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.
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.
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).
Tennis Scores in Indian Wells
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Vasek PospisilPospisil (3-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Maxime CressyCressy (6-2 3-6 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Daniel EvansEvans – Kei NishikoriNishikori (4-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Sebastian KordaKorda (6-0 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-1 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Guido PellaPella (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Casper RuudRuud – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Taro DanielDaniel (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Cameron NorrieCameron – Tennys SandgrenTennys (6-4 5-7 6-0) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- John IsnerIsner – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Gianluca MagerMager (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kevin AndersonAnderson – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- John MillmanMillman – Jannik SinnerSinner (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Emilio GomezGomez – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Salvatore CarusoCaruso – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Daniel EvansEvans (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marcos GironGiron – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (5-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christian GarinGarin – Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andrey RublevRublev – Carlos TabernerTaberner (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tommy PaulPaul – Dusan LajovicLajovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Alexander ZverevZverev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Andy MurrayMurray (0-0) – H2H and prediction