Ekaterina Alexandrova and Fiona Ferro will face off in the 2nd round of the Palermo Ladies Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 4 pm on Center Court. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ekaterina Alexandrova who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ekaterina Alexandrova is the pick to win this match.
Ekaterina Alexandrova -> 1.57
Fiona Ferro -> 2.25
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Prediction and head to head Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Fiona Ferro
There is no head to head record between Ekaterina Alexandrova and Fiona Ferro since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Ekaterina Alexandrova
Ranked no. 27, Alexandrova got to the 2nd round after beating Kristina Mladenovic 5-7 6-0 6-1.
In the 1st round against Mladenovic, Ekaterina recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-0 6-1). During the match Alexandrova scored 93 points vs Mladenovic’s 74. Ekaterina was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Alexandrova fired 4 aces and she committed only 7 double faults. Ekaterina Alexandrova lost the serve 5 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Alexandrova put 62% of her first serves in, winning 67% (32/48) of the points behind her 1st serve and 31% (9/29) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Mladenovic 10 times after converting 56% of her break points (10/18).
Alexandrova has a negative win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 48% of her matches (126-114). 1-0 on clay in 2020. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Alexandrova has a 199-121 record in the last 6 years on clay.
Her best result of the current year was winning the title in Shenzhen where she beat Elena Rybakina in the final 6-2 6-4.
Alexandrova has a 12-3 win-loss record in 2020, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Palermo
Alexandrova didn’t play in Palermo in 2019.
Fiona Ferro
Ranked no. 53, the French player reached the 2nd round after defeating Nadia Podoroska 6-2 6-1.
In the 1st round, Fiona had a good straight sets win against Podoroska (6-2 6-1). During the match Ferro scored 57 points vs Podoroska’s 37. Ferro was extremely aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about serving, Ferro recorded 2 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Fiona Ferro lost the serve twice and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Ferro put 64% of her first serves in, winning 66% (19/29) of the points behind her 1st serve and 56% (9/16) on the 2nd serve. the French player broke Podoroska 6 times after converting 50% of her break points (6/12).
Ferro has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 62% of her matches (616-379). 1-0 on clay in 2020. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ferro has a 211-172 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.
the French player has a 5-5 win-loss record in 2020, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Palermo
Fiona surrendered in the quarter 6-74 6-3 6-4 to Liudmila Samsonova.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Alexandrova | Ferro |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 15 |
| Pts | 93-74 | 57-37 |
| Total Points | 167 | 94 |
| Winners | 32 | 19 |
| %Winners | 34% | 33% |
Both Alexandrova and Ferro played 1 match. At the moment, Ekaterina Alexandrova conceded 1 set while Fiona Ferro hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Alexandrova has played 1 sets more than Ferro (3 vs 2). Therefore, Alexandrova played 10 games more than Ferro. Alexandrova scored 32 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Fiona fired 19 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Alexandrova | Ferro |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 2 |
| 1st in | 48/77 | 29/45 |
| %1st in | 62% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 32/48 | 19/29 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 9/29 | 9/16 |
| %2nd pts | 31% | 56% |
Alexandrova struck 4 aces . Ferro made 2 aces . Alexandrova won 67% points on her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 31% of the points. On the other side, Ferro won 66% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Alexandrova | Ferro |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 6 |
| Converted | 10/18 | 6/12 |
| % Converted | 56% | 50% |
| Conceded | 9 | 3 |
| Saved | 4 | 1 |
| % Saved | 44% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 2 |
The Russian broke her opponent 10 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Russian conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 44% of the break points that she conceded. the French player broke her opponent 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. the French player conceded her serve twice and she saved 33% of the break points that she conceded.
| Alexandrova | |||
| R1 Mladenovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-0 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 93-74 | 93-74 | |
| Total points | 167 | 167 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 48/77 | 48/77 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 32/48 | 32/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/29 | 9/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 31% | 31% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 10 | 10 | |
| Converted | 10/18 | 10/18 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 4/9 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 44% | 44% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 400 | |
| Ferro | |||
| R1 Podoroska |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 57-37 | 57-37 | |
| Total points | 94 | 94 | |
| Winners | 19 | 19 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 29/45 | 29/45 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 19/29 | 19/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/16 | 9/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 100 | |
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