Shelby Rogers and Claire Liu will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the MUSC Health Women’s Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 3:30 pm on ALTHEA GIBSON. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Shelby Rogers who should win in 2 sets.
Shelby Rogers -> 1.222
Claire Liu -> 4.5
Click here to see the updated quotes and live streaming (only selected countries - USA excluded).
Here where top tennis events are broadcasted or streamed online (ATP, WTA).
At the challenger level, there will be free live streaming on Challenger TV.
Prediction and head to head Shelby Rogers vs. Claire Liu
There is no head to head record between Shelby Rogers and Claire Liu since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Shelby Rogers
Ranked no. 46 (career high), Shelby reached the 2nd round after defeating Caty McNally 6-0 6-1.
In the 1st round, Rogers had a good straight sets win against McNally (6-0 6-1). During the match Rogers scored 54 points vs McNally’s 25. Rogers was very aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Regarding the service games, Rogers managed to score 6 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Shelby Rogers was quite efficient on serve to win 83% (20/24) of her 1st serve and 61% (11/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke McNally 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).
Rogers has a good match record in the last 10 years having won 56% of her matches (213-169). 3-1 on clay in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Rogers has a 70-54 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Rogers has a 13-6 win-loss record in 2021, 3-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Charleston
Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2017. See her history.
Claire Liu
Ranked no. 189, Claire reached the 2nd round after beating Hailey Baptiste 6-4 3-0 ret., Ellen Perez 2-6 6-4 6-0 and Storm Sanders 7-5 4-6 6-0.
In the 1st round, The American defeated Sanders (7-5 4-6 6-0). During the match Liu scored 107 points vs Sanders’s 87. Liu was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Liu blasted 6 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Claire Liu lost the serve 6 times and she saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Liu put 60% of her first serves in, winning 56% (35/62) of the points behind her 1st serve and 52% (22/42) on the 2nd serve. Liu broke Sanders 9 times after converting 60% of her break points (9/15).
The American’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the W25 Boca Raton and the W25 Newport Beach.
Liu has a 14-6 win-loss record in 2021, 3-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Charleston
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2018. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rogers | Liu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 13 | 65 |
| Pts | 54-25 | 241-194 |
| Total Points | 79 | 435 |
| Winners | 20 | 81 |
| %Winners | 37% | 34% |
Rogers played 1 match while Liu competed in 3 matches. Liu started her run from the qualifications while Rogers had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Claire Liu surrendered 2 sets while Shelby Rogers hasn’t lost a set so far. Rogers has played 7 set(s) less than Liu (2 vs 9). Therefore, Rogers played 52 games less than Liu. Rogers scored 20 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The American struck 81 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rogers | Liu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 4.3 |
| 1st in | 24/42 | 138/225 |
| %1st in | 57% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 20/24 | 81/138 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 59% |
| 2nd pts | 11/18 | 49/87 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 56% |
Rogers recorded 6 aces . Liu scored 13 aces (4.3 per match). Rogers won 83% points behind her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Liu won 59% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Rogers | Liu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 19 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 19/36 |
| % Converted | 56% | 53% |
| Conceded | 4 | 31 |
| Saved | 4 | 20 |
| % Saved | 100% | 65% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 11 |
Shelby broke her opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. The American extremely effective on her serve as she has never surrendered a single service game after saving 4 break points. Claire broke her opponents 19 times with a 53% conversion rate. Claire conceded her serve 11 times and she saved 65% of the break points that she conceded.
| Rogers | |||
| R1 McNally | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 13 | |
| pts | 54-25 | 54-25 | |
| Total points | 79 | 79 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 24/42 | 24/42 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 20/24 | 20/24 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/18 | 11/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Liu | |||||
| Q1 Baptiste | Q3 Perez | R1 Sanders | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-0 ret. | 2-6 6-4 6-0 | 7-5 4-6 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 24 | 28 | 65 | |
| pts | 54-40 | 80-67 | 107-87 | 241-194 | |
| Total points | 94 | 147 | 194 | 435 | |
| Winners | 18 | 28 | 35 | 81 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 35% | 33% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 22/41 | 54/80 | 62/104 | 138/225 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 68% | 60% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 18/22 | 28/54 | 35/62 | 81/138 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 52% | 56% | 59% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 16/26 | 22/42 | 49/87 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 62% | 52% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 7 | 9 | 19 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 7/12 | 9/15 | 19/36 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 58% | 60% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 12 | 17 | 31 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 7/12 | 11/17 | 20 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 58% | 65% | 223% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
Tennis Scores in Charleston
- Alen AvidzbaAvidzba – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (6-3 3-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Borja Rodriguez ManzanoRodriguez Manzano (6-1 1-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Dennis UspenskyUspensky (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Alycia ParksParks (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francesca Di LorenzoDi Lorenzo – Nao HibinoHibino (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Shelby RogersRogers – Claire LiuLiu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Danka KovinicKovinic – Lauren DavisDavis (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Madison BrengleBrengle – Astra SharmaSharma (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Emma NavarroNavarro – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Clara TausonTauson (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christina MchaleMchale – Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano (0-0) – H2H and prediction