Ekaterina Alexandrova and Nadia Podoroska will play each other in the quarter of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 5:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ekaterina Alexandrova who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ekaterina Alexandrova is the pick to win this match.
Ekaterina Alexandrova -> 1.41
Nadia Podoroska -> 3.1
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Prediction and head to head Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Nadia Podoroska
There is no head to head record between Ekaterina Alexandrova and Nadia Podoroska since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Ekaterina Alexandrova
Ranked no. 33, the Russian reached the quarter after defeating Katerina Siniakova 6-3 6-4 and Varvara Gracheva 7-5 6-1.
In the 2nd round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Gracheva (7-5 6-1). During the match Alexandrova scored 68 points vs Gracheva’s 47. Ekaterina was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Alexandrova bagged 4 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Ekaterina Alexandrova lost the serve twice and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Alexandrova put 62% of her first serves in, winning 81% (25/31) of the points behind her 1st serve and 42% (8/19) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Gracheva 6 times after converting 50% of her break points (6/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Russian hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to win 56% of the points she played.
Alexandrova has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 61% of her matches (206-129). 6-2 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Alexandrova has a 74-26 record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.
Her best result of the current year was winning the title in Shenzhen where she overcame Elena Rybakina in the final 6-2 6-4.
Ekaterina has a 19-11 win-loss record in 2020, 6-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Linz
Ekaterina lost in the semifinal to Jelena Ostapenko.
Nadia Podoroska
Ranked no. 48 (career high), Podoroska reached the quarter after beating Irina-Camelia Begu 6-4 6-4 and Camila Giorgi 6-74 6-1 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Giorgi, Nadia recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-74 6-1 6-4). During the match Podoroska scored 115 points vs Giorgi’s 102. Podoroska was pretty aggressive to blast 50 winners.
Talking about serving, Podoroska scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 3 double faults. Nadia Podoroska lost the serve 3 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Podoroska put 69% of her first serves in, winning 65% (50/77) of the points behind her 1st serve and 53% (18/34) on the 2nd serve. Podoroska broke Giorgi 6 times after converting 35% of her break points (6/17).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Podoroska has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points she played.
Nadia has a 45-7 win-loss record in 2020, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Linz
Podoroska didn’t compete in Linz in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Alexandrova | Podoroska |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 38 | 50 |
| Pts | 141-109 | 188-169 |
| Total Points | 250 | 357 |
| Winners | 58 | 81 |
| %Winners | 41% | 43% |
Both Alexandrova and Podoroska played 2 matches. At the moment, Nadia Podoroska surrendered 1 set while Ekaterina Alexandrova hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Alexandrova has played 1 set(s) less than Podoroska (4 vs 5). Therefore, Alexandrova played 12 games less than Podoroska. Alexandrova scored 58 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Nadia blasted 81 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Alexandrova | Podoroska |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 1 |
| 1st in | 76/115 | 133/193 |
| %1st in | 66% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 58/76 | 81/133 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 61% |
| 2nd pts | 16/39 | 36/60 |
| %2nd pts | 41% | 60% |
Alexandrova blasted 10 aces (5 per match). Podoroska bagged 2 aces (1 per match). Alexandrova won 76% points on her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 41% of the points. On the other side, Podoroska won 61% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Alexandrova | Podoroska |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 10 |
| Converted | 10/21 | 10/27 |
| % Converted | 48% | 37% |
| Conceded | 10 | 16 |
| Saved | 7 | 11 |
| % Saved | 70% | 69% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 |
The Russian broke her opponents 10 times with a 48% conversion rate. The Russian conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 70% of the break points that she conceded. Podoroska broke her opponents 10 times with a 37% conversion rate. Nadia conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 69% of the break points that she conceded.
| Alexandrova | ||||
| R1 Siniakova |
R2 Gracheva |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 7-5 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | 38 | |
| pts | 73-62 | 68-47 | 141-109 | |
| Total points | 135 | 115 | 250 | |
| Winners | 33 | 25 | 58 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 37% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 45/65 | 31/50 | 76/115 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 62% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 33/45 | 25/31 | 58/76 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 81% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/20 | 8/19 | 16/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 42% | 41% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 6/12 | 10/21 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 50% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 2/4 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 50% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Podoroska | ||||
| R1 Begu |
R2 Giorgi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 6-74 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 30 | 50 | |
| pts | 73-67 | 115-102 | 188-169 | |
| Total points | 140 | 217 | 357 | |
| Winners | 31 | 50 | 81 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 56/82 | 77/111 | 133/193 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 31/56 | 50/77 | 81/133 | |
| % 1st pts | 55% | 65% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/26 | 18/34 | 36/60 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 53% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 6/17 | 10/27 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 35% | 37% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 9 | 16 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 6/9 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 67% | 69% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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