Elise Mertens and Aliaksandra Sasnovich will play each other in the 2nd round of the BGL Luxembourg Open for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 8:00 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 Elise Mertens who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Elise Mertens is the pick to win this match.
Elise Mertens -> 1.184
Aliaksandra Sasnovich -> 5.05
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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich
This will be the 5th time that Elise Mertens and Aliaksandra Sasnovich face off. The head to head is 3-1 for Sasnovich (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they fought against each other, Sasnovich won 6-4 6-1 in the 1st round in Palermo back in 2020.
Elise Mertens
Ranked no. 16, the Belgian will start her run in Luxembourg after she played her last match at the New York where she lost 6-4 6-1 to Sabalenka in the 4th round on the 5th of September.
Mertens has an overall 30-16 win-loss record in 2021, 0-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on indoor hard courts.
Her best result of the current season was winning the title in in Melbourne where she beat Kaia Kanepi in the final 6-4 6-1.
Talking about her overall career, Mertens has an overall 357-186 record. She has a positive 38-24 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in Luxembourg
Previously, her best result was reaching the semifinal in 2017. See her history.
Aliaksandra Sasnovich
Ranked no. 111, the Belarussian got to the 2nd round after defeating Lesya Tsurenko 7-5 7-66.
In the 1st round, Aliaksandra had a good straight sets win against Tsurenko (7-5 7-66). During the match Sasnovich scored 108 points vs Tsurenko’s 101. The Belarussian was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Sasnovich managed to score 4 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Aliaksandra Sasnovich lost the serve 7 times and she saved 12 break points. Furthermore, Sasnovich put 62% of her first serves in, winning 54% (33/61) of the points behind her 1st serve and 37% (14/38) on the 2nd serve. The Belarussian broke Tsurenko 8 times after converting 36% of her break points (8/22).
Aliaksandra has a compiled 20-17 win-loss record in 2021, 3-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Jana FettFett (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alize CornetCornet – Mandy MinellaMinella (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova – Oceane DodinDodin (7-65 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Clara TausonTauson – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (6-4 3-6 7-61) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Albert Alcaraz IvorraAlcaraz Ivorra – Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio (2-6 6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jaume Pla MalfeitoPla Malfeito – Jaime Fermosell DelgadoFermosell Delgado (6-0 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Belinda BencicBencic – Zarina DiyasDiyas (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Arianne HartonoHartono (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Greetje MinnenMinnen (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich – Elise MertensMertens (3-1) – H2H and prediction
