Maria Sakkari and Ekaterina Alexandrova will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Kremlin Cup for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 2:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Maria Sakkari who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Maria Sakkari is the pick to win this match.
Maria Sakkari -> 1.49
Ekaterina Alexandrova -> 2.78

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Prediction and head to head Maria Sakkari vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova

This will be the 4th time that Maria Sakkari and Ekaterina Alexandrova play each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Sakkari (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they played each other, Sakkari won 6-1 6-4 in the 1st round in San Jose back in 2019.

Highlights Maria Sakkari vs Ekaterina Alexandrova – San Jose 29-July-2019

Maria Sakkari

Ranked no. 7 (career-high), Maria got to the semifinal after defeating Anna Kalinskaya 6-2 1-0 ret. and Simona Halep 6-4 6-4.

In the quarter, Sakkari had a good straight sets win against Halep (6-4 6-4). During the match, Sakkari scored 74 points vs Halep’s 64. The Greek was extremely aggressive to blast 16 winners.

Talking about the service games, Sakkari made 3 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Maria Sakkari lost the serve 3 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Sakkari put 44% of her first serves in, winning 55% (16/29) of the points behind her 1st serve and 59% (22/37) on the 2nd serve. Maria broke Halep 5 times after converting 36% of her break points (5/14).

Sakkari has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 61% of her matches (350-228). 5-1 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sakkari has a compiled14-10 match record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.

The Greek’s best result of the year was reaching the final in Ostrava.

Maria has an overall 36-17 win-loss record in 2021, 5-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Moscow

Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2019. See her history.

Moscow
Sakkari's Record

Ekaterina Alexandrova

Ranked no. 37, Ekaterina reached the semifinal after beating Ons Jabeur 6-1 1-0 ret., Anhelina Kalinina 6-4 6-1 and Aryna Sabalenka 6-3 6-4.

In the quarter, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Sabalenka (6-3 6-4). During the match Alexandrova scored 61 points vs Sabalenka’s 46. Ekaterina was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.

About the serving games, Alexandrova blasted 2 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Ekaterina Alexandrova lost the serve once and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Alexandrova put 63% of her first serves in, winning 84% (26/31) of the points behind her 1st serve and 44% (8/18) on the 2nd serve. Alexandrova broke Sabalenka 4 times after converting 44% of her break points (4/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Ekaterina started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to conquer 58% of the points she played.

The Russian’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Melbourne.

Ekaterina has an aggregate 25-20 win-loss record in 2021, 6-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Moscow
Alexandrova's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

M.Sakkari
E.Alexandrova
2h:18
2h:18
Time on court​
3h:05
3h:05
1h:44
1h:44
Last match​
1h:13
1h:13
2
2
Match played
!
3
3
29
29
Games Played​
44
44
5
5
Set played​​
7
7
105
105
Total points​
158
158
52.5
52.5
Avg point​
52.7
52.7
25
25
Winners
59
59
12.5
12.5
Avg Winners​
19.7
19.7
24%
24%
Ratio winners
37%
37%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
10
10
3
3
Avg Aces
3.3
3.3
3
3
Double Faults
11
11
1.5
1.5
Avg Double Faults
3.7
3.7
25/38
25/38
1st won total​
59/72
59/72
66%
66%
1st won %
!
82%
82%
29/47
29/47
2nd won total​
29/54
29/54
!
62%
62%
2nd won %
54%
54%
-- Break Points --
8/18
8/18
BP won
12/28
12/28
4/9
4/9
Avg BP won
4/9.3
4/9.3
44%
44%
Won
43%
43%
10
10
Conceded
12
12
5
5
Avg Conceded
4
4
3
3
Broken
2
2
1.5
1.5
Avg Broken
!
0.7
0.7
7
7
Saved
10
10
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Sakkari Alexandrova
Match played 2 3
Tot Set 5 7
Tot Games 29 44
Pts 105-78 158-106
Total Points 183 264
Winners 25 59
%Winners 24% 37%

Sakkari played 2 matches while Alexandrova competed in 3 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Sakkari has played 2 set(s) less than Alexandrova (5 vs 7). Therefore, Sakkari played 15 games less than Alexandrova. Sakkari scored 25 winners (24% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian blasted 59 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve Sakkari Alexandrova
Aces 6 10
Avg per match 3 3.3
1st in 38/85 72/126
%1st in 45% 57%
1st pts 25/38 59/72
%1st pts 66% 82%
2nd pts 29/47 29/54
%2nd pts 62% 54%

Sakkari struck 6 aces (3 per match). Alexandrova struck 10 aces (3.3 per match). Sakkari won 66% points behind her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Alexandrova won 82% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 54% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Sakkari Alexandrova
Won 8 12
Converted 8/18 12/28
% Converted 44% 43%
Conceded 10 12
Saved 7 10
% Saved 70% 83%
Times Broken 3 2

Sakkari broke her opponents 8 times with a 44% conversion rate. Maria dropped her serve 3 times and she saved 70% of the break points that she conceded. The Russian broke her opponents 12 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Russian conceded her serve twice and she saved 83% of the break points that she conceded.

Sakkari
R2
Kalinskaya		 1/4
Halep		 Total
Score 6-2 1-0 ret. 6-4 6-4
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 9 20 29
pts 31-14 74-64 105-78
Total points 45 138 183
Winners 9 16 25
%Winners 29% 22% 24%
SERVE
Aces 3 3 6
Double Faults 1 2 3
1st in 9/19 29/66 38/85
% 1st in 47% 44% 45%
1st pts 9/9 16/29 25/38
% 1st pts 100% 55% 66%
2nd pts 7/10 22/37 29/47
% 2nd pts 70% 59% 62%
Breaks
Won 3 5 8
Converted 3/4 5/14 8/18
Converted % 75% 36% 44%
Conceded 0 10 10
Saved 0/0 7/10 7
Saved % – 70% 35%
Times Broken 0 3 3
Alexandrova
R1
Jabeur		 R2
Kalinina		 1/4
Sabalenka		 Total
Score 6-1 1-0 ret. 6-4 6-1 6-3 6-4
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 8 17 19 44
pts 37-18 60-42 61-46 158-106
Total points 55 102 107 264
Winners 14 19 26 59
%Winners 38% 32% 43% 37%
SERVE
Aces 5 3 2 10
Double Faults 2 5 4 11
1st in 18/28 23/49 31/49 72/126
% 1st in 64% 47% 63% 57%
1st pts 14/18 19/23 26/31 59/72
% 1st pts 78% 83% 84% 82%
2nd pts 6/10 15/26 8/18 29/54
% 2nd pts 60% 58% 44% 54%
Breaks
Won 3 5 4 12
Converted 3/6 5/13 4/9 12/28
Converted % 50% 38% 44% 43%
Conceded 4 4 4 12
Saved 4/4 3/4 3/4 10
Saved % 100% 75% 75% 125%
Times Broken 0 1 1 2

Tennis Scores in Moscow

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