Aryna Sabalenka and Saisai Zheng will clash against each other in the quarter of the Qatar Total Open for the 4th time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 3:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Aryna Sabalenka who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Aryna Sabalenka is the pick to win this match.
Aryna Sabalenka -> 1.30
Saisai Zheng -> 3.50
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Prediction and head to head Aryna Sabalenka vs. Saisai Zheng
This will be the 4th time that Aryna Sabalenka and Saisai Zheng clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Zheng (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
The last time that they played, Sabalenka won 6-4 6-3 in the 2nd round in Cincinnati back in 2019.
Aryna Sabalenka
Ranked no. 13, Sabalenka got to the 2nd round after beating Anett Kontaveit 7-5 2-6 7-5 and Maria Sakkari 6-3 6-0.
In the 3rd round, Aryna had a good straight sets win against Sakkari (6-3 6-0). During the match Sabalenka scored 52 points vs Sakkari’s 27. The Belarussian was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Sabalenka scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Aryna Sabalenka lost the serve once and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Sabalenka put 61% of her first serves in, winning 85% (23/27) of the points behind her 1st serve and 41% (7/17) on the 2nd serve. Aryna broke Sakkari 5 times after converting 71% of her break points (5/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Belarussian has lost 1 set in this competition to conquer 55% of the points she played.
Sabalenka has a weak record in the last 5 years having won 30% of her matches (289-126). 8-4 on hard in 2020. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Sabalenka has a 121-69 record in the last 5 years on hard.
Sabalenka’s best result of the current season was getting to the semi-finals in Adelaide.
Sabalenka has a 9-5 win-loss record in 2020, 8-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Doha
Aryna didn’t compete in Doha in 2019.
Saisai Zheng
Ranked no. 37, the Chinese reached the 2nd round after defeating Marketa Vondrousova 1-6 6-3 6-2, Vera Zvonareva 7-5 6-1 and Kiki Bertens 3-6 6-3 6-4.
In the 3rd round against Bertens, Zheng recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-4). During the match Zheng scored 94 points vs Bertens’s 87. The Chinese was extremely aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about serving, Zheng scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 4 double faults. Saisai Zheng lost the serve 6 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Zheng put 77% of her first serves in, winning 63% (39/62) of the points behind her 1st serve and 21% (4/19) on the 2nd serve. Zheng broke Bertens 7 times after converting 50% of her break points (7/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Saisai has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points she played.
Zheng has a winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 59% of her matches (903-633). 6-4 on hard in 2020. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Zheng has a 174-154 record in the last 10 years on hard.
Saisai has a 6-4 win-loss record in 2020, 6-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Doha
Zheng didn’t play in Doha in 2019.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sabalenka | Zheng |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 47 | 71 |
| Pts | 155-127 | 235-208 |
| Total Points | 282 | 443 |
| Winners | 60 | 96 |
| %Winners | 39% | 41% |
Sabalenka played 2 matches while Zheng competed in 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Aryna Sabalenka conceded 1 set, while Saisai Zheng dropper 2 sets. Sabalenka has played 3 sets less than Zheng (5 vs 8). Therefore, Sabalenka played 24 games less than Zheng. The Belarussian scored 60 winners (39% on total points). On the other side, Saisai blasted 96 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sabalenka | Zheng |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 1.3 |
| 1st in | 87/136 | 151/214 |
| %1st in | 64% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 60/87 | 96/151 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 24/49 | 28/63 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 44% |
Sabalenka blasted 10 aces (5 per match). Zheng blasted 4 aces (1.3 per match). Sabalenka won 69% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Zheng won 64% 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 | Sabalenka | Zheng |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 17 |
| Converted | 11/18 | 17/37 |
| % Converted | 61% | 46% |
| Conceded | 13 | 20 |
| Saved | 6 | 8 |
| % Saved | 46% | 40% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 12 |
Aryna broke her opponents 11 times with 61% conversion rate. The Belarussian conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 46% of the break points that she conceded. Zheng broke her opponents 17 times with 46% conversion rate. The Chinese conceded her serve 12 times and she saved 40% of the break points that she conceded.
| Sabalenka | ||||
| R2 Kontaveit |
R3 Sakkari |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 2-6 7-5 | 6-3 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 15 | 47 | |
| pts | 103-100 | 52-27 | 155-127 | |
| Total points | 203 | 79 | 282 | |
| Winners | 37 | 23 | 60 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 44% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 1 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 60/92 | 27/44 | 87/136 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 61% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 37/60 | 23/27 | 60/87 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 85% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/32 | 7/17 | 24/49 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 41% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Converted | 6/11 | 5/7 | 11/18 | |
| Converted % | 55% | 71% | 61% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 4 | 13 | |
| Saved | 3/9 | 3/4 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 75% | 54% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 1 | 250 | |
| Zheng | |||||
| R1 Vondrousova |
R2 Zvonareva |
R3 Bertens |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 6-3 6-2 | 7-5 6-1 | 3-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 19 | 28 | 71 | |
| pts | 74-72 | 67-49 | 94-87 | 235-208 | |
| Total points | 146 | 116 | 181 | 443 | |
| Winners | 35 | 22 | 39 | 96 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 33% | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 53/78 | 36/55 | 62/81 | 151/214 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 65% | 77% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 35/53 | 22/36 | 39/62 | 96/151 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 61% | 63% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/25 | 14/19 | 4/19 | 28/63 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 74% | 21% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/14 | 7/14 | 17/37 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 36% | 50% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 4 | 10 | 20 | |
| Saved | 2/6 | 2/4 | 4/10 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 50% | 40% | 62% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 | 6 | 300 | |
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