H2H. Madison Keys vs Arantxa Rus | Australian Open prediction, odds, preview, pick

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Prediction and head to head Madison Keys vs. Arantxa Rus

Madison Keys and Arantxa Rus will square off in the 2nd round of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 10 pm (est) on the Margaret Court Arena. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Madison Keys who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Madison Keys is the pick to win this match.
Madison Keys -> 1.10
Arantxa Rus -> 7.00

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Prediction and head to head Madison Keys vs. Arantxa Rus

There is no head to head record between Madison Keys and Arantxa Rus since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other at pro level.

Madison Keys

Ranked no. 11, Madison got to the 2nd round after defeating Daria Kasatkina 6-3 6-1.

In the 1st round, Keys had a good straight sets win against Kasatkina (6-3 6-1). During the match Keys scored 62 points vs Kasatkina’s 39. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about serving, Keys blasted 4 aces and she was extremely steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Madison Keys lost the serve twice and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Keys put 73% of her first serves in, winning 63% (24/38) of the points behind her 1st serve and 57% (8/14) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Kasatkina 6 times after converting 60% of her break points (6/10).

Keys has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 66% of her matches (796-416). 5-1 on hard in 2020. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Keys has a 231-129 record in the last 10 years on hard.

Keys’s best result of the year was getting to the final in Brisbane.

Keys has a 5-1 win-loss record in 2020, 5-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the Australian Open

Keys capitulated in the 4th round 6-2 1-6 6-1 to Elina Svitolina.

Arantxa Rus

Ranked no. 93, Arantxa reached the 2nd round after beating Magda Linette 1-6 6-3 6-4.

In the 1st round against Linette, Rus recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-3 6-4).-89) than Linette. In fact, the world no. 11 won 89 points vs Linette’s. That means that Rus was more focused during the important points. Rus was extremely aggressive to blast 44 winners.

Talking about serving, Rus wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 3 double faults. Arantxa Rus lost the serve 5 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Rus put 78% of her first serves in, winning 59% (44/75) of the points behind her 1st serve and 43% (9/21) on the 2nd serve. Arantxa broke Linette 5 times after converting 42% of her break points (5/12).

Rus has a negative record in the last 10 years having won 46% of her matches (190-220). 2-1 on hard in 2020. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Rus has a 97-115 record in the last 10 years on hard.

Rus has a 2-1 win-loss record in 2020, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the Australian Open

The Dutch had to surrender in the qualifications 6-3 6-4 to Richel Hogenkamp.

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H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Keys Rus
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 3
Tot Games 16 26
Pts 62-39 89-92
Total Points 101 181
Winners 24 44
%Winners 39% 49%

Both Keys and Rus played 1 matche. At the moment, Arantxa Rus lost 1 set while Madison Keys hasn’t lost a set so far. Keys has played 1 sets less than Rus (2 vs 3). Therefore, Keys played 10 games less than Rus. The American scored 24 winners (39% on total points). On the other side, Rus blasted 44 winners (49%).

Serve Performance

Serve Keys Rus
Aces 4 0
Avg per match 4 0
1st in 38/52 75/96
%1st in 73% 78%
1st pts 24/38 44/75
%1st pts 63% 59%
2nd pts 8/14 9/21
%2nd pts 57% 43%

Keys blasted 4 aces (4 per match). Rus didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Keys won 63% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Rus won 59% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 43% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Keys Rus
Won 6 5
Converted 6/10 5/12
% Converted 60% 42%
Conceded 5 10
Saved 3 5
% Saved 60% 50%
Times Broken 2 5

Madison broke her opponent 6 times with 60% conversion rate. The American conceded her serve twice and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded. Arantxa broke her opponent 5 times with 42% conversion rate. Arantxa conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.

Keys
R1
Kasatkina
Total
Score 6-3 6-1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 16 16
pts 62-39 62-39
Total points 101 101
Winners 24 24
%Winners 39% 39%
SERVE
Aces 4 4
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 38/52 38/52
% 1st in 73% 73%
1st pts 24/38 24/38
% 1st pts 63% 63%
2nd pts 8/14 8/14
% 2nd pts 57% 57%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/10 6/10
Converted % 60% 60%
Conceded 5 5
Saved 3 3
Saved % 40% 40%
Times Broken 2 2
Rus
R1
Linette
Total
Score 1-6 6-3 6-4
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 26 26
pts 89-92 89-92
Total points 181 181
Winners 44 44
%Winners 49% 49%
SERVE
Aces 0 0
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 75/96 75/96
% 1st in 78% 78%
1st pts 44/75 44/75
% 1st pts 59% 59%
2nd pts 9/21 9/21
% 2nd pts 43% 43%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/12 5/12
Converted % 42% 42%
Conceded 10 10
Saved 5 5
Saved % 50% 50%
Times Broken 5 5

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Keys
LLWWLW
Rus
LWWLLLWLLL
2024 2023 2022
3 - 3
9 - 12
3-2
Hard
5-8
0-0
I Hard
2-1
0-1
Clay
2-3

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