Qinwen Zheng secures straight-sets win against Lulu Sun at Indian Wells Open
Qinwen Zheng beat Lulu Sun 6-4, 7-5 in the Round of 32, converting six break points and winning 76 total points.
Qinwen Zheng overcame Lulu Sun 6-4, 7-5 in the Round of 32 on Court 2 of Indian Wells 2025.
She secured a straight-sets victory to advance. Zheng capitalised on break-point opportunities and held her serve in key moments to edge past her opponent.
Zheng started with a solid first set, breaking Sun’s serve early to gain the advantage. Despite Sun’s 96% first-serve percentage, she struggled to dominate points, winning just 51% on her first serve compared to Zheng’s 59%. Zheng, in contrast, remained composed on serve, taking the set 6-4.
The second set was more competitive, with both players holding serve until Zheng broke late to seal a 7-5 win. Sun fought to stay in the match, converting four of eight break points, but Zheng’s ability to capitalise on six of her 14 opportunities proved decisive.
Both players showed consistency on their second serve, winning 100% of those points. However, Zheng had the overall edge, winning 76 total points to Sun’s 66 and securing 36 receiving points to Sun’s 30. Zheng also won seven consecutive points at one stage, highlighting her ability to control crucial moments.
With this win, Zheng moves forward in the tournament, continuing her pursuit of a deeper run. She will face Ukranian Marta Kostyuk in the next round on Tuesday.
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On Sunday, Lulu Sun (No. 49 in the world) takes on Qinwen Zheng (No. 9) in the Round of 32 at the BNP Paribas Open.
Zheng has -549 odds to earn a spot in the Round of 16 over Sun (+375).
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Based on the implied probility from the moneyline, Zheng has an 84.6% to win.
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Lulu Sun edged out by world No 8 Zheng Qinwen at Indian Wells
Lulu Sun put up a brave battle in her 6-4 7-5 loss to world No 8 Zheng Qinwen in the third round of the Indian Wells on Sunday (Monday NZ time).
In a rematch of their clash at Wimbledon last year, it was another close battle between the two players, with Zheng edging it this time.
But despite this loss, it has been a good tournament for the 23-year-old Sun, who won back-to back matches for the first time this year and should move back inside the top 40 from the points picked up in the Californian desert.
The match started after 9pm local time and Sun began the match playing well, matching her opponent’s power.
But in the fifth game she made a couple of unforced errors and on break point, Zheng powered a forehand winner in the corner.
However, Sun wasn’t behind for long as she put pressure on her opponent in the next game, who double faulted on breakpoint.
Sun suffered an unfortunate slip in the following game as she was broken again and this time the Chinese player was able to consolidate the break and went on to take the set.
The Kiwi was broken again in the opening game of the next set and not long after she was serving at 0-40 and 0-2, but she then went on to win five straight points and break Zheng to get the set to 2-2.
The players swapped further breaks later in the set, with Sun showing real grit to stay in the battle against the No 8 seed. That was especially the case after Zheng got another break, then served for the match, only to be broken again.
But a few minutes later Zheng was once more serving for the match and this time she held her nerve.
Sun recently decided it was time to move on from Vlado Platenik as her coach and he has since teamed up with Emma Raducanu on a trial basis through to next month’s French Open.
But the change looked to have freshened Sun up as this was a more than respectable week for her and she has something to build on for Miami.
Meanwhile, earlier in the day Erin Routliffe and Gaby Dabrowski had a close loss in the second round of the women’s doubles at Indian Wells.
The No 2 seeds were defeated 7-6(4) 7-5 by Anna Kalinskaya from Russia and America’s Caty McNally.
In the men’s doubles, Michael Venus and Nikola Mektic from Croatia have been drawn against the Italian singles specialists Matteo Berrettini and Lorenzo Sonego in the opening round.
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