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Lin Zhu #87 def. Maria Sakkari #6

7-6(3) 1-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 22, 2023*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Lin Zhu
Score	7-6(3) 1-6 6-4
Loser	Maria Sakkari

Stat	Lin Zhu	Maria Sakkari
Aces	3	6
Double faults	1	6
First serve %	68	67
First serve points won %	53	58
Second serve points won %	61	44
Break points saved %	12	67
Break points converted %	33	88
Service points won %	56	54
Return points won %	46	44
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Lin Zhu	Maria Sakkari
Country	CHN	GRE
Birth date	—	Jul 25, 1995
Age	—	27
Height	173	172
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	87	6
Ranking points (entering)	724	3,921
Elo (entering)	1,661	1,925
Career W-L	92–115	258–205
Career earnings	$4,188,489	$14,850,529

Pre-match H2H

Lin Zhu 0 – 0 Maria Sakkari

Path

Lin Zhu's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2023	R64	Jil Teichmann	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2023	R128	Rebecca Marino	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Lin Zhu's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2023	R16	Victoria Azarenka	6-4 1-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Maria Sakkari's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2023	R64	Diana Shnaider	3-6 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2023	R128	Yue Yuan	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data