Sara Sorribes Tormo and Paula Badosa Gibert will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the TEB BNP Paribas Istanbul Cup for the 5th time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 5 pm on Court 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sara Sorribes Tormo who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sara Sorribes Tormo is the pick to win this match.
Sara Sorribes Tormo -> 1.54
Paula Badosa Gibert -> 2.55
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Prediction and head to head Sara Sorribes Tormo vs. Paula Badosa Gibert
This will be the 5th time that Sara Sorribes Tormo and Paula Badosa Gibert square off. The head to head is 2-2 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Sorribes Tormo won 0-6 6-3 6-4 in the qualifications in at the Wimbledon back in 2018.
Sara Sorribes Tormo
Ranked no. 82, Sorribes Tormo reached the qualifications after beating Heather Watson 3-2 ret..
In the 1st round, Sara had a good straight sets win against Watson (3-2 ret.). During the match Sorribes Tormo scored 23 points vs Watson’s 21. Sorribes Tormo was quite aggressive to blast 6 winners.
Regarding the service games, Sorribes Tormo was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she was very consistent in conceding no double faults. Sara Sorribes Tormo lost the serve once. Furthermore, Sorribes Tormo put 86% of her first serves in, winning 50% (6/12) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (1/2) on the 2nd serve. Sara broke Watson twice after converting 33% of her break points (2/6).
Sorribes Tormo has a winning win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 58% of her matches (252-179). 4-2 on clay in 2020. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sorribes Tormo has a 153-82 record in the last 7 years on clay.
Sara has a 8-9 win-loss record in 2020, 4-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Istanbul
Sara didn’t play in Istanbul in 2019.
Paula Badosa Gibert
Ranked no. 94, Paula got to the qualifications after defeating Katarina Zavatska 6-1 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Zavatska (6-1 6-2). During the match Badosa scored 55 points vs Zavatska’s 35. Badosa was exceptionally aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about serving, Badosa struck 2 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Paula Badosa Gibert lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Badosa put 73% of her first serves in, winning 74% (20/27) of the points behind her 1st serve and 20% (2/10) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Zavatska 7 times after converting 88% of her break points (7/8).
Paula’s best result of the current year was reaching the semi-finals in the W60 Burnie.
Paula has a 8-6 win-loss record in 2020, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Istanbul
Badosa didn’t play in Istanbul in 2019.
Head 2 Head
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- Eugenie BouchardBouchard – Viktoriya TomovaTomova (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Caroline GarciaGarcia – Cagla BuyukakcayBuyukakcay (6-4 0-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Danka KovinicKovinic – Kateryna BondarenkoBondarenko (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Tereza MartincovaMartincova – Greetje MinnenMinnen (7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Misaki DoiDoi – Ellen PerezPerez (6-74 7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Margarita GasparyanGasparyan – Pemra OzgenOzgen (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
- Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck – Viktoria KuzmovaKuzmova (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Patricia Maria TigMaria Tig – Olga DanilovicDanilovic (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo – Heather WatsonWatson (3-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Polona HercogHercog – Berfu CengizCengiz (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich – Zarina DiyasDiyas (3-6 7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Anna SchmiedlovaSchmiedlova – Kaja JuvanJuvan (7-5 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Stefanie VoegeleVoegele (6-1 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Katarina ZavatskaZavatska (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Damon GoochGooch – Sekou BangouraBangoura (2-6 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Rhyne WilliamsWilliams – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Caroline GarciaGarcia – Cagla BuyukakcayBuyukakcay (6-4 0-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Margarita GasparyanGasparyan – Pemra OzgenOzgen (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Svetlana KuznetsovaKuznetsova – Eugenie BouchardBouchard (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Danka KovinicKovinic – Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Polona HercogHercog – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich – Anna SchmiedlovaSchmiedlova (4-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tereza MartincovaMartincova – Caroline GarciaGarcia (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Misaki DoiDoi – Patricia Maria TigMaria Tig (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Margarita GasparyanGasparyan – Rebecca PetersonPeterson (0-1) – H2H and prediction
