Natalia Vikhlyantseva and Monica Niculescu will face off in the qualifications of the Astana Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 1:00 pm on Court 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Monica Niculescu who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Monica Niculescu is the pick to win this match.
Monica Niculescu -> 1.571
Natalia Vikhlyantseva -> 2.4
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Prediction and head to head Natalia Vikhlyantseva vs. Monica Niculescu
This will be the 2nd time that Natalia Vikhlyantseva and Monica Niculescu clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Niculescu (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they fought against each other, Niculescu won 6-0 6-3 in the 1st round in St. Petersburg back in 2016.
Natalia Vikhlyantseva
Ranked no. 170, the Russian reached the qualifications after defeating Tatyana Nikolenko 6-0 3-6 6-1.
In the qualifications, Vikhlyantseva defeated Nikolenko (6-0 3-6 6-1). During the match, Vikhlyantseva scored 83 points vs Nikolenko’s 57. Vikhlyantseva was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Vikhlyantseva made 2 aces and she committed only 7 double faults. Overall, Natalia Vikhlyantseva was exceptionally effective on serve to win 74% (23/31) of her 1st serve and 57% (20/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. The Russian broke Nikolenko 6 times after converting 50% of her break points (6/12).
Vikhlyantseva has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 58% of her matches (199-144). 1-2 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Vikhlyantseva has a compiled50-26 match record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
Vikhlyantseva has an overall 8-13 win-loss record in 2021, 1-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Nur-Sultan
Vikhlyantseva has never competed in this tournament before.
Monica Niculescu
Ranked no. 205, Niculescu reached the qualifications after beating Emily Webley-Smith 6-1 6-1.
In the qualifications, Niculescu had a good straight sets win against Webley-Smith (6-1 6-1). During the match Niculescu scored 50 points vs Webley-Smith’s 25. Monica was quite aggressive to blast 17 winners.
About the serving games, Niculescu wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Monica Niculescu conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Niculescu put 63% of her first serves in, winning 68% (17/25) of the points behind her 1st serve and 80% (12/15) on the 2nd serve. Monica was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Webley-Smith 5 times.
Niculescu has a composed 11-12 win-loss record in 2021, 1-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Vikhlyantseva | Niculescu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 14 |
| Pts | 83-57 | 50-25 |
| Total Points | 140 | 75 |
| Winners | 23 | 17 |
| %Winners | 28% | 34% |
Both Vikhlyantseva and Niculescu played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Natalia Vikhlyantseva surrendered 1 set while Monica Niculescu hasn’t lost a set so far. Vikhlyantseva has played 1 set more than Niculescu (3 vs 2). Therefore, Vikhlyantseva played 8 games more than Niculescu. The Russian scored 23 winners (28% of the total points). On the other side, Monica scored 17 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Vikhlyantseva | Niculescu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 0 |
| 1st in | 31/66 | 25/40 |
| %1st in | 47% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 23/31 | 17/25 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 20/35 | 12/15 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 80% |
Vikhlyantseva recorded 2 aces . Niculescu didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Vikhlyantseva won 74% points on her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Niculescu won 68% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 80% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Vikhlyantseva | Niculescu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 5 |
| Converted | 6/12 | 5/5 |
| % Converted | 50% | 100% |
| Conceded | 2 | 1 |
| Saved | 0 | 1 |
| % Saved | 0% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
The Russian broke her opponent 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. Natalia conceded her serve twice and she saved 0% of the break points that she conceded. Monica broke her opponent 5 times with a 100% conversion rate. Niculescu was rock solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Vikhlyantseva | |||
| Q1 Nikolenko |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 3-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 83-57 | 83-57 | |
| Total points | 140 | 140 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 28% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 31/66 | 31/66 | |
| % 1st in | 47% | 47% | |
| 1st pts | 23/31 | 23/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/35 | 20/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Niculescu | |||
| Q1 Webley-Smith |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 50-25 | 50-25 | |
| Total points | 75 | 75 | |
| Winners | 17 | 17 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 25/40 | 25/40 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 17/25 | 17/25 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/15 | 12/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 80% | 80% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/5 | 5/5 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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