Aryna Sabalenka and Kaia Kanepi will face off in the 2nd round of the Gippsland Trophy for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1 pm on Margaret Court Arena. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
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 -> 1.23
Kaia Kanepi -> 4.4
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Prediction and head to head Aryna Sabalenka vs. Kaia Kanepi
There is no head to head record between Aryna Sabalenka and Kaia Kanepi since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Aryna Sabalenka
Ranked no. 7 (career high), Aryna will start her run in Melbourne after she won the title in Abu Dhabi after beating 6-2 6-2 Kudermetova in the final.
Sabalenka has a 6-0 win-loss record in 2021, 6-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Her best result of the season was conquering the title in in Abu Dhabi where she beat Veronika Kudermetova in the final 6-2 6-2.
Talking about her overall career, Aryna has an overall 191-100 record. She has a positive 116-50 record on hard.
Last year in Melbourne
The Belarussian lost in the 1st round to Carla Suarez Navarro.
Kaia Kanepi
Ranked no. 94, Kaia got to the 2nd round after beating Astra Sharma 1-6 7-5 6-2.
In the 1st round against Sharma, Kaia recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 7-5 6-2). During the match Kanepi scored 90 points vs Sharma’s 89. Kanepi was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Kanepi blasted 2 aces and she was not very steady on her 2nd serve to score 10 double faults. Kaia Kanepi lost the serve 5 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kanepi put 52% of her first serves in, winning 60% (24/40) of the points behind her 1st serve and 51% (19/37) on the 2nd serve. Kaia broke Sharma 6 times after converting 50% of her break points (6/12).
The Estonian has a 1-0 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Melbourne
Kanepi had to surrender in the 1st round to Barbora Krejcikova.
Head 2 Head
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