Aryna Sabalenka and Victoria Azarenka will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the U.S. Open for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 7 pm on Louis Armstrong Stadium. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Victoria Azarenka who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Victoria Azarenka is the pick to win this match.
Victoria Azarenka -> 1.88
Aryna Sabalenka -> 1.88
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Prediction and head to head Aryna Sabalenka vs. Victoria Azarenka
This will be the 2nd time that Aryna Sabalenka and Victoria Azarenka play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Sabalenka (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
Aryna Sabalenka
Ranked no. 11, Aryna reached the 2nd round after beating Oceane Dodin 7-61 6-4.
In the 1st round, Aryna had a good straight sets win against Dodin (7-61 6-4). During the match Sabalenka scored 79 points vs Dodin’s 62. Aryna was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Regarding the service games, Sabalenka scored 11 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Aryna Sabalenka was extremely effective on serve to win 94% (33/35) of her 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Sabalenka broke Dodin twice after converting 29% of her break points (2/7).
Sabalenka has a negative win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 30% of her matches (338-146). 14-6 on hard in 2020. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Sabalenka has a 171-97 record in the last 5 years on hard.
Her best result of the current season was winning the title in Doha where she defeated Petra Kvitova in the final 6-3 6-3.
Sabalenka has a 15-7 win-loss record in 2020, 14-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the U.S. Open
The Belarussian lost in the 2nd round 6-3 7-63 to Yulia Putintseva.
Victoria Azarenka
Ranked no. 27, Victoria got to the 2nd round after beating Barbara Haas 6-1 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Belarussian had a good straight sets win against Haas (6-1 6-2). During the match Azarenka scored 56 points vs Haas’s 30. Azarenka was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Azarenka struck 3 aces and she was extremely solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Victoria Azarenka was extremely effective on serve to win 76% (26/34) of her 1st serve and 78% (7/9) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Victoria broke Haas 4 times after converting 50% of her break points (4/8).
Azarenka has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 73% of her matches (748-273). 6-2 on hard in 2020. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Azarenka has a 297-95 record in the last 10 years on hard.
Her best result of the current year was managing to win the title in New York where she defeated Naomi Osaka in the final w/o.
Azarenka has a 6-2 win-loss record in 2020, 6-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the U.S. Open
Victoria lost in the 1st round 3-6 6-3 6-4 to Aryna Sabalenka.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sabalenka | Azarenka |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 15 |
| Pts | 79-62 | 56-30 |
| Total Points | 141 | 86 |
| Winners | 33 | 26 |
| %Winners | 42% | 46% |
Both Sabalenka and Azarenka played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Sabalenka and Azarenka have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Sabalenka played 8 games more than Azarenka. Aryna scored 33 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Azarenka managed to score 26 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sabalenka | Azarenka |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 11 | 3 |
| 1st in | 35/60 | 34/43 |
| %1st in | 58% | 79% |
| 1st pts | 33/35 | 26/34 |
| %1st pts | 94% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 13/25 | 7/9 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 78% |
Sabalenka bagged 11 aces . Azarenka scored 3 aces . Sabalenka won 94% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Azarenka won 76% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 78% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sabalenka | Azarenka |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 4 |
| Converted | 2/7 | 4/8 |
| % Converted | 29% | 50% |
| Conceded | 2 | 0 |
| Saved | 1 | 0 |
| % Saved | 50% | NAN% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Aryna broke her opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. Aryna dropped her serve once and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. The Belarussian broke her opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Azarenka was rock solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Sabalenka | |||
| R1 Dodin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-61 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 79-62 | 79-62 | |
| Total points | 141 | 141 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 35/60 | 35/60 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 33/35 | 33/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 94% | 94% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/25 | 13/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 2/7 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Azarenka | |||
| R1 Haas |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 56-30 | 56-30 | |
| Total points | 86 | 86 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 34/43 | 34/43 | |
| % 1st in | 79% | 79% | |
| 1st pts | 26/34 | 26/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/9 | 7/9 | |
| % 2nd pts | 78% | 78% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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