Aryna Sabalenka and Barbora Krejcikova will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 5:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Aryna Sabalenka who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Aryna Sabalenka is the pick to win this match.
Aryna Sabalenka -> 1.3
Barbora Krejcikova -> 3.82
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Prediction and head to head Aryna Sabalenka vs. Barbora Krejcikova
There is no head to head record between Aryna Sabalenka and Barbora Krejcikova since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Aryna Sabalenka
Ranked no. 11, Sabalenka got to the semifinal after defeating Jasmine Paolini 6-4 6-4, Stefanie Voegele 6-0 6-3 and Oceane Dodin 6-3 3-3 ret..
In the quarter, Aryna defeated Dodin (6-3 3-3 ret.). During the match Sabalenka scored 63 points vs Dodin’s 50. Aryna was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sabalenka fired 8 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Aryna Sabalenka lost the serve once. Furthermore, Sabalenka put 80% of her first serves in, winning 71% (29/41) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (5/10) on the 2nd serve. The Belarussian broke Dodin twice after converting 20% of her break points (2/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Sabalenka hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to conquer 57% of the points she played.
Sabalenka has a solid win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 65% of her matches (183-100). 7-0 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Sabalenka has a 26-14 record in the last 5 years on indoor hard courts.
Her best result of the year was conquering the title in Doha where she beat Petra Kvitova in the final 6-3 6-3 and in Ostrava where she beat Victoria Azarenka in the final 6-2 6-2.
Sabalenka has a 27-10 win-loss record in 2020, 7-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Linz
Sabalenka didn’t play in Linz in 2019.
Barbora Krejcikova
Ranked no. 74 (career high), Krejcikova got to the semifinal after beating Harmony Tan 6-3 5-7 6-2, Greetje Minnen 5-7 7-67 6-4 and Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-3 6-1.
In the quarter, Krejcikova had a good straight sets win against Sasnovich (6-3 6-1). During the match Krejcikova scored 61 points vs Sasnovich’s 37. Krejcikova was quite aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about serving, Krejcikova struck 6 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Barbora Krejcikova was quite efficent on serve to win 77% (20/26) of her 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Barbora broke Sasnovich 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Barbora has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points she played.
Barbora has a 20-8 win-loss record in 2020, 6-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sabalenka | Krejcikova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 35 | 80 |
| Pts | 144-108 | 288-254 |
| Total Points | 252 | 542 |
| Winners | 54 | 103 |
| %Winners | 38% | 36% |
Sabalenka played 2 matches while Krejcikova competed in 3 matches. At the moment, Barbora Krejcikova lost 2 sets while Aryna Sabalenka hasn’t lost a set so far. Sabalenka has played 4 set(s) less than Krejcikova (4 vs 8). Therefore, Sabalenka played 45 games less than Krejcikova. Aryna scored 54 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Czech managed to score 103 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sabalenka | Krejcikova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 20 |
| Avg per match | 6.5 | 6.7 |
| 1st in | 73/120 | 142/253 |
| %1st in | 61% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 54/73 | 103/142 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 26/47 | 54/111 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 49% |
Sabalenka fired 13 aces (6.5 per match). Krejcikova bagged 20 aces (6.7 per match). Sabalenka won 74% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Krejcikova won 73% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sabalenka | Krejcikova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 14 |
| Converted | 8/22 | 14/34 |
| % Converted | 36% | 41% |
| Conceded | 14 | 22 |
| Saved | 12 | 15 |
| % Saved | 86% | 68% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 7 |
Aryna broke her opponents 8 times with a 36% conversion rate. Aryna conceded her serve twice and she saved 86% of the break points that she conceded. The Czech broke her opponents 14 times with a 41% conversion rate. Barbora conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 68% of the break points that she conceded.
| Sabalenka | |||||
| R1 Paolini |
R2 Voegele |
1/4 Dodin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 6-0 6-3 | 6-3 3-3 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 15 | 15 | 50 | |
| pts | 79-66 | 65-42 | 63-50 | 207-158 | |
| Total points | 145 | 107 | 113 | 365 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | 29 | 83 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 42% | 46% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 11 | 2 | 8 | 21 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 37/65 | 36/55 | 41/51 | 114/171 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 65% | 80% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 27/37 | 27/36 | 29/41 | 83/114 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 75% | 71% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/28 | 11/19 | 5/10 | 31/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 58% | 50% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | |
| Converted | 4/16 | 4/6 | 2/10 | 10/32 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 67% | 20% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 9 | 1 | 15 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 9/9 | 0/1 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 100% | 0% | 53% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Krejcikova | |||||
| R1 Tan |
R2 Minnen |
1/4 Sasnovich |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 5-7 6-2 | 5-7 7-67 6-4 | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 35 | 16 | 80 | |
| pts | 98-91 | 129-126 | 61-37 | 288-254 | |
| Total points | 189 | 255 | 98 | 542 | |
| Winners | 31 | 52 | 20 | 103 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 40% | 33% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 10 | 6 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 7 | 1 | 14 | |
| 1st in | 45/89 | 71/119 | 26/45 | 142/253 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 60% | 58% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 31/45 | 52/71 | 20/26 | 103/142 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 73% | 77% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/44 | 22/48 | 12/19 | 54/111 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 46% | 63% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 7 | 2 | 5 | 14 | |
| Converted | 7/18 | 2/7 | 5/9 | 14/34 | |
| Converted % | 39% | 29% | 56% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | 2 | 22 | |
| Saved | 6/10 | 8/10 | 1/2 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 80% | 50% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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