American tennis veteran Venus Williams will look to extend her winning run when she takes on Chinese player and 84th-ranked Lin Zhu in the second round of the 2023 Auckland Open on Wednesday, January 4. Get the live streaming options of this Venus Williams v Lin Zhu match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here.
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Venus Williams v Lin Zhu Head to Head
There have been no previous meetings between Venus Williams and Lin Zhu.
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Venus Wins a Rare Match
As we had mentioned in our preview to Venus Williams’ first round match against Katie Volynets, it had been ages since the American legend had won a tennis match. It had last come in June 2021.
Which is also why we – and the bookmakers – reckoned Venus might find it difficult to overcome her first round opponent. Turns out Venus isn’t going away from the tour without a fight and a straight-set win over Volynets was a just reminded to those doubting her pedigree.
Sure it is just one win and the route back to going the distance in tournaments is a long one but Venus proved she can still hang around for a bit as she carved out a 7-6 (4), 6-2 victory over Volynets.
And in doing so she has set up a meeting with Lin for a place in the second round. Can she make it two in two, having last done that in August 2019?
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Zhu Saves Match-Point against Brengle
Zhu had gone into her opening round match against Madison Brengle as an underdog, with bookmakers pegging a 13/10 for her victory. And that’s exactly how it did not go, with Zhu coming back from a match-point down to seal her second round berth against Venus.
The Chinese player, whose top career-ranking has been 58th in the world, came back from a set down to win 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-4 in a match lasting nearly three hours.
With neither player setting the stands on fire with their serving (Zhu won 53% of her first serves to Brengle’s 56%), it was the difference in their second serve percentage that brought Zhu home.
Zhu’s 54% second serve win percentage was in stark contrast to her opponent’s mere 39% and at crucial junctures that proved to be crucial.
Against Venus, Zhu will hope to show as much consistency too and up the serving ante.
Williams v Zhu Prediction and Tip
Again, it’s Zhu who starts a favourite at 1/2 to win this but we can expect Venus to not go out without a fight. Might even see a three-setter here.
Tips:
- Low Risk Tip: Zhu to win: 1/2 (Click Here to Bet with bet365)
- Moderate Risk Tip: Over 21.5 games in the match: 1/1 (Click Here to Bet with 888Sport)
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