Sofia Kenin and Yulia Putintseva will play each other in the 3rd round of the Abu Dhabi Tennis Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 5:30 pm on Centre Court. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sofia Kenin who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sofia Kenin is the pick to win this match.
Sofia Kenin -> 1.56
Yulia Putintseva -> 2.49
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Prediction and head to head Sofia Kenin vs. Yulia Putintseva
There is no head to head record between Sofia Kenin and Yulia Putintseva since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Sofia Kenin
Ranked no. 4 (career high), Kenin reached the 3rd round after beating Zhaoxuan Yang 7-64 6-2 and Kirsten Flipkens 5-7 5-4 ret..
In the 2nd round against Flipkens, Sofia recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 5-4 ret.).-69) than Flipkens. In fact, the world no. 4 won 69 points vs Flipkens’s. That means that Kenin was more focused during the important points. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kenin scored just 1 ace and she committed only 4 double faults. Sofia Kenin lost the serve 5 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Kenin put 69% of her first serves in, winning 50% (21/42) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (9/19) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Flipkens 5 times after converting 42% of her break points (5/12).
Kenin has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 64% of her matches (211-117). 2-0 on hard in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kenin has a 127-64 match record in the last 8 years on hard.
Sofia has a 2-0 win-loss record in 2021, 2-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Abu Dhabi
The American didn’t play in Abu Dhabi in 2020.
Yulia Putintseva
Ranked no. 28, Yulia reached the 3rd round after defeating Martina Trevisan 6-3 6-3 and Barbora Krejcikova 6-4 7-5.
In the 2nd round, The Kazakhstani had a good straight sets win against Krejcikova (6-4 7-5). During the match Putintseva scored 86 points vs Krejcikova’s 74. Yulia was very aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about serving, Putintseva struck 3 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Yulia Putintseva lost the serve once and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Putintseva put 81% of her first serves in, winning 64% (38/59) of the points behind her 1st serve and 79% (11/14) on the 2nd serve. The Kazakhstani broke Krejcikova 3 times after converting 19% of her break points (3/16).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Kazakhstani hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 53% of the points she played.
The Kazakhstani has a 2-0 win-loss record in 2021, 2-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kenin | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 40 |
| Pts | 101-89 | 146-127 |
| Total Points | 190 | 273 |
| Winners | 38 | 66 |
| %Winners | 38% | 45% |
Kenin played 1 match while Putintseva competed in 2 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Kenin has played 2 set(s) less than Putintseva (2 vs 4). Therefore, Kenin played 19 games less than Putintseva. Sofia scored 38 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Putintseva scored 66 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kenin | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 11 | 2.5 |
| 1st in | 53/98 | 99/131 |
| %1st in | 54% | 76% |
| 1st pts | 38/53 | 66/99 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 19/45 | 23/32 |
| %2nd pts | 42% | 72% |
Kenin scored 11 aces . Putintseva recorded 5 aces (2.5 per match). Kenin won 72% points behind her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Putintseva won 67% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 72% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kenin | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 6 |
| Converted | 3/12 | 6/23 |
| % Converted | 25% | 26% |
| Conceded | 16 | 12 |
| Saved | 14 | 11 |
| % Saved | 88% | 92% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Kenin broke her opponent 3 times with a 25% conversion rate. The American lost her serve twice and she saved 88% of the break points that she conceded. Yulia broke her opponents 6 times with a 26% conversion rate. Yulia conceded her serve once and she saved 92% of the break points that she conceded.
| Kenin | ||||
| R1 Yang |
R2 Flipkens |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-2 | 5-7 5-4 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | 42 | |
| pts | 101-89 | 69-74 | 170-163 | |
| Total points | 190 | 143 | 333 | |
| Winners | 38 | 21 | 59 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 30% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 11 | 1 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 4 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 53/98 | 42/61 | 95/159 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 69% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 38/53 | 21/42 | 59/95 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 50% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/45 | 9/19 | 28/64 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 47% | 44% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/12 | 5/12 | 8/24 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 42% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 16 | 7 | 23 | |
| Saved | 14/16 | 2/7 | 16 | |
| Saved % | 88% | 29% | 59% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| Putintseva | ||||
| R1 Trevisan |
R2 Krejcikova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 22 | 40 | |
| pts | 60-53 | 86-74 | 146-127 | |
| Total points | 113 | 160 | 273 | |
| Winners | 28 | 38 | 66 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 44% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 40/58 | 59/73 | 99/131 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 81% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 28/40 | 38/59 | 66/99 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 64% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/18 | 11/14 | 23/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 79% | 72% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/16 | 6/23 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 19% | 26% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 7 | 12 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 6/7 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 86% | 93% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Sofia KeninKenin – Kirsten FlipkensFlipkens (5-7 5-4 ret.) – See score progression
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- Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo – Anastasia GasanovaGasanova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
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