Karolina Muchova and Sorana Cirstea will face off in the 3rd round of the U.S. Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 1 pm on Court 7. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Karolina Muchova who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Karolina Muchova is the pick to win this match.
Karolina Muchova -> 1.3
Sorana Cirstea -> 3.4
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Prediction and head to head Karolina Muchova vs. Sorana Cirstea
There is no head to head record between Karolina Muchova and Sorana Cirstea since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Karolina Muchova
Ranked no. 26, Muchova reached the 3rd round after beating Venus Williams 6-3 7-5 and Anna Kalinskaya 6-3 7-64.
In the 2nd round, Karolina had a good straight sets win against Kalinskaya (6-3 7-64). During the match Muchova scored 68 points vs Kalinskaya’s 58. The Czech was very aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about the service games, Muchova managed to score 6 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Karolina Muchova was pretty efficent on serve to win 80% (37/46) of her 1st serve and 60% (9/15) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. The Czech broke Kalinskaya twice after converting 33% of her break points (2/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Czech hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to win 54% of the points she played.
Muchova has a solid win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 68% of her matches (135-64). 5-5 on hard in 2020. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Muchova has a 55-25 record in the last 5 years on hard.
Muchova has a 5-5 win-loss record in 2020, 5-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the U.S. Open
Karolina surrendered in the Pre-q to .
Sorana Cirstea
Ranked no. 77, the Romanian reached the 3rd round after beating Christina Mchale 6-4 7-5 and Johanna Konta 2-6 7-65 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Konta, Cirstea recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-65 6-4).-110) than Konta. In fact, the world no. 26 won 110 points vs Konta’s. That means that Cirstea was more focused during the important points. The Romanian was pretty aggressive to blast 50 winners.
Talking about serving, Cirstea struck 8 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Sorana Cirstea lost the serve 5 times and she saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Cirstea put 65% of her first serves in, winning 63% (50/79) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (20/42) on the 2nd serve. Sorana broke Konta 4 times after converting 33% of her break points (4/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Romanian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points she played.
Sorana has a 9-6 win-loss record in 2020, 9-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the U.S. Open
Sorana had to surrender in the Pre-q to .
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Muchova | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 43 | 53 |
| Pts | 147-125 | 180-172 |
| Total Points | 272 | 352 |
| Winners | 68 | 81 |
| %Winners | 46% | 45% |
Both Muchova and Cirstea played 2 matches. At the moment, Sorana Cirstea surrendered 1 set while Karolina Muchova hasn’t conceded a set so far. Muchova has played 1 set(s) less than Cirstea (4 vs 5). Therefore, Muchova played 10 games less than Cirstea. The Czech scored 68 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Cirstea recorded 81 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Muchova | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 14 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 4.5 |
| 1st in | 90/131 | 124/190 |
| %1st in | 69% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 68/90 | 81/124 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 22/41 | 30/66 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 45% |
Muchova managed to score 14 aces (7 per match). Cirstea bagged 9 aces (4.5 per match). Muchova won 76% points on her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Cirstea won 65% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Muchova | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 9 |
| Converted | 7/21 | 9/18 |
| % Converted | 33% | 50% |
| Conceded | 9 | 23 |
| Saved | 6 | 15 |
| % Saved | 67% | 65% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 8 |
The Czech broke her opponents 7 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Czech surrendered her serve 3 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded. Cirstea broke her opponents 9 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Romanian conceded her serve 8 times and she saved 65% of the break points that she conceded.
| Muchova | ||||
| R1 Williams |
R2 Kalinskaya |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | 6-3 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 22 | 43 | |
| pts | 79-67 | 68-58 | 147-125 | |
| Total points | 146 | 126 | 272 | |
| Winners | 31 | 37 | 68 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 54% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 6 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 44/70 | 46/61 | 90/131 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 75% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 31/44 | 37/46 | 68/90 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 80% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/26 | 9/15 | 22/41 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 60% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Converted | 5/15 | 2/6 | 7/21 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 1 | 9 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 0/1 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 0% | 38% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Cirstea | ||||
| R1 Mchale |
R2 Konta |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | 2-6 7-65 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 31 | 53 | |
| pts | 70-61 | 110-111 | 180-172 | |
| Total points | 131 | 221 | 352 | |
| Winners | 31 | 50 | 81 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 8 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 6 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 45/69 | 79/121 | 124/190 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 31/45 | 50/79 | 81/124 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 63% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/24 | 20/42 | 30/66 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 48% | 45% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 4/12 | 9/18 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 33% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 14 | 23 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 9/14 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 64% | 66% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
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