New Zealand tennis player Lulu Sun's run at the WTA 1000 tournament at India Wells has come to an end in the third round
Sun won two matches at Indian Wells in what has been a tough year for victories on the WTA Tour. She had just one other win in 2025 so far.
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However eighth seed Qinwen Zheng was too good in the third round winning 6-4 7-5 in one hour 50 minutes.
Sun broke Zheng on four occasions out of her eight opportunities but gave up six breaks on her own serve.
The head-to-head record between the two now sits at 1-1 after Sun beat Zheng in the first round at Wimbledon last year.
Also losing were doubles second seeds Erin Routliffe and Canadian Gaby Dabrowski.
They lost to wildcards Anna Kalinskaya (Russia) and American Caty McNally 7-6(4), 7-5 in the second round.