Despina Papamichail and Zhaoxuan Yang will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Abu Dhabi Tennis Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 10:00 am on Court 1. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Zhaoxuan Yang who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Zhaoxuan Yang is the pick to win this match.
Zhaoxuan Yang -> 1.87
Despina Papamichail -> 1.93
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Prediction and head to head Despina Papamichail vs. Zhaoxuan Yang
There is no head to head record between Despina Papamichail and Zhaoxuan Yang since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Despina Papamichail
Ranked no. 278, the Greek got to the qualifications after beating Federica Di Sarra 2-6 7-5 6-1.
In the qualifications against Di Sarra, The Greek recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-5 6-1). During the match Papamichail scored 103 points vs Di Sarra’s 90. Papamichail was quite aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Regarding the service games, Papamichail managed to score 3 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Despina Papamichail lost the serve 3 times and she saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Papamichail put 75% of her first serves in, winning 62% (47/76) of the points behind her 1st serve and 60% (15/25) on the 2nd serve. Despina broke Di Sarra 4 times after converting 36% of her break points (4/11).
Papamichail has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 59% of her matches (333-233). 1-0 on hard in 2021. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Papamichail has a 120-70 match record in the last 8 years on hard.
Despina has a 1-0 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Abu Dhabi
Despina didn’t compete in Abu Dhabi in 2020.
Zhaoxuan Yang
Ranked no. 789, Yang got to the qualifications after beating Anna Danilina 3-6 7-64 6-4.
In the qualifications against Danilina, Yang recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-64 6-4).-108) than Danilina. In fact, the world no. 278 won 108 points vs Danilina’s. That means that Yang was more focused during the important points. The Chinese was pretty aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Talking about serving, Yang made 2 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Zhaoxuan Yang lost the serve 7 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Yang put 80% of her first serves in, winning 55% (48/87) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (10/22) on the 2nd serve. Yang broke Danilina 7 times after converting 47% of her break points (7/15).
Zhaoxuan has a 1-0 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Papamichail | Yang |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 27 | 32 |
| Pts | 103-90 | 108-110 |
| Total Points | 193 | 218 |
| Winners | 47 | 48 |
| %Winners | 46% | 44% |
Both Papamichail and Yang played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Despina Papamichail conceded 1 set, while Zhaoxuan Yang dropper 1 set. Talking about their workload, Papamichail and Yang have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Papamichail played 5 games less than Yang. Papamichail scored 47 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The Chinese recorded 48 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Papamichail | Yang |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 2 |
| 1st in | 76/101 | 87/109 |
| %1st in | 75% | 80% |
| 1st pts | 47/76 | 48/87 |
| %1st pts | 62% | 55% |
| 2nd pts | 15/25 | 10/22 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 45% |
Papamichail struck 3 aces . Yang recorded 2 aces . Papamichail won 62% points on her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Yang won 55% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Papamichail | Yang |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 7 |
| Converted | 4/11 | 7/15 |
| % Converted | 36% | 47% |
| Conceded | 11 | 14 |
| Saved | 8 | 7 |
| % Saved | 73% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 7 |
The Greek broke her opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Greek dropped her serve 3 times and she saved 73% of the break points that she conceded. The Chinese broke her opponent 7 times with a 47% conversion rate. Zhaoxuan conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.
| Papamichail | |||
| Q1 Di Sarra |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 7-5 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 103-90 | 103-90 | |
| Total points | 193 | 193 | |
| Winners | 47 | 47 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 76/101 | 76/101 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 47/76 | 47/76 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/25 | 15/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 8/11 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 73% | 73% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Yang | |||
| Q1 Danilina |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-64 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 108-110 | 108-110 | |
| Total points | 218 | 218 | |
| Winners | 48 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 87/109 | 87/109 | |
| % 1st in | 80% | 80% | |
| 1st pts | 48/87 | 48/87 | |
| % 1st pts | 55% | 55% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/22 | 10/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/15 | 7/15 | |
| Converted % | 47% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 14 | 14 | |
| Saved | 7/14 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 7 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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