Aryna Sabalenka and Ajla Tomljanovic will square off in the 2nd round of the Kremlin Cup for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 12:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Aryna Sabalenka who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Aryna Sabalenka is the pick to win this match.
Aryna Sabalenka -> 1.184
Ajla Tomljanovic -> 5.05
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Prediction and head to head Aryna Sabalenka vs. Ajla Tomljanovic
This will be the 5th time that Aryna Sabalenka and Ajla Tomljanovic square off. The head to head is 3-1 for Sabalenka (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they fought against each other, Sabalenka won 7-5 6-4 in the 2nd round in Abu Dhabi back in January 2021.
Highlights Aryna Sabalenka vs Ajla Tomljanovic – Abu Dhabi 08-January-2021
Aryna Sabalenka
Ranked no. 2 (career-high), Sabalenka will start her run in Moscow after she played her last match at the New York where she lost 7-6(3) 4-6 6-4 to Annie in the semifinal on the 9th of September.
The Belarussian has a composed 43-15 win-loss record in 2021, 0-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on indoor hard courts.
Her best result of the season was winning the title in in Abu Dhabi where she beat Veronika Kudermetova in the final 6-2 6-2 and in in Madrid where she overcame Ashleigh Barty in the final 6-0 3-6 6-4.
Talking about her overall career, The Belarussian has an overall 228-115 record. She has a positive 28-14 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in Moscow
Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2016. See her history.
Ajla Tomljanovic
Ranked no. 43, the Australian reached the 2nd round after defeating Liudmila Samsonova 6-2 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Samsonova (6-2 6-4). During the match Tomljanovic scored 71 points vs Samsonova’s 54. Ajla was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Tomljanovic fired 2 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Ajla Tomljanovic lost the serve once and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Tomljanovic put 68% of her first serves in, winning 69% (29/42) of the points behind her 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the 2nd serve. Tomljanovic broke Samsonova 4 times after converting 44% of her break points (4/9).
The Australian has an aggregate 28-21 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
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