Saisai Zheng and Donna Vekic will play each other in the 2nd round of the Courmayeur Ladies Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 12:00 pm on Mont Blanc Court. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Donna Vekic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Donna Vekic is the pick to win this match.
Donna Vekic -> 1.52
Saisai Zheng -> 2.6
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Prediction and head to head Saisai Zheng vs. Donna Vekic
This will be the 2nd time that Saisai Zheng and Donna Vekic square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Vekic (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played, Vekic won 7-5 6-3 in the semifinal in Washington back in 2018.
Saisai Zheng
Ranked no. 77, Saisai got to the 2nd round after defeating Petra Martic 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, Saisai had a good straight sets win against Martic (6-3 6-4). During the match, Zheng scored 65 points vs Martic’s 51. The Chinese was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Zheng wasn’t able to score even 1 ace and she was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults. Saisai Zheng lost the serve twice and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Zheng put 81% of her first serves in, winning 71% (30/42) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (5/10) on the 2nd serve. The Chinese broke Martic 4 times after converting 36% of her break points (4/11).
Zheng has a favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 58% of her matches (286-209). 4-1 on indoor hard courts in 2021. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Zheng has a composed 17-9 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Her best result of the current season was winning the title in the W60+H Caldas da Rainha where she defeated Harmony Tan in the final 6-4 3-6 6-3.
Zheng has a compiled 17-17 win-loss record in 2021, 4-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Courmayeur
The Chinese has never competed in this tournament before.
Donna Vekic
Ranked no. 97, Vekic got to the 2nd round after beating Qinwen Zheng 7-61 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Croatian had a good straight sets win against Zheng (7-61 6-2). During the match Vekic scored 77 points vs Zheng’s 55. Vekic was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Vekic blasted 5 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Donna Vekic was exceptionally effective on serve to win 87% (26/30) of her 1st serve and 73% (19/26) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Vekic broke Zheng twice after converting 25% of her break points (2/8).
Vekic has a composed 15-16 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zheng | Vekic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 21 |
| Pts | 65-51 | 77-55 |
| Total Points | 116 | 132 |
| Winners | 30 | 26 |
| %Winners | 46% | 34% |
Both Zheng and Vekic played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Zheng and Vekic have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Zheng played 2 games less than Vekic. Saisai scored 30 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The Croatian fired 26 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zheng | Vekic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 5 |
| 1st in | 42/52 | 30/56 |
| %1st in | 81% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 30/42 | 26/30 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 87% |
| 2nd pts | 5/10 | 19/26 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 73% |
Zheng didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Vekic made 5 aces . Zheng won 71% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Vekic won 87% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 73% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zheng | Vekic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 2 |
| Converted | 4/11 | 2/8 |
| % Converted | 36% | 25% |
| Conceded | 3 | 0 |
| Saved | 1 | 0 |
| % Saved | 33% | NAN% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
Saisai broke her opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Saisai dropped her serve twice and she saved 33% of the break points that she conceded. The Croatian broke her opponent twice with a 25% conversion rate. Donna was rock solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Zheng | |||
| R1 Martic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 65-51 | 65-51 | |
| Total points | 116 | 116 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 42/52 | 42/52 | |
| % 1st in | 81% | 81% | |
| 1st pts | 30/42 | 30/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Vekic | |||
| R1 Zheng |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-61 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 77-55 | 77-55 | |
| Total points | 132 | 132 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 30/56 | 30/56 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 26/30 | 26/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 87% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/26 | 19/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 73% | 73% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/8 | 2/8 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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