Marina Melnikova and Katie Volynets will square off in the 1st round of the Nottingham Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 11:00 am on Court 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Katie Volynets who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Katie Volynets is the pick to win this match.
Katie Volynets -> 1.43
Marina Melnikova -> 2.83
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Prediction and head to head Marina Melnikova vs. Katie Volynets
There is no head to head record between Marina Melnikova and Katie Volynets since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Marina Melnikova
Ranked no. 186, Marina reached the 1st round after beating
Melnikova has a favorable record in the last 10 years having won 52% of her matches (259-237). 0-1 on grass in 2021. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Melnikova has an aggregate 12-9 record in the last years on grass.
Marina’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the W25 Oeiras.
Melnikova has a composed 8-11 win-loss record in 2021, 0-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Nottingham
Melnikova has never competed in this tournament before.
Katie Volynets
Ranked no. 202, Katie got to the 1st round after beating Georgina Garcia-Perez 6-4 6-3.
In the qualifications, Katie had a good straight sets win against Garcia-Perez (6-4 6-3). During the match Volynets scored 67 points vs Garcia-Perez’s 55. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Volynets wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 2 double faults. Katie Volynets lost the serve once and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Volynets put 81% of her first serves in, winning 69% (37/54) of the points behind her 1st serve and 54% (7/13) on the 2nd serve. Volynets was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Garcia-Perez 3 times.
Volynets has an overall 20-9 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
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