Alison Riske and Viktoria Kuzmova will square off in the 2nd round of the Zavarovalnica Sava Portoroz for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 3:00 pm on Center 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 Alison Riske who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alison Riske is the pick to win this match.
Alison Riske -> 1.5
Viktoria Kuzmova -> 2.66
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Prediction and head to head Alison Riske vs. Viktoria Kuzmova
There is no head to head record between Alison Riske and Viktoria Kuzmova since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Alison Riske
Ranked no. 38, Riske reached the 2nd round after defeating Pia Lovric 7-5 6-3.
In the 1st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Lovric (7-5 6-3). During the match, Riske scored 72 points vs Lovric’s 50. Alison was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Riske fired 4 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Alison Riske lost the serve 4 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Riske put 72% of her first serves in, winning 61% (23/38) of the points behind her 1st serve and 67% (10/15) on the 2nd serve. Alison broke Lovric 7 times after converting 88% of her break points (7/8).
Riske has a good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 53% of her matches (251-219). 3-6 on hard in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Riske has an overall 138-126 match record in the last years on hard.
Alison has an aggregate 5-11 win-loss record in 2021, 3-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Portoroz
Riske has never competed in this tournament before.
Viktoria Kuzmova
Ranked no. 149, the Slovakian reached the 2nd round after beating Stefania Rubini 6-3 6-1, Lucrezia Stefanini 6-4 4-6 7-65 and Tereza Mrdeza 6-2 6-3.
In the 1st round, Viktoria had a good straight sets win against Mrdeza (6-2 6-3). During the match Kuzmova scored 65 points vs Mrdeza’s 46. Viktoria was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Kuzmova scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 2 double faults. Viktoria Kuzmova lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Kuzmova put 56% of her first serves in, winning 69% (24/35) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (13/27) on the 2nd serve. Kuzmova broke Mrdeza 5 times after converting 71% of her break points (5/7).
The Slovakian has a composed 14-15 win-loss record in 2021, 8-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Riske | Kuzmova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 66 |
| Pts | 72-50 | 240-195 |
| Total Points | 122 | 435 |
| Winners | 23 | 89 |
| %Winners | 32% | 37% |
Riske played 1 match while Kuzmova competed in 3 matches. Kuzmova started her run from the qualifications while Riske had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Viktoria Kuzmova dropped 1 set while Alison Riske hasn’t dropped a set so far. Riske has played 5 set(s) less than Kuzmova (2 vs 7). Therefore, Riske played 45 games less than Kuzmova. Alison scored 23 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, The Slovakian scored 89 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Riske | Kuzmova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 3 |
| 1st in | 38/53 | 122/221 |
| %1st in | 72% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 23/38 | 89/122 |
| %1st pts | 61% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 10/15 | 49/99 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 49% |
Riske bagged 4 aces . Kuzmova made 9 aces (3 per match). Riske won 61% points on her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Kuzmova won 73% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Riske | Kuzmova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 13 |
| Converted | 7/8 | 13/24 |
| % Converted | 88% | 54% |
| Conceded | 7 | 14 |
| Saved | 3 | 8 |
| % Saved | 43% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 6 |
Riske broke her opponent 7 times with a 88% conversion rate. The American surrendered her serve 4 times and she saved 43% of the break points that she conceded. Kuzmova broke her opponents 13 times with a 54% conversion rate. The Slovakian conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 57% of the break points that she conceded.
| Riske | |||
| R1 Lovric |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 72-50 | 72-50 | |
| Total points | 122 | 122 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 38/53 | 38/53 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 23/38 | 23/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/15 | 10/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/8 | 7/8 | |
| Converted % | 88% | 88% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 3/7 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 43% | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Kuzmova | |||||
| Q1 Rubini |
Q3 Stefanini |
R1 Mrdeza |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 6-4 4-6 7-65 | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 33 | 17 | 66 | |
| pts | 65-39 | 110-110 | 65-46 | 240-195 | |
| Total points | 104 | 220 | 111 | 435 | |
| Winners | 25 | 40 | 24 | 89 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 36% | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 33/55 | 54/104 | 35/62 | 122/221 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 52% | 56% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 25/33 | 40/54 | 24/35 | 89/122 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 74% | 69% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/22 | 24/50 | 13/27 | 49/99 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 48% | 48% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 3/10 | 5/7 | 13/24 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 30% | 71% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | 2 | 14 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 3/6 | 0/2 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 50% | 0% | 133% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Lorenzo FrigerioFrigerio – Joshua ParisParis (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Viktor DurasovicDurasovic – Marcus ManssonMansson (7-5 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
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