Lorenzo Sonego and Kevin Anderson will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the BNP Paribas Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 11:00 am on STADIUM 5. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Lorenzo Sonego who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Lorenzo Sonego is the pick to win this match.
Lorenzo Sonego -> 1.89
Kevin Anderson -> 1.95

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Prediction and head to head Lorenzo Sonego vs. Kevin Anderson

There is no head to head record between Lorenzo Sonego and Kevin Anderson since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Lorenzo Sonego

Ranked no. 21 (career-high), Lorenzo will start his run in Indian Wells after he played his last match in San Diego where he lost 6-1 6-4 to Ruud in the quarter on the 1st of October.

The Italian has a compiled 27-20 win-loss record in 2021, 9-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the current season was winning the title in in Cagliari where he beat Laslo Djere in the final 2-6 7-6(5) 6-4.

Talking about his overall career, Lorenzo has an overall 272-183 record. He has a positive 47-42 record on hard.

Previously in Indian Wells

The Italian has never competed in this tournament before.

Indian Wells
Sonego's Record

Kevin Anderson

Ranked no. 67, the South African got to the 2nd round after beating Jordan Thompson 7-5 6-2.

In the 1st round, Anderson had a good straight sets win against Thompson (7-5 6-2). During the match Anderson scored 69 points vs Thompson’s 53. Anderson was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about serving, Anderson blasted 10 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Kevin Anderson conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Anderson put 61% of his first serves in, winning 91% (31/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (11/22) on the 2nd serve. The South African broke Thompson 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).

His best result of the current season was conquering the title in in Newport where he defeated Jenson Brooksby in the final 7-6(8) 6-4.

Anderson has an overall 17-15 win-loss record in 2021, 7-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Indian Wells
Anderson's Record

Tennis Scores in Indian Wells

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