Sofia Kenin and Shuai Zhang will clash against each other in the 3rd round of the Australian Open for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 10 pm (est) on the Margaret Court Arena. Here you can find the head to head analysis 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 -> 1.44
Shuai Zhang -> 2.75
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Prediction and head to head Sofia Kenin vs. Shuai Zhang
This will be the 2nd time that Sofia Kenin and Shuai Zhang play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Zhang (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Zhang won 6-2 6-3 in the 2nd round in the Indian Wells back in 2018.
Sofia Kenin
Ranked no. 15, the American reached the 2nd round after beating Martina Trevisan 6-2 6-4 and Ann Li 6-1 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Li (6-1 6-3). During the match Kenin scored 57 points vs Li’s 36. Sofia was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Kenin blasted 2 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Sofia Kenin lost the serve once and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Kenin put 67% of her first serves in, winning 79% (26/33) of the points behind her 1st serve and 44% (7/16) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Li 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to conquer 60% of the points she played.
Kenin has a losing record in the last 7 years having won 35% of her matches (384-204). 4-2 on hard in 2020. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Kenin has a 107-70 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.
The American has a 4-2 win-loss record in 2020, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
The American had to bow in the 2nd round 6-3 6-75 6-4 to Simona Halep.
Shuai Zhang
Ranked no. 35, Zhang got to the 2nd round after beating Sloane Stephens 2-6 7-5 6-2 and Caty McNally 6-2 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Chinese had a good straight sets win against McNally (6-2 6-4). During the match Zhang scored 70 points vs McNally’s 55. Shuai was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Zhang couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 3 double faults. Shuai Zhang lost the serve twice and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Zhang put 71% of her first serves in, winning 69% (29/42) of the points behind her 1st serve and 41% (7/17) on the 2nd serve. Zhang broke McNally 5 times after converting 45% of her break points (5/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Shuai has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points she played.
Zhang has a winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 56% of her matches (821-654). 7-2 on hard in 2020. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Zhang has a 199-190 win-loss record in the last 10 years on hard.
Shuai’s best result of the season was reaching the final in Hobart.
The Chinese has a 7-2 win-loss record in 2020, 7-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
Zhang lost in the 3rd round 4-6 6-4 7-5 to Elina Svitolina.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kenin | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 34 | 46 |
| Pts | 124-84 | 169-137 |
| Total Points | 208 | 306 |
| Winners | 50 | 72 |
| %Winners | 40% | 43% |
Both Kenin and Zhang played 2 matches. At the moment, Shuai Zhang dropped 1 set while Sofia Kenin hasn’t conceded a set so far. Kenin has played 1 sets less than Zhang (4 vs 5). Therefore, Kenin played 12 games less than Zhang. Sofia scored 50 winners (40% on total points). On the other side, Shuai blasted 72 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kenin | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 1.5 |
| 1st in | 68/96 | 107/144 |
| %1st in | 71% | 74% |
| 1st pts | 50/68 | 72/107 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 15/28 | 16/37 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 43% |
Kenin blasted 4 aces (2 per match). Zhang blasted 3 aces (1.5 per match). Kenin won 74% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Zhang won 67% points on 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 | Kenin | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 11 |
| Converted | 10/20 | 11/20 |
| % Converted | 50% | 55% |
| Conceded | 6 | 9 |
| Saved | 3 | 2 |
| % Saved | 50% | 22% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 7 |
The American broke her opponents 10 times with 50% conversion rate. Kenin conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. The Chinese broke her opponents 11 times with 55% conversion rate. Shuai conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 22% of the break points that she conceded.
| Kenin | ||||
| R1 Trevisan |
R2 Li |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 16 | 34 | |
| pts | 67-48 | 57-36 | 124-84 | |
| Total points | 115 | 93 | 208 | |
| Winners | 24 | 26 | 50 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 46% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 35/47 | 33/49 | 68/96 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 67% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 24/35 | 26/33 | 50/68 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 79% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/12 | 7/16 | 15/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 44% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/8 | 10/20 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 63% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Saved | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 33% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Zhang | ||||
| R1 Stephens |
R2 McNally |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 7-5 6-2 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 18 | 46 | |
| pts | 99-82 | 70-55 | 169-137 | |
| Total points | 181 | 125 | 306 | |
| Winners | 43 | 29 | 72 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 41% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 65/85 | 42/59 | 107/144 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 71% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 43/65 | 29/42 | 72/107 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 69% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/20 | 7/17 | 16/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 41% | 43% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 5/11 | 11/20 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 45% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| Saved | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 67% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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