Petra Martic and Liudmila Samsonova will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Palermo Ladies Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 6 pm on Center Court. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Petra Martic who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Petra Martic is the pick to win this match.
Petra Martic -> 1.36
Liudmila Samsonova -> 3.00
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Prediction and head to head Petra Martic vs. Liudmila Samsonova
There is no head to head record between Petra Martic and Liudmila Samsonova since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Petra Martic
Ranked no. 15, Martic reached the 2nd round after beating Alison Van Uytvanck 6-0 6-3.
In the 1st round, Martic had a good straight sets win against Van Uytvanck (6-0 6-3). During the match Martic scored 57 points vs Van Uytvanck’s 37. The Croatian was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Martic made 2 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Petra Martic was extremely effective on serve to win 78% (25/32) of her 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Petra broke Van Uytvanck 4 times after converting 50% of her break points (4/8).
Martic has a a extraordinary win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 71% of her matches (492-202). 1-0 on clay in 2020. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Martic has a 249-174 record in the last 10 years on clay.
Martic’s best result of the season was reaching the semi-finals in Dubai.
The Croatian has a 6-5 win-loss record in 2020, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Palermo
Martic didn’t play in Palermo in 2019.
Liudmila Samsonova
Ranked no. 117, Samsonova got to the 2nd round after defeating Tereza Mrdeza 6-3 6-4, Marta Kostyuk 4-6 6-4 6-3, Laura-Ioana Paar 6-2 7-69 and Kirsten Flipkens 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Flipkens (6-4 6-2). During the match Samsonova scored 69 points vs Flipkens’s 54. Ludmilla was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Samsonova managed to score 2 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Liudmila Samsonova lost the serve twice and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Samsonova put 56% of her first serves in, winning 73% (27/37) of the points behind her 1st serve and 41% (12/29) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Flipkens 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).
Samsonova has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 68% of her matches (249-116). 4-0 on clay in 2020. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Samsonova has a 161-84 record in the last 5 years on clay.
Samsonova has a 15-5 win-loss record in 2020, 4-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Palermo
Ludmilla lost in the semifinal 6-3 6-1 to Jil Teichmann.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Martic | Samsonova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 87 |
| Pts | 57-37 | 326-274 |
| Total Points | 94 | 600 |
| Winners | 25 | 115 |
| %Winners | 44% | 35% |
Martic played 1 match while Samsonova competed in 4 matches. Samsonova started her run from the qualifications while Martic had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Liudmila Samsonova dropped 1 set while Petra Martic hasn’t lost a set so far. Martic has played 7 set(s) less than Samsonova (2 vs 9). Therefore, Martic played 72 games less than Samsonova. Petra scored 25 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Ludmilla recorded 115 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Martic | Samsonova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 3.3 |
| 1st in | 32/51 | 162/309 |
| %1st in | 63% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 25/32 | 115/162 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 63/147 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 43% |
Martic scored 2 aces . Samsonova struck 13 aces (3.3 per match). Martic won 78% points on her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Samsonova won 71% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 43% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Martic | Samsonova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 23 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 23/40 |
| % Converted | 50% | 58% |
| Conceded | 4 | 35 |
| Saved | 4 | 22 |
| % Saved | 100% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 13 |
Martic broke her opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Croatian extremely effective on her serve as she has never lost a single service game after saving 4 break points. Ludmilla broke her opponents 23 times with a 58% conversion rate. Samsonova conceded her serve 13 times and she saved 63% of the break points that she conceded.
| Martic | |||
| R1 Van Uytvanck |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 57-37 | 57-37 | |
| Total points | 94 | 94 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 32/51 | 32/51 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 25/32 | 25/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 11/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | -100 | |
| Samsonova | ||||||
| Q1 Mrdeza |
Q2 Kostyuk |
Q3 Andrei |
R1 Flipkens |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 4-6 6-4 6-3 | 6-2 7-69 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 29 | 21 | 18 | 87 | |
| pts | 59-49 | 115-102 | 83-69 | 69-54 | 326-274 | |
| Total points | 108 | 217 | 152 | 123 | 600 | |
| Winners | 19 | 40 | 29 | 27 | 115 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 35% | 35% | 39% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 19 | |
| 1st in | 26/52 | 56/111 | 43/80 | 37/66 | 162/309 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 50% | 54% | 56% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 19/26 | 40/56 | 29/43 | 27/37 | 115/162 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 71% | 67% | 73% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/26 | 20/55 | 20/37 | 12/29 | 63/147 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 36% | 54% | 41% | 43% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 23 | |
| Converted | 6/7 | 8/19 | 4/5 | 5/9 | 23/40 | |
| Converted % | 86% | 42% | 80% | 56% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 35 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 9/15 | 8/10 | 4/6 | 22 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 60% | 80% | 67% | 232% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 225 | |
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