Kurumi Nara and Eva Guerrero Alvarez will square off in the quarter of Fujairah (W25) for the 1st time in their career. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Kurumi Nara who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Kurumi Nara is the pick to win this match.
Kurumi Nara -> 1.66
Eva Guerrero Alvarez -> 2.22
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Prediction and head to head Kurumi Nara vs. Eva Guerrero Alvarez
There is no head to head record between Kurumi Nara and Eva Guerrero Alvarez since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Kurumi Nara
Ranked no. 161, the Japanese reached the quarter after defeating Darja Semenistaja 6-1 6-2 and Kyoka Okamura 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Okamura (6-3 6-4). During the match Nara scored 67 points vs Okamura’s 51. Nara was very aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Regarding the service games, Nara couldn’t to score even 1 ace in the match and she committed only 2 double faults. Kurumi Nara lost the serve once and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Nara put 76% of her first serves in, winning 73% (37/51) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (8/16) on the 2nd serve. Nara was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Okamura 3 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Japanese hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to win 57% of the points she played.
Nara has a good match record in the last 10 years having won 53% of her matches (248-219). 2-1 on hard in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Nara has a 179-141 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
The Japanese has a 2-1 win-loss record in 2021, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Fujairah (W25)
The Japanese didn’t play in the Fujairah (W25) in 2020.
Eva Guerrero Alvarez
Ranked no. 224, Guerrero Alvarez got to the quarter after beating Sofya Lansere 6-4 6-3, Katie Swan 6-4 6-2 and Xin Yu Wang 6-2 3-6 7-63.
In the 2nd round, The Spaniard defeated Yu Wang (6-2 3-6 7-63). During the match Guerrero Alvarez scored 103 points vs Yu Wang’s 101. Guerrero Alvarez was exceptionally aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about serving, Guerrero Alvarez struck 7 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Eva Guerrero Alvarez lost the serve 4 times and she saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Guerrero Alvarez put 57% of her first serves in, winning 67% (44/66) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (22/49) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Yu Wang 4 times after converting 33% of her break points (4/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Guerrero Alvarez has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points she played.
The Spaniard has a 3-1 win-loss record in 2021, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nara | Guerrero Alvarez |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 34 | 67 |
| Pts | 74-56 | 240-212 |
| Total Points | 130 | 452 |
| Winners | 42 | 104 |
| %Winners | 57% | 43% |
Nara played 2 matches while Guerrero Alvarez competed in 3 matches. Guerrero Alvarez started her run from the qualifications while Nara had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Eva Guerrero Alvarez dropped 1 set while Kurumi Nara hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Nara has played 3 set(s) less than Guerrero Alvarez (4 vs 7). Therefore, Nara played 33 games less than Guerrero Alvarez. Kurumi scored 42 winners (57% of the total points). On the other side, Eva blasted 104 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nara | Guerrero Alvarez |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 4.7 |
| 1st in | 57/74 | 148/244 |
| %1st in | 77% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 42/57 | 104/148 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 9/17 | 50/96 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 52% |
Nara didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Guerrero Alvarez scored 14 aces (4.7 per match). Nara won 74% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Guerrero Alvarez won 70% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Nara | Guerrero Alvarez |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 10 |
| Converted | 3/3 | 10/26 |
| % Converted | 100% | 38% |
| Conceded | 4 | 20 |
| Saved | 3 | 16 |
| % Saved | 75% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
Nara broke her opponents 3 times with a 100% conversion rate. Kurumi conceded her serve once and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded. The Spaniard broke her opponents 10 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 80% of the break points that she conceded.
| Nara | ||||
| R1 Semenistaja |
R2 Okamura |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 19 | 34 | |
| pts | 7-5 | 67-51 | 74-56 | |
| Total points | 12 | 118 | 130 | |
| Winners | 5 | 37 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 71% | 55% | 57% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 6/7 | 51/67 | 57/74 | |
| % 1st in | 86% | 76% | 77% | |
| 1st pts | 5/6 | 37/51 | 42/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 73% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 1/1 | 8/16 | 9/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 100% | 50% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 0/0 | 3/3 | 3/3 | |
| Converted % | NAN% | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | – | 75% | 38% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Guerrero Alvarez | |||||
| Q3 Lansere |
R1 Swan |
R2 Yu Wang |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 6-4 6-2 | 6-2 3-6 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 18 | 30 | 67 | |
| pts | 67-53 | 70-58 | 103-101 | 240-212 | |
| Total points | 120 | 128 | 204 | 452 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | 44 | 104 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 43% | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 40/61 | 42/68 | 66/115 | 148/244 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 62% | 57% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 30/40 | 30/42 | 44/66 | 104/148 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 71% | 67% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/21 | 15/26 | 22/49 | 50/96 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 58% | 45% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/9 | 4/12 | 10/26 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 33% | 33% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 4 | 14 | 20 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 4/4 | 10/14 | 16 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 71% | 136% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
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