Veronika Kudermetova and Arantxa Rus will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz for the 3^rd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 4:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. 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 Veronika Kudermetova who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Veronika Kudermetova is the pick to win this match.
Veronika Kudermetova -> 1.47
Arantxa Rus -> 2.76

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This will be the 3^rd time that Veronika Kudermetova and Arantxa Rus square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Kudermetova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they fought against each other, Kudermetova won 6-2 6-4 in the 1^st round in Bucharest back in 2019.

Veronika Kudermetova

Ranked no. 46, the Russian reached the 1^st round after beating Barbara Haas 6-0 6-0.

In the 1^st round, Kudermetova had a good straight sets win against Haas (6-0 6-0). During the match Kudermetova scored 56 points vs Haas’s 24. Kudermetova was exceptionally aggressive to blast 17 winners.

Regarding the service games, Kudermetova managed to score 3 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Veronika Kudermetova was quite efficent on serve to win 85% (17/20) of her 1st serve and 57% (8/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Veronika broke Haas 6 times after converting 50% of her break points (6/12).

Kudermetova has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 60% of her matches (229-155). 6-4 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kudermetova has a 34-24 record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.

Kudermetova’s best result of the season was getting to the semi-finals in Hobart.

The Russian has a 18-14 win-loss record in 2020, 6-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Linz

Kudermetova didn’t compete in Linz in 2019.

Arantxa Rus

Ranked no. 72, Arantxa reached the 1^st round after defeating Tamara Zidansek 6-4 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Rus had a good straight sets win against Zidansek (6-4 6-4). During the match Rus scored 61 points vs Zidansek’s 48. Arantxa was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about serving, Rus couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 5 double faults. Arantxa Rus lost the serve twice and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Rus put 64% of her first serves in, winning 76% (29/38) of the points behind her 1st serve and 43% (9/21) on the 2nd serve. The Dutch broke Zidansek 4 times after converting 80% of her break points (4/5).

Rus’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Boutheon.

Rus has a 21-15 win-loss record in 2020, 6-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Linz

The Dutch surrendered in the qualifications to Tamara Korpatsch.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Both Kudermetova and Rus played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kudermetova and Rus have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kudermetova played 8 games less than Rus. Veronika scored 17 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, Arantxa blasted 29 winners (48%).

Serve Performance

Kudermetova bagged 3 aces . Rus didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Kudermetova won 85% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Rus won 76% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 43% of the points.

How they played the important points

Kudermetova broke her opponent 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Russian very solid her serve as she has never dropped a single service game after saving 2 break points. Rus broke her opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Rus conceded her serve twice and she saved 71% of the break points that she conceded.

Head 2 Head

• 0Slam
• 2Main
• 4ITF
• 1Minor

• 0Slam
• 1Main
• 32ITF
• 2Minor

Veronika
Kudermetova

3:1

Arantxa
Rus

Rank

38

High

9

0Hard1

1Clay0

2I.hard0

Rank

56

High

41

Win Loss

Kudermetova

LWLWWWLWLL

Rus

WLLLWLLWLL

2024 2023 2022

12 - 16

15 - 21

4-8

Hard

5-8

0-0

I Hard

2-1

3-5

Clay

6-8

5-3

Grass

2-4

Tennis Scores in Linz

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• Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Varvara GrachevaGracheva (7-5 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Greetje MinnenMinnen (5-7 7-6⁷ 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Tak Khunn WangKhunn Wang – Benjamin BonziBonzi (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Goncalo OliveiraOliveira – Axel MichonMichon (3-6 6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Fabien ReboulReboul (6-3 3-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings

• Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Stefanie VoegeleVoegele (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Oceane DodinDodin (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Nadia PodoroskaPodoroska – Camila GiorgiGiorgi (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Arantxa RusRus (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Vera ZvonarevaZvonareva – Elise MertensMertens (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (1-0) – H2H and prediction

Kudermetova

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