Victoria Azarenka and Alison Riske will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Western & Southern Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 2:30 pm on Court 7. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Victoria Azarenka who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Victoria Azarenka is the pick to win this match.
Victoria Azarenka -> 1.28
Alison Riske -> 3.84
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Prediction and head to head Victoria Azarenka vs. Alison Riske
There is no head to head record between Victoria Azarenka and Alison Riske since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Victoria Azarenka
Ranked no. 15, the Belarussian reached the 2nd round after defeating Liudmila Samsonova 6-2 6-3.
In the 1st round, Azarenka had a good straight sets win against Samsonova (6-2 6-3). During the match, Azarenka scored 58 points vs Samsonova’s 38. Azarenka was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about the service games, Azarenka made 3 aces and she was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults. Victoria Azarenka lost the serve twice and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Azarenka put 69% of her first serves in, winning 65% (22/34) of the points behind her 1st serve and 60% (9/15) on the 2nd serve. The Belarussian broke Samsonova 5 times after converting 71% of her break points (5/7).
Azarenka has an impressive match record in the last 10 years having won 75% of her matches (267-88). 8-3 on hard in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Azarenka has an overall 169-47 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
The Belarussian’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Doha and Berlin.
Victoria has an overall 18-6 win-loss record in 2021, 8-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, she won this tournament once in 2013. See her history.
Alison Riske
Ranked no. 37, the American got to the 2nd round after beating Leylah Annie Fernandez 6-2 6-2.
In the 1st round, Alison had a good straight sets win against Annie Fernandez (6-2 6-2). During the match Riske scored 72 points vs Annie Fernandez’s 49. Alison was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
About the serving games, Riske struck 4 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Alison Riske lost the serve once and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Riske put 65% of her first serves in, winning 73% (30/41) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (10/22) on the 2nd serve. Riske broke Annie Fernandez 5 times after converting 50% of her break points (5/10).
Alison has a composed 4-9 win-loss record in 2021, 2-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Azarenka | Riske |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 16 |
| Pts | 58-38 | 72-49 |
| Total Points | 96 | 121 |
| Winners | 22 | 30 |
| %Winners | 38% | 42% |
Both Azarenka and Riske played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Azarenka and Riske have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Azarenka played 1 game more than Riske. Azarenka scored 22 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Riske made 30 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Azarenka | Riske |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 4 |
| 1st in | 34/49 | 41/63 |
| %1st in | 69% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 22/34 | 30/41 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 9/15 | 10/22 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 45% |
Azarenka made 3 aces . Riske bagged 4 aces . Azarenka won 65% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Riske won 73% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Azarenka | Riske |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/10 |
| % Converted | 71% | 50% |
| Conceded | 5 | 4 |
| Saved | 3 | 3 |
| % Saved | 60% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
The Belarussian broke her opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Azarenka dropped her serve twice and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded. The American broke her opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Riske conceded her serve once and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded.
| Azarenka | |||
| R1 Samsonova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 58-38 | 58-38 | |
| Total points | 96 | 96 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 34/49 | 34/49 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 22/34 | 22/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/15 | 9/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Riske | |||
| R1 Annie |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 72-49 | 72-49 | |
| Total points | 121 | 121 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 41/63 | 41/63 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 30/41 | 30/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/22 | 10/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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