Ekaterina Alexandrova and Heather Watson will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Abu Dhabi Tennis Open for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 3:00 pm on Court 1. 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 Ekaterina Alexandrova who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ekaterina Alexandrova is the pick to win this match.
Ekaterina Alexandrova -> 1.44
Heather Watson -> 2.875
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Prediction and head to head Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Heather Watson
This will be the 3rd time that Ekaterina Alexandrova and Heather Watson square off. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Alexandrova won 6-4 4-6 6-2 in the quarter in the 1100040058 back in 2017.
Ekaterina Alexandrova
Ranked no. 33, Alexandrova got to the quarter after beating Zarina Diyas 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Ekaterina had a good straight sets win against Diyas (6-4 6-4). During the match Alexandrova scored 66 points vs Diyas’s 60. Ekaterina was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Regarding the service games, Alexandrova struck 5 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Ekaterina Alexandrova conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 4 break points. Furthermore, Alexandrova put 55% of her first serves in, winning 85% (33/39) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (15/32) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Diyas twice after converting 50% of her break points (2/4).
Alexandrova has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 62% of her matches (208-130). 1-0 on hard in 2021. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Alexandrova has a 52-41 match record in the last 7 years on hard.
Alexandrova has a 1-0 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Abu Dhabi
The Russian didn’t compete in Abu Dhabi in 2020.
Heather Watson
Ranked no. 58, the Brit reached the quarter after beating Jodie Anna Burrage 4-6 6-2 7-5.
In the 1st round against Anna Burrage, Watson recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-2 7-5). During the match Watson scored 115 points vs Anna Burrage’s 96. Watson was extremely aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about serving, Watson fired 7 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Heather Watson lost the serve 4 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Watson put 54% of her first serves in, winning 63% (38/60) of the points behind her 1st serve and 53% (27/51) on the 2nd serve. Watson broke Anna Burrage 6 times after converting 43% of her break points (6/14).
The Brit 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 | Alexandrova | Watson |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 30 |
| Pts | 66-60 | 115-96 |
| Total Points | 126 | 211 |
| Winners | 33 | 38 |
| %Winners | 50% | 33% |
Both Alexandrova and Watson played 1 match. At the moment, Heather Watson conceded 1 set while Ekaterina Alexandrova hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Alexandrova has played 1 set(s) less than Watson (2 vs 3). Therefore, Alexandrova played 10 games less than Watson. The Russian scored 33 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, Watson scored 38 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Alexandrova | Watson |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 7 |
| 1st in | 39/71 | 60/111 |
| %1st in | 55% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 33/39 | 38/60 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 15/32 | 27/51 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 53% |
Alexandrova blasted 5 aces . Watson struck 7 aces . Alexandrova won 85% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Watson won 63% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Alexandrova | Watson |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 6 |
| Converted | 2/4 | 6/14 |
| % Converted | 50% | 43% |
| Conceded | 4 | 10 |
| Saved | 4 | 6 |
| % Saved | 100% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 |
Alexandrova broke her opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. Ekaterina very solid her serve as she has never lost a single service game after saving 4 break points. The Brit broke her opponent 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Brit conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded.
| Alexandrova | |||
| R1 Diyas |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 66-60 | 66-60 | |
| Total points | 126 | 126 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 39/71 | 39/71 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 33/39 | 33/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/32 | 15/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 2/4 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Watson | |||
| R1 Anna |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-2 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 115-96 | 115-96 | |
| Total points | 211 | 211 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 60/111 | 60/111 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 38/60 | 38/60 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 27/51 | 27/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/14 | 6/14 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 6/10 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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