Arantxa Rus and Magdalena Frech will face off in the 2nd round of the Prague Open for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1 pm on Centre Court. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Arantxa Rus who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Arantxa Rus is the pick to win this match.
Arantxa Rus -> 1.66
Magdalena Frech -> 2.10
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Prediction and head to head Arantxa Rus vs. Magdalena Frech
This will be the 2nd time that Arantxa Rus and Magdalena Frech square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Rus (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they played, Rus won 6-4 6-2 in the qualifications in at the Wimbledon back in 2019.
Arantxa Rus
Ranked no. 70, Arantxa got to the qualifications after defeating Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 7-5 6-2.
In the 1st round, Rus had a good straight sets win against Pavlyuchenkova (7-5 6-2). During the match Rus scored 74 points vs Pavlyuchenkova’s 60. Rus was extremely aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about the service games, Rus was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 5 double faults. Arantxa Rus lost the serve twice and she saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Rus put 71% of her first serves in, winning 71% (41/58) of the points behind her 1st serve and 33% (8/24) on the 2nd serve. The Dutch broke Pavlyuchenkova 5 times after converting 71% of her break points (5/7).
Rus has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 67% of her matches (1270-623). 1-3 on clay in 2020. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Rus has a 389-244 win-loss record in the last 10 years on clay.
Rus’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Boutheon.
Rus has a 13-9 win-loss record in 2020, 1-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Prague
The Dutch didn’t compete in Prague in 2019.
Magdalena Frech
Ranked no. 174, the Pole got to the qualifications after beating Irina Maria Bara 2-6 6-3 6-1, Kaja Juvan 3-6 6-3 6-4 and Elena Gabriela Ruse 7-68 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Pole had a good straight sets win against Gabriela Ruse (7-68 6-3). During the match Frech scored 82 points vs Gabriela Ruse’s 72. Frech was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Frech managed to score 2 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Magdalena Frech lost the serve 4 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Frech put 60% of her first serves in, winning 64% (29/45) of the points behind her 1st serve and 30% (9/30) on the 2nd serve. The Pole broke Gabriela Ruse 6 times after converting 60% of her break points (6/10).
Frech has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 62% of her matches (227-139). 3-2 on clay in 2020. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Frech has a 205-132 win-loss record in the last 6 years on clay.
Frech has a 12-7 win-loss record in 2020, 3-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Prague
Frech didn’t play in Prague in 2019.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rus | Frech |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 100 |
| Pts | 74-60 | 257-232 |
| Total Points | 134 | 489 |
| Winners | 41 | 99 |
| %Winners | 55% | 39% |
Rus played 1 match while Frech competed in 4 matches. Frech started her run from the qualifications while Rus had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Magdalena Frech surrendered 4 sets while Arantxa Rus hasn’t dropped a set so far. Rus has played 8 set(s) less than Frech (2 vs 10). Therefore, Rus played 80 games less than Frech. The Dutch scored 41 winners (55% of the total points). On the other side, The Pole bagged 99 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rus | Frech |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 0.8 |
| 1st in | 58/82 | 160/257 |
| %1st in | 71% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 41/58 | 99/160 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 62% |
| 2nd pts | 8/24 | 41/97 |
| %2nd pts | 33% | 42% |
Rus didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Frech fired 3 aces (0.8 per match). Rus won 71% points on her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 33% of the points. On the other side, Frech won 62% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 42% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Rus | Frech |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 18 |
| Converted | 5/7 | 18/31 |
| % Converted | 71% | 58% |
| Conceded | 11 | 30 |
| Saved | 9 | 17 |
| % Saved | 82% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 13 |
The Dutch broke her opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Rus conceded her serve twice and she saved 82% of the break points that she conceded. The Pole broke her opponents 18 times with a 58% conversion rate. Frech conceded her serve 13 times and she saved 57% of the break points that she conceded.
| Rus | |||
| R1 Pavlyuchenkova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 74-60 | 74-60 | |
| Total points | 134 | 134 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 55% | 55% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 58/82 | 58/82 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 41/58 | 41/58 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/24 | 8/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 33% | 33% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 9/11 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 82% | 82% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 100 | |
| Frech | ||||||
| Q1 Maria Bara |
Q2 Juvan |
Q3 Tsurenko |
R1 Gabriela Ruse |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-3 6-1 | 3-6 6-3 6-4 | 7-67 7-62 | 7-68 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 28 | 26 | 22 | 100 | |
| pts | 84-73 | 91-87 | – | 82-72 | 257-232 | |
| Total points | 157 | 178 | 0 | 154 | 489 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | 29 | 99 | ||
| %Winners | 42% | 38% | NAN% | 35% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | ||
| 1st in | 55/82 | 60/100 | / | 45/75 | 160/257 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 60% | NAN% | 60% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 35/55 | 35/60 | / | 29/45 | 99/160 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 58% | NAN% | 64% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/27 | 22/40 | / | 9/30 | 41/97 | |
| % 2nd pts | 37% | 55% | NAN% | 30% | 42% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 7 | 5 | 6 | 18 | ||
| Converted | 7/12 | 5/9 | / | 6/10 | 18/31 | |
| Converted % | 58% | 56% | NAN% | 60% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 11 | 9 | 30 | ||
| Saved | 5/10 | 7/11 | 0/ | 5/9 | 17 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 64% | – | 56% | 170% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 4 | 4 | 225 | ||
Head 2 Head
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