Jennifer Brady and Ekaterina Alexandrova will square off in the 2nd round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 3:00 pm on Court 2. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jennifer Brady who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jennifer Brady is the pick to win this match.
Jennifer Brady -> 1.64
Ekaterina Alexandrova -> 2.31
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Prediction and head to head Jennifer Brady vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
There is no head to head record between Jennifer Brady and Ekaterina Alexandrova since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Jennifer Brady
Ranked no. 13 (career high), Brady reached the 2nd round after defeating Shuai Zhang 6-1 6-4.
In the 1st round, Jennifer had a good straight sets win against Zhang (6-1 6-4). During the match Brady scored 60 points vs Zhang’s 44. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 13 winners.
Talking about the service games, Brady scored just 1 ace in the course of the match and she committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Jennifer Brady was pretty efficient on serve to win 72% (13/18) of her 1st serve and 67% (16/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. The American broke Zhang 5 times after converting 45% of her break points (5/11).
Brady has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 60% of her matches (244-162). 3-2 on clay in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Brady has a 44-42 match record in the last 8 years on clay.
Jennifer’s best result of the current season was reaching the final at the Australian Open .
Brady has a 12-7 win-loss record in 2021, 3-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2017 and 2018. See her history.
Ekaterina Alexandrova
Ranked no. 33, Alexandrova reached the 2nd round after beating Marta Kostyuk 6-3 6-1.
In the 1st round, Alexandrova had a good straight sets win against Kostyuk (6-3 6-1). During the match Alexandrova scored 69 points vs Kostyuk’s 54. Ekaterina was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Alexandrova made 3 aces and she was not very steady on her 2nd serve to score 11 double faults. Ekaterina Alexandrova lost the serve once and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Alexandrova put 57% of her first serves in, winning 68% (23/34) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (12/26) on the 2nd serve. Ekaterina broke Kostyuk 5 times after converting 36% of her break points (5/14).
Ekaterina’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Melbourne.
Ekaterina has a 12-9 win-loss record in 2021, 3-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
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 | Brady | Alexandrova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 16 |
| Pts | 60-44 | 69-54 |
| Total Points | 104 | 123 |
| Winners | 13 | 23 |
| %Winners | 22% | 33% |
Both Brady and Alexandrova played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Brady and Alexandrova have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Brady played 1 game more than Alexandrova. Brady scored 13 winners (22% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian managed to score 23 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Brady | Alexandrova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 3 |
| 1st in | 18/42 | 34/60 |
| %1st in | 43% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 13/18 | 23/34 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 16/24 | 12/26 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 46% |
Brady blasted 1 ace . Alexandrova also struck 3 aces . Brady won 72% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Alexandrova won 68% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Brady | Alexandrova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/14 |
| % Converted | 45% | 36% |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 |
| Saved | 3 | 3 |
| % Saved | 75% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
The American broke her opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. The American dropped her serve once and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded. Ekaterina broke her opponent 5 times with a 36% conversion rate. Alexandrova conceded her serve once and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded.
| Brady | |||
| R1 Zhang |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 60-44 | 60-44 | |
| Total points | 104 | 104 | |
| Winners | 13 | 13 | |
| %Winners | 22% | 22% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 18/42 | 18/42 | |
| % 1st in | 43% | 43% | |
| 1st pts | 13/18 | 13/18 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/24 | 16/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Alexandrova | |||
| R1 Kostyuk |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 69-54 | 69-54 | |
| Total points | 123 | 123 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 11 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 34/60 | 34/60 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 23/34 | 23/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/26 | 12/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/14 | 5/14 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
LLLWWWWLLL Tennis Scores in Rome
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- Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Patricia Maria TigMaria Tig (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Bernarda PeraPera – Tamara ZidansekZidansek (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Caroline GarciaGarcia – Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto (7-68 6-2) – See score progression
- Kristina MladenovicMladenovic – Belinda BencicBencic (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Nadia PodoroskaPodoroska – Laura SiegemundSiegemund (2-6 7-63 6-1) – See score progression
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Elise MertensMertens (4-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Madison KeysKeys – Sloane StephensStephens (4-6 6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Johanna KontaKonta (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Angelique KerberKerber – Alize CornetCornet (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Yaroslava ShvedovaShvedova – Martina TrevisanTrevisan (0-6 7-64 7-66) – See score progression
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Alison RiskeRiske (5-4 ret.) – See score progression
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Marta KostyukKostyuk (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Polona HercogHercog (7-66 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Petra MarticMartic – Shelby RogersRogers (5-7 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Petra KvitovaKvitova – Magda LinetteLinette (1-6 6-0 6-2) – See score progression
- Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo – Camila GiorgiGiorgi (7-64 6-77 7-5) – See score progression
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Daria KasatkinaKasatkina (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Vera ZvonarevaZvonareva – Christina MchaleMchale (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Jennifer BradyBrady – Shuai ZhangZhang (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Cori GauffGauff – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (7-5 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova – Qiang WangWang (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Anastasija SevastovaSevastova – Jil TeichmannTeichmann (3-6 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Patricia Maria TigMaria Tig (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Johanna KontaKonta (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Angelique KerberKerber – Alize CornetCornet (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
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