Aleksandra Krunic and Anastasia Tikhonova will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Kremlin Cup for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 12:00 pm on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Aleksandra Krunic who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Aleksandra Krunic is the pick to win this match.
Aleksandra Krunic -> 1.29
Anastasia Tikhonova -> 3.6
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Prediction and head to head Aleksandra Krunic vs. Anastasia Tikhonova
There is no head to head record between Aleksandra Krunic and Anastasia Tikhonova since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Aleksandra Krunic
Ranked no. 148, Aleksandra reached the qualifications after defeating Katie Boulter 7-610 6-2.
In the qualifications, The Serbian had a good straight sets win against Boulter (7-610 6-2). During the match, Krunic scored 76 points vs Boulter’s 70. Aleksandra was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about the service games, Krunic scored just 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 2 double faults. Aleksandra Krunic lost the serve twice and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Krunic put 56% of her first serves in, winning 69% (31/45) of the points behind her 1st serve and 54% (19/35) on the 2nd serve. Krunic was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Boulter 4 times.
Krunic has a positive record in the last 10 years having won 57% of her matches (267-201). 5-2 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Krunic has a composed 39-24 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Krunic’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the W60 Stare Splavy.
The Serbian has a compiled 33-15 win-loss record in 2021, 5-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Moscow
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2014. See her history.
Anastasia Tikhonova
Ranked no. 268 (career-high), Anastasia reached the qualifications after defeating Viktoriya Tomova 4-6 6-4 7-65.
In the qualifications against Tomova, Tikhonova recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 7-65). During the match Tikhonova scored 116 points vs Tomova’s 110. Anastasia was exceptionally aggressive to blast 39 winners.
About the serving games, Tikhonova scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 4 double faults. Anastasia Tikhonova lost the serve 6 times and she saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Tikhonova put 58% of her first serves in, winning 56% (39/70) of the points behind her 1st serve and 53% (27/51) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Tomova 6 times after converting 75% of her break points (6/8).
Her best result of the current year was winning the title in the Sultan where she defeated Justina Mikulskyte in the final 2-6 7-5 6-1.
Anastasia has an aggregate 47-16 win-loss record in 2021, 17-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Moscow
Tikhonova has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Krunic | Tikhonova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 33 |
| Pts | 76-70 | 116-110 |
| Total Points | 146 | 226 |
| Winners | 31 | 39 |
| %Winners | 41% | 34% |
Both Krunic and Tikhonova played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Anastasia Tikhonova conceded 1 set while Aleksandra Krunic hasn’t dropped a set so far. Krunic has played 1 set(s) less than Tikhonova (2 vs 3). Therefore, Krunic played 12 games less than Tikhonova. The Serbian scored 31 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Tikhonova managed to score 39 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Krunic | Tikhonova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 1 |
| 1st in | 45/80 | 70/121 |
| %1st in | 56% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 31/45 | 39/70 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 56% |
| 2nd pts | 19/35 | 27/51 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 53% |
Krunic managed to score 1 ace . Tikhonova also bagged 1 ace . Krunic won 69% points on her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Tikhonova won 56% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Krunic | Tikhonova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 6 |
| Converted | 4/4 | 6/8 |
| % Converted | 100% | 75% |
| Conceded | 9 | 14 |
| Saved | 7 | 8 |
| % Saved | 78% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 6 |
The Serbian broke her opponent 4 times with a 100% conversion rate. The Serbian lost her serve twice and she saved 78% of the break points that she conceded. The Russian broke her opponent 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. Anastasia conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 57% of the break points that she conceded.
| Krunic | |||
| Q1 Boulter |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-610 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 76-70 | 76-70 | |
| Total points | 146 | 146 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 45/80 | 45/80 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 31/45 | 31/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/35 | 19/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 4/4 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 7/9 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 78% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Tikhonova | |||
| Q1 Tomova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-4 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 33 | |
| pts | 116-110 | 116-110 | |
| Total points | 226 | 226 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 70/121 | 70/121 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 39/70 | 39/70 | |
| % 1st pts | 56% | 56% | |
| 2nd pts | 27/51 | 27/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 6/8 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 14 | 14 | |
| Saved | 8/14 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 6 | |
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