Arantxa Rus and Greetje Minnen will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Open 6 Sens for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on Central Court. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Greetje Minnen who should win in 3 sets.
Greetje Minnen -> 1.9
Arantxa Rus -> 1.94
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Prediction and head to head Arantxa Rus vs. Greetje Minnen
This will be the 3rd time that Arantxa Rus and Greetje Minnen square off. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they competed against each other, Rus won 7-6(8) 6-2 in the semifinal in the 1100044540 back in 2019.
Arantxa Rus
Ranked no. 79, the Dutch got to the 2nd round after beating Xiyu Wang 7-66 6-4.
In the 1st round, Arantxa had a good straight sets win against Wang (7-66 6-4). During the match Rus scored 90 points vs Wang’s 85. Arantxa was exceptionally aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about the service games, Rus made 3 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Arantxa Rus lost the serve 4 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Rus put 67% of her first serves in, winning 60% (31/52) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (12/26) on the 2nd serve. Rus broke Wang 5 times after converting 45% of her break points (5/11).
Rus has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 61% of her matches (360-231). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2021. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Rus has a 42-27 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Arantxa has a 1-3 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Lyon
The Dutch has never competed in this tournament before.
Greetje Minnen
Ranked no. 113, Minnen got to the 2nd round after defeating Katarzyna Kawa 7-5 7-5.
In the 1st round, The Belgian had a good straight sets win against Kawa (7-5 7-5). During the match Minnen scored 83 points vs Kawa’s 65. Greetje was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Minnen recorded 4 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Greetje Minnen lost the serve 5 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Minnen put 56% of her first serves in, winning 67% (26/39) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (14/31) on the 2nd serve. Minnen broke Kawa 7 times after converting 70% of her break points (7/10).
Greetje has a 6-3 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Lyon
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2020. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rus | Minnen |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 24 |
| Pts | 90-85 | 83-65 |
| Total Points | 175 | 148 |
| Winners | 31 | 26 |
| %Winners | 34% | 31% |
Both Rus and Minnen played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Rus and Minnen have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Rus played 1 game less than Minnen. Rus scored 31 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Greetje bagged 26 winners (31%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rus | Minnen |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 4 |
| 1st in | 52/78 | 39/70 |
| %1st in | 67% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 31/52 | 26/39 |
| %1st pts | 60% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 12/26 | 14/31 |
| %2nd pts | 46% | 45% |
Rus bagged 3 aces . Minnen scored 4 aces . Rus won 60% points on her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Minnen won 67% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Rus | Minnen |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 7 |
| Converted | 5/11 | 7/10 |
| % Converted | 45% | 70% |
| Conceded | 8 | 9 |
| Saved | 4 | 4 |
| % Saved | 50% | 44% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 5 |
Arantxa broke her opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Rus conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. The Belgian broke her opponent 7 times with a 70% conversion rate. The Belgian conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 44% of the break points that she conceded.
| Rus | |||
| R1 Wang | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 90-85 | 90-85 | |
| Total points | 175 | 175 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 52/78 | 52/78 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 31/52 | 31/52 | |
| % 1st pts | 60% | 60% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/26 | 12/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 4/8 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Minnen | |||
| R1 Kawa | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 83-65 | 83-65 | |
| Total points | 148 | 148 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 39/70 | 39/70 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 26/39 | 26/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/31 | 14/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/10 | 7/10 | |
| Converted % | 70% | 70% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 4/9 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 44% | 44% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
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- Camila GiorgiGiorgi – Nina StojanovicStojanovic (2-6 6-1 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Toby MartinMartin (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
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