Astra Sharma and Natalia Vikhlyantseva will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Palermo Ladies Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:00 pm on Centre 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 Astra Sharma who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Astra Sharma is the pick to win this match.
Astra Sharma -> 1.57
Natalia Vikhlyantseva -> 2.47
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Prediction and head to head Astra Sharma vs. Natalia Vikhlyantseva
There is no head to head record between Astra Sharma and Natalia Vikhlyantseva since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Astra Sharma
Ranked no. 121, Astra got to the 2nd round after beating Lucrezia Stefanini 6-4 1-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, Sharma defeated Stefanini (6-4 1-6 6-3).-78) than Stefanini. In fact, the world no. 121 won 78 points vs Stefanini’s. That means that Sharma was more focused during the important points. Astra was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sharma couldn’t to score even 1 ace in the match and she committed only 1 double fault. Astra Sharma lost the serve 5 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Sharma put 62% of her first serves in, winning 50% (22/44) of the points behind her 1st serve and 59% (16/27) on the 2nd serve. Sharma broke Stefanini 5 times after converting 45% of her break points (5/11).
Sharma has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 63% of her matches (127-76). 9-5 on clay in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Sharma has a composed49-21 record in the last 6 years on clay.
Her best result of the year was winning the title in in Charleston where she defeated Ons Jabeur in the final 2-6 7-5 6-1.
Astra has an overall 16-13 win-loss record in 2021, 9-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Palermo
Sharma has never competed in this tournament before.
Natalia Vikhlyantseva
Ranked no. 180, the Russian got to the 2nd round after beating Leonie Kung 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, Natalia had a good straight sets win against Kung (6-3 6-2). During the match Vikhlyantseva scored 69 points vs Kung’s 51. The Russian was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.
About the serving games, Vikhlyantseva scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 8 double faults. Natalia Vikhlyantseva lost the serve once and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Vikhlyantseva put 69% of her first serves in, winning 76% (32/42) of the points behind her 1st serve and 42% (8/19) on the 2nd serve. Natalia broke Kung 4 times after converting 36% of her break points (4/11).
Vikhlyantseva has an aggregate 5-9 win-loss record in 2021, 5-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sharma | Vikhlyantseva |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 17 |
| Pts | 78-85 | 69-51 |
| Total Points | 163 | 120 |
| Winners | 22 | 32 |
| %Winners | 28% | 46% |
Both Sharma and Vikhlyantseva played 1 match. At the moment, Astra Sharma surrendered 1 set while Natalia Vikhlyantseva hasn’t lost a set so far. Sharma has played 1 set more than Vikhlyantseva (3 vs 2). Therefore, Sharma played 9 games more than Vikhlyantseva. Astra scored 22 winners (28% of the total points). On the other side, Natalia struck 32 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sharma | Vikhlyantseva |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 1 |
| 1st in | 44/71 | 42/61 |
| %1st in | 62% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 22/44 | 32/42 |
| %1st pts | 50% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 16/27 | 8/19 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 42% |
Sharma didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Vikhlyantseva struck 1 ace . Sharma won 50% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Vikhlyantseva won 76% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 42% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sharma | Vikhlyantseva |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/11 | 4/11 |
| % Converted | 45% | 36% |
| Conceded | 9 | 7 |
| Saved | 4 | 6 |
| % Saved | 44% | 86% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 1 |
The Australian broke her opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Astra conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 44% of the break points that she conceded. The Russian broke her opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Natalia conceded her serve once and she saved 86% of the break points that she conceded.
| Sharma | |||
| R1 Stefanini |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 1-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 78-85 | 78-85 | |
| Total points | 163 | 163 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 28% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 44/71 | 44/71 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 22/44 | 22/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 50% | 50% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/27 | 16/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 4/9 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 44% | 44% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Vikhlyantseva | |||
| R1 Kung |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 69-51 | 69-51 | |
| Total points | 120 | 120 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 42/61 | 42/61 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 32/42 | 32/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/19 | 8/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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