHALLENGER · Qualifying Round 2
Lin Zhu
CHN
Lin Zhu
#130WTA
1674ELO
1647Hard ELO
32 yrs · 173 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLWLWWWL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 4 March 2019
hard
Anna Blinkova
RUS
Anna Blinkova
#102WTA
1694ELO
1654Hard ELO
27 yrs · 179 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLWLWLWW
Zhu L.
4-6 6-4 7-5
Blinkova A.
Zhu L.
4672
Blinkova A.
6451

Lin Zhu defeated Anna Blinkova 4-6 6-4 7-5 in the Indian Wells qualifying round 2 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Anna Blinkova came in ranked #102. Lin Zhu extended the head-to-head to 2–0.

Key context

Head to head

1–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2023-08-21ClevelandR32hardLin Zhu6-0 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Zhu L.serving54% hold

wins 51% of points on serve vs Blinkova A.

Blinkova A.serving49% hold

wins 49% of points on serve vs Zhu L.

Baseline battle — serve is shaky, expect plenty of breaks

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Serve & return on hard

Zhu L.Blinkova A.
14
Serve
0
60
Return
47

Per-surface Serve / Return Rating (0–100, percentile within the hard field, opponent-adjusted over 52 weeks). About

Statistics

This season
Zhu L.Blinkova A.
1st serve in·Slight edge
66%
60%
1st serve points won·Even
62%
61%
2nd serve points won·Even
48%
44%
Service points won·Even
57%
54%
Return points won·Even
44%
45%
Break points saved·Even
55%
53%
Aces / match·Even
1.7
2.1
Double faults / match·Dominant
2.2
4.2

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Zhu L.Blinkova A.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
37
66
Break points saved·Slight edge
64
58
Break points won·Even
91
94
Deciding sets·Dominant
15
68
Tiebreaks·Dominant
65
94

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Freshness

Recent load
Zhu L.Blinkova A.
Freshness·Dominant
100
75

Zhu L.: 19 days rest · Blinkova A.: 4 days rest · 2 matches, 46 games (7d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast

Draw — qualifying

Q2
Mchale C.
Zvonareva V.
6-02-0
Vikhlyantseva N.
Jakupovic D.
7-626-1
Golubic V.
Boulter K.
6-46-3
Bonaventure Y.
Swiatek I.
1-66-26-4
Hon P.
Kudermetova V.
6-46-2
Baindl K.
Sorribes Tormo S.
6-17-66
Doi M.
Wickmayer Y.
7-627-5
Hibino N.
Cirstea S.
4-66-16-0
Diyas Z.
Gibbs N.
7-647-5
Zhu L.
Blinkova A.
4-66-47-5
Mcnally C.
Bacsinszky T.
4-66-06-4
Voegele S.
Errani S.
6-27-64
Q1
Hon P.
Potapova A.
6-736-46-0
Kudermetova V.
Badosa P.
6-36-2
Sorribes Tormo S.
Glushko J.
6-26-4
Voegele S.
Dolehide C.
6-23-66-3
Errani S.
Watson H.
6-26-736-4
Zvonareva V.
Khromacheva I.
6-26-3
Mchale C.
Stollar F.
6-03-67-5
Jakupovic D.
Rus A.
6-36-4
Vikhlyantseva N.
Kruger Z.
6-06-0
Boulter K.
Kiick A.
7-55-76-2
Golubic V.
Bouzkova M.
7-656-2
Swiatek I.
Arruabarrena L.
6-16-766-2
Bonaventure Y.
Danilovic O.
6-786-46-4
Mcnally C.
Pliskova K.
2-67-667-5
Bacsinszky T.
Perrin C.
5-76-06-1
Zhu L.
Wang X.
3-66-26-3
Blinkova A.
Niculescu M.
7-56-4
Diyas Z.
Lepchenko V.
6-47-5
Gibbs N.
Ferro F.
6-26-1
Cirstea S.
Lao D.
6-36-4
Hibino N.
Liu C.
6-36-3
Wickmayer Y.
Minella M.
6-26-3
Doi M.
Di Lorenzo F.
6-36-4
Baindl K.
Kratzer A.
6-46-1