Kiki Bertens and Ekaterina Alexandrova will clash against each other in the semifinal of the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 3:30 pm on SIBUR ARENA. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Kiki Bertens who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Kiki Bertens is the pick to win this match.
Kiki Bertens -> 1.66
Ekaterina Alexandrova -> 2.20
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Prediction and head to head Kiki Bertens vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
There is no head to head record between Kiki Bertens and Ekaterina Alexandrova since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Kiki Bertens
Ranked no. 8, Kiki got to the semifinal after beating Veronika Kudermetova 6-1 6-2 and Anastasia Potapova 6-4 7-63.
In the quarter, Kiki had a good straight sets win against Potapova (6-4 7-63). During the match Bertens scored 88 points vs Potapova’s 78. Kiki was extremely aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Talking about serving, Bertens blasted 5 aces and she committed only 8 double faults. Kiki Bertens lost the serve 3 times and she saved 14 break points. Furthermore, Bertens put 63% of her first serves in, winning 71% (47/66) of the points behind her 1st serve and 34% (13/38) on the 2nd serve. Kiki broke Potapova 4 times after converting 67% of her break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kiki hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to conquer 58% of the points she played.
Bertens has a favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 56% of her matches (202-156). 2-0 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Bertens has a 272-179 win-loss record in the last 10 years on indoor hard courts.
Kiki has a 9-2 win-loss record in 2020, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in St. Petersburg
Bertens won the title last year in St. Petersburg after beating Donna Vekic 7-62 6-4.
Ekaterina Alexandrova
Ranked no. 28, Ekaterina got to the semifinal after beating Daria Kasatkina 6-4 3-6 6-4, Donna Vekic 6-1 7-5 and Petra Kvitova w/o.
In the quarter, Ekaterina defeated Kvitova (w/o). During the match Alexandrova and Kvitova scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 8 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match.
Talking about serving, Alexandrova was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Ekaterina Alexandrova conceded no breaks for the entire match to put NAN% of her first serves in, win NAN% (/) of the points behind her 1st serve and NAN% (/) on the 2nd serve.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Alexandrova has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points she played.
Alexandrova has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 81% of her matches (189-44). 4-0 on indoor hard courts in 2020. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Alexandrova has a 106-76 win-loss record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.
Her best result of the season was conquering the title in Shenzhen where she defeated Elena Rybakina in the final 6-2 6-4.
The Russian has a 11-1 win-loss record in 2020, 4-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in St. Petersburg
Ekaterina lost in the quarter 6-3 6-4 to Aryna Sabalenka.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bertens | Alexandrova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 38 | 48 |
| Pts | 142-104 | 162-139 |
| Total Points | 246 | 301 |
| Winners | 68 | 55 |
| %Winners | 48% | 34% |
Both Bertens and Alexandrova played 2 matches. At the moment, Ekaterina Alexandrova dropped 1 set while Kiki Bertens hasn’t lost a set so far. Bertens has played 1 sets less than Alexandrova (4 vs 5). Therefore, Bertens played 10 games less than Alexandrova. Kiki scored 68 winners (48% on total points). On the other side, Alexandrova blasted 55 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bertens | Alexandrova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 5.5 | 6 |
| 1st in | 90/142 | 85/150 |
| %1st in | 63% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 68/90 | 55/85 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 19/52 | 31/65 |
| %2nd pts | 37% | 48% |
Bertens blasted 11 aces (5.5 per match). Alexandrova blasted 12 aces (6 per match). Bertens won 76% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 37% of the points. On the other side, Alexandrova won 65% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bertens | Alexandrova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 12 |
| Converted | 10/12 | 12/19 |
| % Converted | 83% | 63% |
| Conceded | 20 | 19 |
| Saved | 16 | 12 |
| % Saved | 80% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 7 |
Kiki broke her opponents 10 times with 83% conversion rate. Kiki conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 80% of the break points that she conceded. Ekaterina broke her opponents 12 times with 63% conversion rate. Ekaterina conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 63% of the break points that she conceded.
| Bertens | ||||
| R2 Kudermetova |
1/4 Potapova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | 6-4 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 23 | 38 | |
| pts | 54-26 | 88-78 | 142-104 | |
| Total points | 80 | 166 | 246 | |
| Winners | 21 | 47 | 68 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 53% | 48% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 8 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 24/38 | 66/104 | 90/142 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 21/24 | 47/66 | 68/90 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 71% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/14 | 13/38 | 19/52 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 34% | 37% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 6/6 | 4/6 | 10/12 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 67% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 17 | 20 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 14/17 | 16 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 82% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 100 | |
| Alexandrova | |||||
| R1 Kasatkina |
R2 Vekic |
1/4 Kvitova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-6 6-4 | 6-1 7-5 | w/o | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 19 | 0 | 48 | |
| pts | 93-85 | 69-54 | – | 162-139 | |
| Total points | 178 | 123 | 0 | 301 | |
| Winners | 36 | 19 | 55 | ||
| %Winners | 39% | 28% | NAN% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 10 | 2 | 0 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 1st in | 52/91 | 33/59 | / | 85/150 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 56% | NAN% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 36/52 | 19/33 | / | 55/85 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 58% | NAN% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/39 | 13/26 | / | 31/65 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 50% | NAN% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 7 | 12 | ||
| Converted | 5/6 | 7/13 | / | 12/19 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 54% | NAN% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 9 | 19 | ||
| Saved | 6/10 | 6/9 | 0/ | 12 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 67% | – | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 | 133 | ||
Head 2 Head
LLLWWWWLLL Tennis Scores in St. Petersburg
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Belinda BencicBencic (2-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Kiki BertensBertens – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (6-4 7-63) – See score progression
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Petra KvitovaKvitova (w/o) – See score progression
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Oceane DodinDodin (6-75 7-5 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Elena RybakinaRybakina (0-0) – See H2H details
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Kiki BertensBertens (0-0) – See H2H details
