Aryna Sabalenka and Cori Gauff will play each other in the 2nd round of the J&T Banka Ostrava Open for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 2:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Aryna Sabalenka who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Aryna Sabalenka is the pick to win this match.
Aryna Sabalenka -> 1.80
Cori Gauff -> 1.90
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Prediction and head to head Aryna Sabalenka vs. Cori Gauff
This will be the 2nd time that Aryna Sabalenka and Cori Gauff fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Gauff (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
Aryna Sabalenka
Ranked no. 12, the Belarussian will start her run in Ostrava after she played her last match at the Paris where she lost 7-6(7) 2-6 6-3 to Jabeur in the 3rd round the 3rd of October.
The Belarussian has a 20-10 win-loss record in 2020, 0-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on indoor hard courts.
Her best result of the season was winning the title in Doha where she overcame Petra Kvitova in the final 6-3 6-3.
Talking about her overall career, The Belarussian has an overall 176-100 record. She has positive 19-14 record on indoor hard courts.
Last year in Ostrava
Sabalenka didn’t compete in Ostrava in 2019.
Cori Gauff
Ranked no. 55, Cori got to the 2nd round after beating Jana Cepelova 6-1 6-0, Irina-Camelia Begu 6-4 6-4 and Katerina Siniakova 7-5 6-4.
In the 1st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Siniakova (7-5 6-4). During the match Gauff scored 71 points vs Siniakova’s 64. Gauff was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Gauff struck 2 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Cori Gauff lost the serve 3 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Gauff put 73% of her first serves in, winning 68% (32/47) of the points behind her 1st serve and 29% (5/17) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Siniakova 5 times after converting 45% of her break points (5/11).
Cori’s best result of the current season was reaching the semi-finals in Lexington.
The American has a 12-7 win-loss record in 2020, 3-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Ostrava
Cori didn’t play in Ostrava in 2019.
Head 2 Head
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WWLWWLWWWW Tennis Scores in Ostrava
- Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo – Anett KontaveitKontaveit (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (2-6 6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Laslo DjereDjere – Filippo VolandriVolandri (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Andrey RublevRublev – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Andrea CollariniCollarini (6-3 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Facundo BagnisBagnis – Mohamed SafwatSafwat (6-76 6-4 7-60) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Matteo DonatiDonati – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (3-6 7-615 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Elise MertensMertens (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Cori GauffGauff – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Darya KasatkinaKasatkina – Jennifer BradyBrady (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (1-1) – H2H and prediction
