Nadia Podoroska and Marina Melnikova will play each other in the quarter of the Prague Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 10 am on SPARTA COURT 10. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nadia Podoroska who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nadia Podoroska is the pick to win this match.
Nadia Podoroska -> 1.33
Marina Melnikova -> 3.2
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Prediction and head to head Nadia Podoroska vs. Marina Melnikova
There is no head to head record between Nadia Podoroska and Marina Melnikova since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Nadia Podoroska
Ranked no. 165, Podoroska got to the quarter after defeating Darja Vidmanova 6-2 6-1, Maria Camila Osorio Serrano 6-3 7-64, Cristina Bucsa 6-2 6-1 and Maryna Zanevska 7-5 6-2.
In the 4th round, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Zanevska (7-5 6-2). During the match Podoroska scored 68 points vs Zanevska’s 54. Nadia was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about the service games, Podoroska was unable to score even 1 ace during the match and she committed only 1 double fault. Nadia Podoroska lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Podoroska put 68% of her first serves in, winning 67% (28/42) of the points behind her 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the 2nd serve. Podoroska broke Zanevska 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Argentine hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to conquer 57% of the points she played.
The Argentine has a 29-5 win-loss record in 2020, 11-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Prague
Nadia didn’t play in the Prague in 2019.
Marina Melnikova
Ranked no. 209, Melnikova reached the quarter after defeating Ankita Raina 6-2 7-68, Anna Bondar 7-5 6-2, Lara Salden 6-1 7-5 and Renata Zarazua 6-0 6-4.
In the 4th round, Marina had a good straight sets win against Zarazua (6-0 6-4). During the match Melnikova scored 58 points vs Zarazua’s 38. Melnikova was exceptionally aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Melnikova was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 2 double faults. Marina Melnikova lost the serve once and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Melnikova put 75% of her first serves in, winning 75% (30/40) of the points behind her 1st serve and 31% (4/13) on the 2nd serve. Melnikova broke Zarazua 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Marina hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points she played.
Melnikova’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the W25 Potchefstroom.
The Russian has a 11-5 win-loss record in 2020, 4-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Prague
Marina lost in the Pre-q to .
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Podoroska | Melnikova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 72 | 76 |
| Pts | 285-211 | 303-242 |
| Total Points | 496 | 545 |
| Winners | 106 | 121 |
| %Winners | 37% | 40% |
Both Podoroska and Melnikova played 4 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Podoroska and Melnikova have played the same amount of sets 8. However, Podoroska played 4 games less than Melnikova. Nadia scored 106 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Melnikova recorded 121 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Podoroska | Melnikova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 1.3 | 0.5 |
| 1st in | 152/232 | 186/252 |
| %1st in | 66% | 74% |
| 1st pts | 106/152 | 121/186 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 41/80 | 26/66 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 39% |
Podoroska bagged 5 aces (1.3 per match). Melnikova scored 2 aces (0.5 per match). Podoroska won 70% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Melnikova won 65% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 39% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Podoroska | Melnikova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 21 | 22 |
| Converted | 21/40 | 22/50 |
| % Converted | 53% | 44% |
| Conceded | 17 | 20 |
| Saved | 10 | 11 |
| % Saved | 59% | 55% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 9 |
Nadia broke her opponents 21 times with a 53% conversion rate. Podoroska conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 59% of the break points that she conceded. Marina broke her opponents 22 times with a 44% conversion rate. Melnikova conceded her serve 9 times and she saved 55% of the break points that she conceded.
| Podoroska | ||||||
| R1 Vidmanova |
R2 Camila Osorio Serrano |
R3 Bucsa |
R4 Zanevska |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | 6-3 7-64 | 6-2 6-1 | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 22 | 15 | 20 | 72 | |
| pts | 61-35 | 88-76 | 68-46 | 68-54 | 285-211 | |
| Total points | 96 | 164 | 114 | 122 | 496 | |
| Winners | 21 | 30 | 27 | 28 | 106 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | 40% | 41% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 24/43 | 46/73 | 40/54 | 42/62 | 152/232 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 63% | 74% | 68% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 21/24 | 30/46 | 27/40 | 28/42 | 106/152 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 65% | 68% | 67% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/19 | 11/27 | 6/14 | 11/20 | 41/80 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 41% | 43% | 55% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 21 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 6/13 | 6/12 | 5/8 | 21/40 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 46% | 50% | 63% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 17 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 4/8 | 5/6 | 0/2 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | 83% | 0% | 58% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
| Melnikova | ||||||
| R1 Raina |
R2 Bondar |
R3 Salden |
R4 Zarazua |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-68 | 7-5 6-2 | 6-1 7-5 | 6-0 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 76 | |
| pts | 80-65 | 85-75 | 80-64 | 58-38 | 303-242 | |
| Total points | 145 | 160 | 144 | 96 | 545 | |
| Winners | 27 | 37 | 27 | 30 | 121 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 44% | 34% | 52% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 47/68 | 55/71 | 44/60 | 40/53 | 186/252 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 77% | 73% | 75% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 27/47 | 37/55 | 27/44 | 30/40 | 121/186 | |
| % 1st pts | 57% | 67% | 61% | 75% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/21 | 6/16 | 6/16 | 4/13 | 26/66 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 38% | 38% | 31% | 39% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 22 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 4/13 | 7/16 | 5/9 | 22/50 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 31% | 44% | 56% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 20 | |
| Saved | 1/5 | 6/7 | 2/5 | 2/3 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 20% | 86% | 40% | 67% | 53% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWLWWWLLW Tennis Scores in Prague
- Marie BenoitBenoit – Irina Maria BaraMaria Bara (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Francesca JonesJones – Andrea Lazaro GarciaLazaro Garcia (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Nadia PodoroskaPodoroska – Cristina BucsaBucsa (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Valentini GrammatikopoulouGrammatikopoulou – Robin AndersonAnderson (3-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Maryna ZanevskaZanevska – Lara ArruabarrenaArruabarrena (6-3 2-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Marina MelnikovaMelnikova – Lara SaldenSalden (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Clara TausonTauson – Maja ChwalinskaChwalinska (7-62 6-2) – See score progression
- Jessica PieriPieri – Leonie KungKung (1-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Sabine LisickiLisicki – Chihiro MuramatsuMuramatsu (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Anna SchmiedlovaSchmiedlova – Jaqueline CristianCristian (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Renata ZarazuaZarazua – Miriam KolodziejovaKolodziejova (6-2 6-76 6-2) – See score progression
- Georgina Garcia-PerezGarcia-Perez – Pemra OzgenOzgen (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Ivana JorovicJorovic – Mayar SherifSherif (7-65 6-1) – See score progression
- Kristina KucovaKucova – Kyoka OkamuraOkamura (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Cagla BuyukakcayBuyukakcay – Giulia Gatto-MonticoneGatto-Monticone (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto – Bibiane SchoofsSchoofs (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Francesca JonesJones – Kristina KucovaKucova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ivana JorovicJorovic – Cagla BuyukakcayBuyukakcay (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Nadia PodoroskaPodoroska – Marina MelnikovaMelnikova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Anna SchmiedlovaSchmiedlova – Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto (0-0) – H2H and prediction
