Angelique Kerber and Anna Blinkova will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Bad Homburg Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 4:30 pm on Centre Court. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Angelique Kerber who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Angelique Kerber is the pick to win this match.
Angelique Kerber -> 1.22
Anna Blinkova -> 4.5
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Prediction and head to head Angelique Kerber vs. Anna Blinkova
There is no head to head record between Angelique Kerber and Anna Blinkova since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Angelique Kerber
Ranked no. 28, Kerber reached the 2nd round after defeating Ekaterina Yashina 6-1 6-1.
In the 1st round, Kerber had a good straight sets win against Yashina (6-1 6-1). During the match, Kerber scored 53 points vs Yashina’s 25. Kerber was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kerber scored just 1 ace throughout the encounter and she committed only 2 double faults. Angelique Kerber was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 78% (25/32) of her 1st serve and 55% (6/11) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Angelique was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Yashina 5 times.
Kerber has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 67% of her matches (388-187). 2-1 on grass in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kerber has a compiled 61-18 match record in the last years on grass.
Angelique has an overall 10-10 win-loss record in 2021, 2-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Bad Homburg
Angelique has never competed in this tournament before.
Anna Blinkova
Ranked no. 90, Blinkova reached the 2nd round after defeating Clara Tauson 7-64 4-6 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Russian defeated Tauson (7-64 4-6 6-2). During the match Blinkova scored 98 points vs Tauson’s 88. The Russian was quite aggressive to blast 49 winners.
About the serving games, Blinkova fired 7 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Anna Blinkova lost the serve 3 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Blinkova put 65% of her first serves in, winning 78% (49/63) of the points behind her 1st serve and 44% (15/34) on the 2nd serve. Anna broke Tauson 4 times after converting 50% of her break points (4/8).
The Russian’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Bol.
Anna has a composed 8-12 win-loss record in 2021, 1-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kerber | Blinkova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 14 | 31 |
| Pts | 53-25 | 98-88 |
| Total Points | 78 | 186 |
| Winners | 25 | 49 |
| %Winners | 47% | 50% |
Both Kerber and Blinkova played 1 match. At the moment, Anna Blinkova surrendered 1 set while Angelique Kerber hasn’t conceded a set so far. Kerber has played 1 set(s) less than Blinkova (2 vs 3). Therefore, Kerber played 17 games less than Blinkova. Kerber scored 25 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Blinkova recorded 49 winners (50%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kerber | Blinkova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 7 |
| 1st in | 32/43 | 63/97 |
| %1st in | 74% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 25/32 | 49/63 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 6/11 | 15/34 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 44% |
Kerber scored 1 ace . Blinkova also managed to score 7 aces . Kerber won 78% points behind her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Blinkova won 78% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 44% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kerber | Blinkova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/5 | 4/8 |
| % Converted | 100% | 50% |
| Conceded | 3 | 9 |
| Saved | 3 | 6 |
| % Saved | 100% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
Angelique broke her opponent 5 times with a 100% conversion rate. Kerber was rock solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points. Anna broke her opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Blinkova conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded.
| Kerber | |||
| R1 Yashina |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 53-25 | 53-25 | |
| Total points | 78 | 78 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 32/43 | 32/43 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 25/32 | 25/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/11 | 6/11 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/5 | 5/5 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Blinkova | |||
| R1 Tauson |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 4-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 98-88 | 98-88 | |
| Total points | 186 | 186 | |
| Winners | 49 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 63/97 | 63/97 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 49/63 | 49/63 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/34 | 15/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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