Varvara Gracheva and Liudmila Samsonova will face off in the qualifications of the Miami Open for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 10:00 am on ORDER OF PLAY – TUESDAY, 23 MARCH 2021. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Liudmila Samsonova who should win in 3 sets.
Liudmila Samsonova -> 1.65
Varvara Gracheva -> 2.24
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Prediction and head to head Varvara Gracheva vs. Liudmila Samsonova
This will be the 2nd time that Varvara Gracheva and Liudmila Samsonova square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Samsonova (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Samsonova won 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round in the Bagnatica back in 2018.
Varvara Gracheva
Ranked no. 99, Varvara got to the qualifications after beating Gabriela Dabrowski 7-5 6-2.
In the qualifications, Varvara had a good straight sets win against Dabrowski (7-5 6-2). During the match Gracheva scored 70 points vs Dabrowski’s 49. Gracheva was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Gracheva couldn’t to score even 1 ace during the match and she committed only 4 double faults. Varvara Gracheva lost the serve 3 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Gracheva put 68% of her first serves in, winning 70% (30/43) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (9/20) on the 2nd serve. The Russian was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Dabrowski 6 times.
Gracheva has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 65% of her matches (151-81). 4-5 on hard in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Gracheva has a 26-28 record in the last 6 years on hard.
The Russian has a 4-6 win-loss record in 2021, 4-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Miami
The Russian has never competed in this tournament before.
Liudmila Samsonova
Ranked no. 126, Samsonova reached the qualifications after beating Monica Niculescu 2-6 4-0 ret..
In the qualifications against Niculescu, The Russian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 4-0 ret.). During the match Samsonova scored 42 points vs Niculescu’s 41. Ludmilla was extremely aggressive to blast 13 winners.
Talking about serving, Samsonova made 4 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Liudmila Samsonova lost the serve 3 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Samsonova put 54% of her first serves in, winning 52% (13/25) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (10/21) on the 2nd serve. Samsonova was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Niculescu 3 times.
The Russian has a 7-4 win-loss record in 2021, 7-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Tennis Scores in Miami
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