Maria Sakkari and Veronika Kudermetova will square off in the 2nd round of the Rogers Cup for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:00 am on Court Rogers. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Maria Sakkari who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Maria Sakkari is the pick to win this match.
Maria Sakkari -> 1.43
Veronika Kudermetova -> 2.92
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Prediction and head to head Maria Sakkari vs. Veronika Kudermetova
This will be the 2nd time that Maria Sakkari and Veronika Kudermetova clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kudermetova (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Kudermetova won 6-3 6-4 in the 1st round in Istanbul back in 2019.
Maria Sakkari
Ranked no. 18 (career-high), the Greek reached the 2nd round after defeating Marie Bouzkova 6-4 3-1 ret..
In the 1st round, Maria had a good straight sets win against Bouzkova (6-4 3-1 ret.). During the match, Sakkari scored 55 points vs Bouzkova’s 47. The Greek was pretty aggressive to blast 15 winners.
Regarding the service games, Sakkari managed to score 6 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Maria Sakkari lost the serve 3 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Sakkari put 51% of her first serves in, winning 65% (15/23) of the points behind her 1st serve and 36% (8/22) on the 2nd serve. The Greek broke Bouzkova 5 times after converting 36% of her break points (5/14).
Sakkari has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 60% of her matches (339-223). 15-7 on hard in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Sakkari has an aggregate157-109 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.
Maria’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Abu Dhabi, Melbourne, Miami and at the French Open .
Sakkari has a compiled 25-12 win-loss record in 2021, 15-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Toronto
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2018 and 2019. See her history.
Veronika Kudermetova
Ranked no. 33, Kudermetova got to the 2nd round after defeating Yulia Putintseva 1-6 6-2 6-4.
In the 1st round against Putintseva, The Russian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-2 6-4). During the match Kudermetova scored 86 points vs Putintseva’s 82. Veronika was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.
About the serving games, Kudermetova made 4 aces and she committed only 8 double faults. Veronika Kudermetova lost the serve 5 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Kudermetova put 58% of her first serves in, winning 60% (30/50) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (17/36) on the 2nd serve. Kudermetova broke Putintseva 5 times after converting 38% of her break points (5/13).
Her best result of the current season was winning the title in in Charleston where she defeated Danka Kovinic in the final 6-4 6-2.
The Russian has a composed 27-16 win-loss record in 2021, 11-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sakkari | Kudermetova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 14 | 25 |
| Pts | 55-47 | 86-82 |
| Total Points | 102 | 168 |
| Winners | 15 | 30 |
| %Winners | 27% | 35% |
Both Sakkari and Kudermetova played 1 match. At the moment, Veronika Kudermetova dropped 1 set while Maria Sakkari hasn’t conceded a set so far. Talking about their workload, Sakkari and Kudermetova have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Sakkari played 11 games less than Kudermetova. Sakkari scored 15 winners (27% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian fired 30 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sakkari | Kudermetova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 4 |
| 1st in | 23/45 | 50/86 |
| %1st in | 51% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 15/23 | 30/50 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 60% |
| 2nd pts | 8/22 | 17/36 |
| %2nd pts | 36% | 47% |
Sakkari managed to score 6 aces . Kudermetova struck 4 aces . Sakkari won 65% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 36% of the points. On the other side, Kudermetova won 60% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sakkari | Kudermetova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/14 | 5/13 |
| % Converted | 36% | 38% |
| Conceded | 5 | 10 |
| Saved | 2 | 5 |
| % Saved | 40% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 |
The Greek broke her opponent 5 times with a 36% conversion rate. Sakkari conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 40% of the break points that she conceded. Kudermetova broke her opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. Kudermetova conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.
| Sakkari | |||
| R1 Bouzkova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-1 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 55-47 | 55-47 | |
| Total points | 102 | 102 | |
| Winners | 15 | 15 | |
| %Winners | 27% | 27% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 23/45 | 23/45 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 15/23 | 15/23 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/22 | 8/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 36% | 36% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/14 | 5/14 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Kudermetova | |||
| R1 Putintseva |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 86-82 | 86-82 | |
| Total points | 168 | 168 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 50/86 | 50/86 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 30/50 | 30/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 60% | 60% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/36 | 17/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 5/10 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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