ORDER OF PLAY and PREVIEW. Maria Sakkari, Ekaterina Alexandrova, Anett Kontaveit and Marketa Vondrousova are the semifinalists that are going to compete on Saturday at the Kremlin Cup on CENTRE COURT.
Maria Sakkari vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
Head to head 3-0 for Sakkari
Maria Sakkari will face Ekaterina Alexandrova in the semifinal for the 4th time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 2:00 pm on CENTRE COURT.
Maria Sakkari: ranking and results
Ranked no. 7 (career high), Sakkari got to the semifinal after beating Anna Kalinskaya 6-2 1-0 ret. and Simona Halep 6-4 6-4.
Maria has a 36-17 win-loss record in 2021, 5-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS). Maria’s best result of the year was getting to the final in Ostrava.
Ekaterina Alexandrova: ranking and results
Ranked no. 37, the Russian reached the semifinal after defeating Ons Jabeur 6-1 1-0 ret., Anhelina Kalinina 6-4 6-1 and Aryna Sabalenka 6-3 6-4.
Alexandrova has a 25-20 win-loss record in 2021, 6-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS). Ekaterina’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Melbourne.
Head to head analysis
This will be the 4th time that Maria Sakkari and Ekaterina Alexandrova fight against each other. Their actual head to head record is 3-0 for Sakkari (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time they played each other, Sakkari won 6-1 6-4 in the 1st round in San Jose back in 2019.
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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Anett Kontaveit vs. Marketa Vondrousova
Head to head 2-0 for Vondrousova
Anett Kontaveit will take on Marketa Vondrousova in the semifinal for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 12:00 pm on CENTRE COURT.
Anett Kontaveit: ranking and results
Ranked no. 20, Anett reached the semifinal after defeating Katerina Siniakova 6-3 6-3, Andrea Petkovic 6-1 6-4 and Garbine Muguruza 6-1 6-1.
The Estonian has a 38-15 win-loss record in 2021, 8-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS). Her best result of the season was conquering the title in Cleveland where she beat Irina-Camelia Begu in the final 7-6(5) 6-4 and in Ostrava where she defeated Maria Sakkari in the final 6-2 7-5.
Marketa Vondrousova: ranking and results
Ranked no. 35, Marketa got to the semifinal after defeating Elena Rybakina 6-4 6-4, Lesya Tsurenko 6-3 6-3 and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-4 6-2.
Vondrousova has a 32-18 win-loss record in 2021, 6-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS). The Czech’s best result of the year was reaching the final in Tokyo.
Head to head analysis
This will be the 3rd time that Anett Kontaveit and Marketa Vondrousova fight against each other. Their current record is 2-0 for Vondrousova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
Previously, the last time they fought against each other, Vondrousova won 2-6 6-4 6-2 in the 1st round in London back in June 2021.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Anett Kontaveit who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Anett Kontaveit is the pick to win this match.
Anett Kontaveit -> 1.71
Marketa Vondrousova -> 2.24
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Last Results
These are the last results of the Kremlin Cup
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (6-3 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (6-4 6-2) – Score progression – Stats
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza (6-1 6-1) – Score progression – Stats
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Simona HalepHalep (6-4 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
- Jan MertlMertl – Vit KoprivaKopriva (6-3 6-2) – Score progression – Stats
Upcoming matches
These are the upcoming matches of the Kremlin Cup
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Maria SakkariSakkari (0-3) – H2H – Prediction
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Anett KontaveitKontaveit (2-0) – H2H – Prediction
