Liudmila Samsonova and Kateryna Kozlova will square off in the 1st round of the BNP Paribas Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on STADIUM 6. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Liudmila Samsonova who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Liudmila Samsonova is the pick to win this match.
Liudmila Samsonova -> 1.47
Kateryna Kozlova -> 2.76

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Prediction and head to head Liudmila Samsonova vs. Kateryna Kozlova

There is no head to head record between Liudmila Samsonova and Kateryna Kozlova since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Liudmila Samsonova

Ranked no. 42 (career-high), Samsonova will start her run in Indian Wells after she played her last match in Luxembourg where she lost 6-1 7-6(4) to Ostapenko in the semifinal on the 18th of September.

Ludmilla has a composed 33-19 win-loss record in 2021, 14-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Her best result of the current season was winning the title in in Berlin where she defeated Belinda Bencic in the final 1-6 6-1 6-3.

Talking about her overall career, Ludmilla has an overall 198-108 record. She has a positive 46-28 record on hard.

Previously in Indian Wells

Samsonova has never competed in this tournament before.

Indian Wells
Samsonova's Record

Kateryna Kozlova

Ranked no. 136, the Ukrainian got to the 1st round after beating Tatjana Maria 6-3 6-1 and Jasmine Paolini 6-1 6-3.

In the qualifications, Kozlova had a good straight sets win against Paolini (6-1 6-3). During the match Kozlova scored 67 points vs Paolini’s 51. The Ukrainian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.

About the serving games, Kozlova made 5 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Kateryna Kozlova lost the serve once and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Kozlova put 70% of her first serves in, winning 67% (26/39) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (8/17) on the 2nd serve. Kateryna broke Paolini 5 times after converting 36% of her break points (5/14).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Kozlova started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to win 59% of the points she played.

Kateryna’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Gdynia.

The Ukrainian has a compiled 20-14 win-loss record in 2021, 6-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Indian Wells
Kozlova's Record

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