H2H, PREDICTION Veronika Kudermetova vs Ann Li | Melbourne odds, preview, pick

Veronika Kudermetova and Ann Li will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Grampians Trophy for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1 pm on Court 7. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Veronika Kudermetova who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Veronika Kudermetova is the pick to win this match.
Veronika Kudermetova -> 1.32
Ann Li -> 3.52

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Prediction and head to head Veronika Kudermetova vs. Ann Li

There is no head to head record between Veronika Kudermetova and Ann Li since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Veronika Kudermetova

Ranked no. 36 (career high), the Russian reached the 2^nd round after beating Heather Watson 6-2 6-2.

In the 1^st round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Watson (6-2 6-2). During the match Kudermetova scored 70 points vs Watson’s 48. Kudermetova was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Regarding the service games, Kudermetova bagged 4 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Veronika Kudermetova was pretty efficient on serve to win 85% (22/26) of her 1st serve and 64% (16/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Russian broke Watson 4 times after converting 36% of her break points (4/11).

Kudermetova has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 60% of her matches (236-157). 6-1 on hard in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Kudermetova has a 109-71 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.

The Russian’s best result of the year was reaching the final in Abu Dhabi.

Kudermetova has a 6-1 win-loss record in 2021, 6-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Melbourne

Kudermetova lost in the 1^st round to Sara Sorribes Tormo.

Ann Li

Ranked no. 99, the American reached the 2^nd round after defeating Ellen Perez 5-3 ret..

In the 1^st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Perez (5-3 ret.). During the match Li scored 37 points vs Perez’s 33. The American was very aggressive to blast 18 winners.

Talking about serving, Li couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 2 double faults. Ann Li lost the serve once and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Li put 68% of her first serves in, winning 67% (18/27) of the points behind her 1st serve and 31% (4/13) on the 2nd serve. Li broke Perez twice after converting 50% of her break points (2/4).

The American has a 1-0 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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Last year in Melbourne

Li lost in the 2^nd round to Sofia Kenin.

Tennis Scores in Melbourne

• Ons JabeurJabeur – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Oksana KalashnikovaKalashnikova (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Christina MchaleMchale (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Heather WatsonWatson (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Ann LiLi – Ellen PerezPerez (5-3 ret.) – See score progression
• Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Georgina Garcia-PerezGarcia-Perez (7-6¹ 6-4) – See score progression
• Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Lauren DavisDavis (6-4 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Sloane StephensStephens (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Marta KostyukKostyuk – Gabriela DabrowskiDabrowski (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
• Bethanie Mattek-SandsMattek-Sands – Barbora StrycovaStrycova (7-6³ 6-2) – See score progression
• Jennifer BradyBrady – Svetlana KuznetsovaKuznetsova (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Angelique KerberKerber – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (6-3 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Corrado SummariaSummaria – Simone RoncalliRoncalli (4-6 6-1 7-5) – See score progression

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