Storm Sanders and Claire Liu will clash against each other in the 1st round of the MUSC Health Women’s Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 11 am on Court 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Storm Sanders who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Storm Sanders is the pick to win this match.
Storm Sanders -> 1.81
Claire Liu -> 2.05
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Prediction and head to head Storm Sanders vs. Claire Liu
There is no head to head record between Storm Sanders and Claire Liu since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Storm Sanders
Ranked no. 170 (career high), Sanders got to the 1st round after beating Katharina Gerlach 6-3 6-2 and Kurumi Nara 7-64 6-2.
In the qualifications, Sanders had a good straight sets win against Nara (7-64 6-2). During the match Sanders scored 78 points vs Nara’s 67. Storm was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Regarding the service games, Sanders scored just 1 ace during the encounter and she committed only 6 double faults. Storm Sanders lost the serve 4 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Sanders put 64% of her first serves in, winning 70% (33/47) of the points behind her 1st serve and 27% (7/26) on the 2nd serve. Storm broke Nara 6 times after converting 50% of her break points (6/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Storm started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to win 58% of the points she played.
Sanders has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 55% of her matches (147-121). 5-1 on clay in 2021. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sanders has a 31-29 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.
Sanders has a 10-4 win-loss record in 2021, 5-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Charleston
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2021. See her history.
Claire Liu
Ranked no. 189, the American reached the 1st round after defeating Hailey Baptiste 6-4 3-0 ret. and Ellen Perez 2-6 6-4 6-0.
In the qualifications against Perez, Claire recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-4 6-0). During the match Liu scored 80 points vs Perez’s 67. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Liu struck 5 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Claire Liu lost the serve 5 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Liu put 68% of her first serves in, winning 52% (28/54) of the points behind her 1st serve and 62% (16/26) on the 2nd serve. Liu broke Perez 7 times after converting 58% of her break points (7/12).
The American’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the W25 Boca Raton and the W25 Newport Beach.
Liu has a 13-6 win-loss record in 2021, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Charleston
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2018. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Sanders | Liu |
---|---|---|
Match played | 2 | 2 |
Tot Set | 4 | 6 |
Tot Games | 38 | 37 |
Pts | 138-102 | 134-107 |
Total Points | 240 | 241 |
Winners | 52 | 46 |
%Winners | 38% | 34% |
Both Sanders and Liu played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Claire Liu lost 1 set while Storm Sanders hasn’t dropped a set so far. Sanders has played 2 set(s) less than Liu (4 vs 6). However, it’s interesting to notice that Sanders played 1 game more than Liu. Sanders scored 52 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Liu fired 46 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Sanders | Liu |
---|---|---|
Aces | 4 | 7 |
Avg per match | 2 | 3.5 |
1st in | 73/124 | 76/121 |
%1st in | 59% | 63% |
1st pts | 52/73 | 46/76 |
%1st pts | 71% | 61% |
2nd pts | 17/51 | 27/45 |
%2nd pts | 33% | 60% |
Sanders blasted 4 aces (2 per match). Liu scored 7 aces (3.5 per match). Sanders won 71% points behind her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 33% of the points. On the other side, Liu won 61% of the points behind 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 | Sanders | Liu |
---|---|---|
Won | 13 | 10 |
Converted | 13/22 | 10/21 |
% Converted | 59% | 48% |
Conceded | 14 | 14 |
Saved | 6 | 9 |
% Saved | 43% | 64% |
Times Broken | 8 | 5 |
Storm broke her opponents 13 times with a 59% conversion rate. Sanders dropped her serve 8 times and she saved 43% of the break points that she conceded. Liu broke her opponents 10 times with a 48% conversion rate. Liu conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 64% of the break points that she conceded.
Sanders | ||||
Q1 Gerlach |
Q3 Nara |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-3 6-2 | 7-64 6-2 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Tot Games | 17 | 21 | 38 | |
pts | 60-35 | 78-67 | 138-102 | |
Total points | 95 | 145 | 240 | |
Winners | 19 | 33 | 52 | |
%Winners | 32% | 42% | 38% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
Double Faults | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
1st in | 26/51 | 47/73 | 73/124 | |
% 1st in | 51% | 64% | 59% | |
1st pts | 19/26 | 33/47 | 52/73 | |
% 1st pts | 73% | 70% | 71% | |
2nd pts | 10/25 | 7/26 | 17/51 | |
% 2nd pts | 40% | 27% | 33% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 7 | 6 | 13 | |
Converted | 7/10 | 6/12 | 13/22 | |
Converted % | 70% | 50% | 59% | |
Conceded | 7 | 7 | 14 | |
Saved | 3/7 | 3/7 | 6 | |
Saved % | 43% | 43% | 43% | |
Times Broken | 4 | 4 | 8 |
Liu | ||||
Q1 Baptiste |
Q3 Perez |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-4 3-0 ret. | 2-6 6-4 6-0 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
Tot Games | 13 | 24 | 37 | |
pts | 54-40 | 80-67 | 134-107 | |
Total points | 94 | 147 | 241 | |
Winners | 18 | 28 | 46 | |
%Winners | 33% | 35% | 34% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
1st in | 22/41 | 54/80 | 76/121 | |
% 1st in | 54% | 68% | 63% | |
1st pts | 18/22 | 28/54 | 46/76 | |
% 1st pts | 82% | 52% | 61% | |
2nd pts | 11/19 | 16/26 | 27/45 | |
% 2nd pts | 58% | 62% | 60% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 3 | 7 | 10 | |
Converted | 3/9 | 7/12 | 10/21 | |
Converted % | 33% | 58% | 48% | |
Conceded | 2 | 12 | 14 | |
Saved | 2/2 | 7/12 | 9 | |
Saved % | 100% | 58% | 79% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 5 | 5 |
Head 2 Head
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- Clara TausonTauson – Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Nao HibinoHibino – Misaki DoiDoi (7-5 5-7 6-6 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Shelby RogersRogers – Caty McNallyMcNally (6-0 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lauren DavisDavis – Coco VandewegheVandeweghe (7-63 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Renata ZarazuaZarazua (6-1 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Viktor DurasovicDurasovic – Robert GallowayGalloway (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Keisuke NumajiriNumajiri (6-0 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Oliver HudsonHudson (6-3 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Javier Pulgar-GarciaPulgar-Garcia (6-4 3-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Vitalii ShcherbaShcherba (6-0 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
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