H2H, PREDICTION Aryna Sabalenka vs Barbora Krejcikova | Linz odds, preview, pick

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Prediction and head to head Aryna Sabalenka vs. Barbora Krejcikova

Aryna Sabalenka and Barbora Krejcikova will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 5:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Aryna Sabalenka who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Aryna Sabalenka is the pick to win this match.
Aryna Sabalenka -> 1.3
Barbora Krejcikova -> 3.82

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Prediction and head to head Aryna Sabalenka vs. Barbora Krejcikova

There is no head to head record between Aryna Sabalenka and Barbora Krejcikova since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Aryna Sabalenka

Ranked no. 11, Sabalenka got to the semifinal after defeating Jasmine Paolini 6-4 6-4, Stefanie Voegele 6-0 6-3 and Oceane Dodin 6-3 3-3 ret..

In the quarter, Aryna defeated Dodin (6-3 3-3 ret.). During the match Sabalenka scored 63 points vs Dodin’s 50. Aryna was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about the service games, Sabalenka fired 8 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Aryna Sabalenka lost the serve once. Furthermore, Sabalenka put 80% of her first serves in, winning 71% (29/41) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (5/10) on the 2nd serve. The Belarussian broke Dodin twice after converting 20% of her break points (2/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Sabalenka hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to conquer 57% of the points she played.

Sabalenka has a solid win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 65% of her matches (183-100). 7-0 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Sabalenka has a 26-14 record in the last 5 years on indoor hard courts.

Her best result of the year was conquering the title in Doha where she beat Petra Kvitova in the final 6-3 6-3 and in Ostrava where she beat Victoria Azarenka in the final 6-2 6-2.

Sabalenka has a 27-10 win-loss record in 2020, 7-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Linz

Sabalenka didn’t play in Linz in 2019.

Barbora Krejcikova

Ranked no. 74 (career high), Krejcikova got to the semifinal after beating Harmony Tan 6-3 5-7 6-2, Greetje Minnen 5-7 7-67 6-4 and Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-3 6-1.

In the quarter, Krejcikova had a good straight sets win against Sasnovich (6-3 6-1). During the match Krejcikova scored 61 points vs Sasnovich’s 37. Krejcikova was quite aggressive to blast 20 winners.

Talking about serving, Krejcikova struck 6 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Barbora Krejcikova was quite efficent on serve to win 77% (20/26) of her 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Barbora broke Sasnovich 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Barbora has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points she played.

Barbora has a 20-8 win-loss record in 2020, 6-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Sabalenka Krejcikova
Match played 2 3
Tot Set 4 8
Tot Games 35 80
Pts 144-108 288-254
Total Points 252 542
Winners 54 103
%Winners 38% 36%

Sabalenka played 2 matches while Krejcikova competed in 3 matches. At the moment, Barbora Krejcikova lost 2 sets while Aryna Sabalenka hasn’t lost a set so far. Sabalenka has played 4 set(s) less than Krejcikova (4 vs 8). Therefore, Sabalenka played 45 games less than Krejcikova. Aryna scored 54 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Czech managed to score 103 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve Sabalenka Krejcikova
Aces 13 20
Avg per match 6.5 6.7
1st in 73/120 142/253
%1st in 61% 56%
1st pts 54/73 103/142
%1st pts 74% 73%
2nd pts 26/47 54/111
%2nd pts 55% 49%

Sabalenka fired 13 aces (6.5 per match). Krejcikova bagged 20 aces (6.7 per match). Sabalenka won 74% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Krejcikova won 73% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 49% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Sabalenka Krejcikova
Won 8 14
Converted 8/22 14/34
% Converted 36% 41%
Conceded 14 22
Saved 12 15
% Saved 86% 68%
Times Broken 2 7

Aryna broke her opponents 8 times with a 36% conversion rate. Aryna conceded her serve twice and she saved 86% of the break points that she conceded. The Czech broke her opponents 14 times with a 41% conversion rate. Barbora conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 68% of the break points that she conceded.

Sabalenka
R1
Paolini
R2
Voegele
1/4
Dodin
Total
Score 6-4 6-4 6-0 6-3 6-3 3-3 ret.
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 20 15 15 50
pts 79-66 65-42 63-50 207-158
Total points 145 107 113 365
Winners 27 27 29 83
%Winners 34% 42% 46% 40%
SERVE
Aces 11 2 8 21
Double Faults 4 3 1 8
1st in 37/65 36/55 41/51 114/171
% 1st in 57% 65% 80% 67%
1st pts 27/37 27/36 29/41 83/114
% 1st pts 73% 75% 71% 73%
2nd pts 15/28 11/19 5/10 31/57
% 2nd pts 54% 58% 50% 54%
Breaks
Won 4 4 2 10
Converted 4/16 4/6 2/10 10/32
Converted % 25% 67% 20% 31%
Conceded 5 9 1 15
Saved 3/5 9/9 0/1 12
Saved % 60% 100% 0% 53%
Times Broken 2 0 1 3
Krejcikova
R1
Tan
R2
Minnen
1/4
Sasnovich
Total
Score 6-3 5-7 6-2 5-7 7-67 6-4 6-3 6-1
Tot Set 3 3 2 8
Tot Games 29 35 16 80
pts 98-91 129-126 61-37 288-254
Total points 189 255 98 542
Winners 31 52 20 103
%Winners 32% 40% 33% 36%
SERVE
Aces 4 10 6 20
Double Faults 6 7 1 14
1st in 45/89 71/119 26/45 142/253
% 1st in 51% 60% 58% 56%
1st pts 31/45 52/71 20/26 103/142
% 1st pts 69% 73% 77% 73%
2nd pts 20/44 22/48 12/19 54/111
% 2nd pts 45% 46% 63% 49%
Breaks
Won 7 2 5 14
Converted 7/18 2/7 5/9 14/34
Converted % 39% 29% 56% 41%
Conceded 10 10 2 22
Saved 6/10 8/10 1/2 15
Saved % 60% 80% 50% 63%
Times Broken 4 2 1 7

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Sabalenka
LLWWWWWWWL
Krejcikova
LWWLLWLLLW
2024 2023 2022
56 - 14
21 - 16
38-7
Hard
7-7
2-2
I Hard
2-2
15-4
Clay
3-5
1-1
Grass
9-2

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