ROME STATS. Unrelenting Siniakova vanquishes Kerber in the 1st round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia. HIGHLIGHTS

INTERNAZIONALI BNL D'ITALIA - ROME DRAW AND RESULTS. Siniakova stuns Kerber to face Daria Kasatkina in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Katerina Siniakova vs. Angelique Kerber

Katerina Siniakova upsets Angelique Kerber 6-3 6-1 in the 1st round in Rome on Tuesday after playing a tremendous match to fight against Daria Kasatkina in the 2nd round.

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Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Siniakova grabbed in the 6th game (4-2) before finally managing to win the set (6-3).

Siniakova was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 6th game (3-2 30-40). On the other side, Siniakova didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 54 points. Katerina was the winner of the set after clinching 8 more points than Kerber (31-23). Siniakova conceded 9 points on serve (21-9). Regarding the other side of the net, the German conceded 10 points on serve (14-10).

Siniakova overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Kerber in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Nonetheless, that was not enough for Siniakova to win the set because the German found the way to break back in the 6th (1-5) game. Katerina maintained her cool to break the German in the 7th (6-1) game.

Katerina failed to serve out the set when leading 5-0 to be broken at 40.

It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when Siniakova won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set to bring the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.

Siniakova converted 57% of her break points (4/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 3rd (2-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 5th (4-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (5-1 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, the German converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 4th (0-3 40-A and 40-A) and the 6th game (0-5 40-A).

They played 51 points. Katerina was the winner of the set after clinching 13 more points than Angelique (32-19). The Czech lost 10 points on serve (14-10). On the other side, Angelique conceded 18 points on serve (9-18).

The Czech will add to her prize money € 4,745 after managing to win this match. She has won already € 13,745 after this win. If she wins the next match, Siniakova will add € 5,610 to her earnings to get in total € 19,355 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults and breaks

Siniakova
Kerber
Katerina Siniakova
6-3 6-1
Angelique Kerber
63
63
Total points
42
42
24
24
Winners
19
19
38%
38%
Ratio Winners
45%
45%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
0
0
3
3
Double Faults
5
5
69%
69%
1st in
71%
71%
65%
65%
1st won
53%
53%
24/37
24/37
1st won
19/36
19/36
65%
65%
2nd won
27%
27%
11/17
11/17
2nd won
4/15
4/15
-- Break Points --
5/8
5/8
Total
1/3
1/3
63%
63%
Won
33%
33%
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At the end of the match, the Czech scored 63 points vs. Angelique’s 42.

The Czech was pretty focused in converting 63% of the break points that she procured (5/8). On the other side, Angelique had some problems converting her break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this match, the head to head between Siniakova and Kerber is 1-3 for Angelique.

Highlights Katerina Siniakova vs. Angelique Kerber Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome

Draw and next match H2H: Katerina Siniakova vs. Daria Kasatkina – stats

Siniakova will face Kasatkina in the 2nd round.

This will be the 4th time that Katerina Siniakova and Daria Kasatkina clash against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Kasatkina (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they played, Kasatkina won 2-6 6-4 6-1 in the 2nd round in Rome back in 2019.

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