Kaja Juvan and Aleksandra Krunic will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Astana Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday 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 Kaja Juvan who should win in 3 sets.
Kaja Juvan -> 1.77
Aleksandra Krunic -> 2.1
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Prediction and head to head Kaja Juvan vs. Aleksandra Krunic
This will be the 3rd time that Kaja Juvan and Aleksandra Krunic face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Juvan (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played, Juvan won 7-6(1) 6-4 in the 2nd round in Portoroz back in September 2021.
Kaja Juvan
Ranked no. 94, the Slovenian reached the 2nd round after beating Greetje Minnen 2-6 7-65 6-4.
In the 1st round against Minnen, The Slovenian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-65 6-4).-111) than Minnen. In fact, the world no. 94 won 111 points vs Minnen’s. That means that Juvan was more focused during the important points. Kaja was pretty aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about the service games, Juvan bagged 3 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Kaja Juvan lost the serve 4 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Juvan put 53% of her first serves in, winning 60% (39/65) of the points behind her 1st serve and 54% (31/57) on the 2nd serve. The Slovenian broke Minnen 3 times after converting 30% of her break points (3/10).
Juvan has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 68% of her matches (155-72). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Juvan has a composed8-11 record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.
Kaja’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Portoroz.
Kaja has an overall 19-16 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Nur-Sultan
Kaja has never competed in this tournament before.
Aleksandra Krunic
Ranked no. 166, the Serbian reached the 2nd round after defeating Daria Mishina 6-2 6-1, Valeriya Strakhova 6-3 6-1 and Katie Boulter 3-6 6-3 7-5.
In the 1st round against Boulter, Krunic recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 7-5). During the match Krunic scored 102 points vs Boulter’s 97. The Serbian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Krunic scored 2 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Aleksandra Krunic lost the serve 4 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Krunic put 59% of her first serves in, winning 58% (32/55) of the points behind her 1st serve and 62% (24/39) on the 2nd serve. Aleksandra broke Boulter 5 times after converting 29% of her break points (5/17).
Aleksandra’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the W60 Stare Splavy.
The Serbian has an aggregate 31-14 win-loss record in 2021, 3-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Juvan | Krunic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 61 |
| Pts | 111-113 | 229-181 |
| Total Points | 224 | 410 |
| Winners | 39 | 70 |
| %Winners | 35% | 31% |
Juvan played 1 match while Krunic competed in 3 matches. Krunic started her run from the qualifications while Juvan had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Kaja Juvan lost 1 set, while Aleksandra Krunic surrendered 1 set. Juvan has played 4 set(s) less than Krunic (3 vs 7). Therefore, Juvan played 30 games less than Krunic. Kaja scored 39 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Aleksandra made 70 winners (31%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Juvan | Krunic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 2.3 |
| 1st in | 65/122 | 109/199 |
| %1st in | 53% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 39/65 | 70/109 |
| %1st pts | 60% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 31/57 | 53/90 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 59% |
Juvan fired 3 aces . Krunic managed to score 7 aces (2.3 per match). Juvan won 60% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Krunic won 64% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Juvan | Krunic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 16 |
| Converted | 3/10 | 16/36 |
| % Converted | 30% | 44% |
| Conceded | 11 | 16 |
| Saved | 7 | 10 |
| % Saved | 64% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 6 |
Juvan broke her opponent 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. The Slovenian surrendered her serve 4 times and she saved 64% of the break points that she conceded. The Serbian broke her opponents 16 times with a 44% conversion rate. Krunic conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 63% of the break points that she conceded.
| Juvan | |||
| R1 Minnen | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 7-65 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 111-113 | 111-113 | |
| Total points | 224 | 224 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 65/122 | 65/122 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 39/65 | 39/65 | |
| % 1st pts | 60% | 60% | |
| 2nd pts | 31/57 | 31/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 3/10 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 7/11 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 64% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Krunic | |||||
| Q1 Mironova | Q3 Strakhova | R1 Boulter | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | 6-3 6-1 | 3-6 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 16 | 30 | 61 | |
| pts | 63-41 | 64-43 | 102-97 | 229-181 | |
| Total points | 104 | 107 | 199 | 410 | |
| Winners | 20 | 18 | 32 | 70 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 28% | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 28/55 | 26/50 | 55/94 | 109/199 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 52% | 59% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 20/28 | 18/26 | 32/55 | 70/109 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 69% | 58% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/27 | 13/24 | 24/39 | 53/90 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 54% | 62% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 6/9 | 5/17 | 16/36 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 67% | 29% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16 | |
| Saved | 6/6 | 2/4 | 2/6 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | 33% | 183% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
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