Aryna Sabalenka and Ajla Tomljanovic will square off in the 2nd round of the Abu Dhabi Tennis Open for the 4th time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 2:00 pm on Centre Court. Here 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.
As per the initial odds, Aryna Sabalenka is the pick to win this match.
Aryna Sabalenka -> 1.24
Ajla Tomljanovic -> 4.25
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Prediction and head to head Aryna Sabalenka vs. Ajla Tomljanovic
This will be the 4th time that Aryna Sabalenka and Ajla Tomljanovic face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Sabalenka (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Sabalenka won 6-3 4-6 6-0 in the 2nd round in Indian Wells back in 2019.
Aryna Sabalenka
Ranked no. 10, Aryna got to the 2nd round after defeating Polona Hercog 7-65 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Belarussian had a good straight sets win against Hercog (7-65 6-2). During the match Sabalenka scored 86 points vs Hercog’s 68. The Belarussian was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sabalenka bagged 4 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Aryna Sabalenka lost the serve 3 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Sabalenka put 56% of her first serves in, winning 73% (32/44) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (16/35) on the 2nd serve. The Belarussian broke Hercog 5 times after converting 42% of her break points (5/12).
Sabalenka has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 65% of her matches (186-100). 1-0 on hard in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Sabalenka has a 111-50 match record in the last 6 years on hard.
Aryna has a 1-0 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Abu Dhabi
The Belarussian didn’t compete in Abu Dhabi in 2020.
Ajla Tomljanovic
Ranked no. 68, Tomljanovic got to the 2nd round after defeating Lin Zhu 6-2 7-61.
In the 1st round, Tomljanovic had a good straight sets win against Zhu (6-2 7-61). During the match Tomljanovic scored 79 points vs Zhu’s 68. Tomljanovic was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Tomljanovic blasted 4 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Ajla Tomljanovic lost the serve 3 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Tomljanovic put 57% of her first serves in, winning 60% (27/45) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (17/34) on the 2nd serve. Tomljanovic broke Zhu 5 times after converting 50% of her break points (5/10).
Tomljanovic 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 | Sabalenka | Tomljanovic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 |
| Pts | 86-68 | 79-68 |
| Total Points | 154 | 147 |
| Winners | 32 | 27 |
| %Winners | 37% | 34% |
Both Sabalenka and Tomljanovic played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Sabalenka and Tomljanovic have played the same amount of sets 2. They also played the same amount of games (21). The Belarussian scored 32 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Croatian fired 27 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sabalenka | Tomljanovic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 4 |
| 1st in | 44/79 | 45/79 |
| %1st in | 56% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 32/44 | 27/45 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 60% |
| 2nd pts | 16/35 | 17/34 |
| %2nd pts | 46% | 50% |
Sabalenka scored 4 aces . Tomljanovic recorded 4 aces . Sabalenka won 73% points on her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Tomljanovic won 60% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sabalenka | Tomljanovic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/10 |
| % Converted | 42% | 50% |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 |
| Saved | 6 | 6 |
| % Saved | 67% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
Sabalenka broke her opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Belarussian dropped her serve 3 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded. Tomljanovic broke her opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Ajla conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded.
| Sabalenka | |||
| R1 Hercog |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 86-68 | 86-68 | |
| Total points | 154 | 154 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 44/79 | 44/79 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 32/44 | 32/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/35 | 16/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Tomljanovic | |||
| R1 Zhu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-61 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 79-68 | 79-68 | |
| Total points | 147 | 147 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 45/79 | 45/79 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 27/45 | 27/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 60% | 60% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/34 | 17/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Despina PapamichailPapamichail (6-2 7-64) – See score progression
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- Su-Wei HsiehHsieh – Marta KostyukKostyuk (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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