Aryna Sabalenka and Sloane Stephens will play each other in the 2nd round of the Rogers Cup for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on Centre Court. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Aryna Sabalenka who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Aryna Sabalenka is the pick to win this match.
Aryna Sabalenka -> 1.22
Sloane Stephens -> 4.5
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Prediction and head to head Aryna Sabalenka vs. Sloane Stephens
This will be the 2nd time that Aryna Sabalenka and Sloane Stephens face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Sabalenka (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Sabalenka won 6-3 3-6 6-4 in the Rubber 2 in 3 back in 2017.
Aryna Sabalenka
Ranked no. 3 (career-high), Aryna will start her run in Toronto after she played her last match in Tokyo where she lost 6-4 3-6 7-6(3) to Vekic in the 2nd round on the 26th of July.
The Belarussian has a compiled 35-12 win-loss record in 2021, 15-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Her best result of the season was winning the title in in Abu Dhabi where she defeated Veronika Kudermetova in the final 6-2 6-2 and in in Madrid where she beat Ashleigh Barty in the final 6-0 3-6 6-4.
Talking about her overall career, Sabalenka has an overall 220-112 record. She has a positive 125-56 record on hard.
Previously in Toronto
Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2018. See her history.
Sloane Stephens
Ranked no. 62, Sloane reached the 2nd round after beating Dayana Yastremska 6-4 1-6 6-4.
In the 1st round, Stephens defeated Yastremska (6-4 1-6 6-4).-71) than Yastremska. In fact, the world no. 3 won 71 points vs Yastremska’s. That means that Stephens was more focused during the important points. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.
About the serving games, Stephens blasted 3 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Sloane Stephens lost the serve 6 times and she saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Stephens put 64% of her first serves in, winning 56% (29/52) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (13/29) on the 2nd serve. Stephens broke Yastremska 6 times after converting 86% of her break points (6/7).
The American’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Parma.
Stephens has an overall 16-13 win-loss record in 2021, 3-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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- Rrezart CunguCungu – Pascal MeisMeis (2-6 6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Ricardo Urzua-RiveraUrzua-Rivera (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic – Mick VeldheerVeldheer (6-0 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Domagoj BiljeskoBiljesko – Gijs BrouwerBrouwer (4-6 6-4 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Sloane StephensStephens (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Rebecca MarinoMarino (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Donna VekicVekic (5-1) – H2H and prediction
- Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova – Oceane DodinDodin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova – Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Nadia PodoroskaPodoroska – Camila GiorgiGiorgi (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Cori GauffGauff – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Johanna KontaKonta – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (0-5) – H2H and prediction
- Simona HalepHalep – Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Darya KasatkinaKasatkina (1-2) – H2H and prediction
