Ann Li and Aliaksandra Sasnovich will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Melbourne Summer Set 2 for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 3:00 pm on Margaret Court Arena. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ann Li who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ann Li is the pick to win this match.
Ann Li -> 1.62
Aliaksandra Sasnovich -> 2.42
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Prediction and head to head Ann Li vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich
There is no head to head record between Ann Li and Aliaksandra Sasnovich since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Ann Li
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41-25 | 15-13 | 22-9 | 4-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-28 | 16-13 | 15-9 | 4-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 16-20 | 7-10 | 2-3 | 4-3 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-14 | 19-8 | 1-1 | 4-2 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-9 | 17-7 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 47 (career-high), Li reached the semifinal after defeating Mayar Sherif 6-2 6-0, Anastasija Sevastova 6-1 6-4 and Kamilla Rakhimova 6-1 7-5.
In the quarter, The American had a good straight sets win against Rakhimova (6-1 7-5). During the match, Li scored 66 points vs Rakhimova’s 46. Ann was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Regarding the service games, Li managed to score 7 aces and she was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults. Ann Li lost the serve 3 times and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Li put 68% of her first serves in, winning 68% (26/38) of the points behind her 1st serve and 44% (8/18) on the 2nd serve. Ann broke Rakhimova 6 times after converting 60% of her break points (6/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to win 60% of the points she played.
Li has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 64% of her matches (140-79). 3-0 on hard in 2022. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Li has an overall94-49 match record in the last 7 years on hard.
Li has an overall 3-0 win-loss record in 2022, 3-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Melbourne
Aliaksandra Sasnovich
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-23 | 10-12 | 11-8 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-26 | 16-17 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-21 | 18-10 | 12-7 | 3-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-23 | 11-9 | 8-6 | 4-6 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 21-12 | 9-6 | 10-5 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 107, Sasnovich got to the semifinal after beating Olivia Tjandramulia 6-2 6-3, Lesya Tsurenko 7-5 6-1, Xinyu Wang 6-4 6-2, Rebecca Peterson 6-2 6-4 and Clara Tauson 6-3 2-0 ret..
In the quarter, Sasnovich had a good straight sets win against Tauson (6-3 2-0 ret.). During the match Sasnovich scored 52 points vs Tauson’s 41. Aliaksandra was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Sasnovich managed to score 4 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Aliaksandra Sasnovich conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 6 break points. Furthermore, Sasnovich put 69% of her first serves in, winning 70% (26/37) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (8/17) on the 2nd serve. Sasnovich broke Tauson twice after converting 29% of her break points (2/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Aliaksandra started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to conquer 58% of the points she played.
Sasnovich has an overall 5-0 win-loss record in 2022, 5-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Melbourne
The Belarussian has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Li | Sasnovich |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 11 |
| Tot Games | 50 | 83 |
| Pts | 190-126 | 328-243 |
| Total Points | 316 | 571 |
| Winners | 69 | 141 |
| %Winners | 36% | 43% |
Li played 3 matches while Sasnovich competed in 5 matches. Sasnovich started her run from the qualifications while Li had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Li has played 5 set(s) less than Sasnovich (6 vs 11). Therefore, Li played 33 games less than Sasnovich. Ann scored 69 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Sasnovich recorded 141 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Li | Sasnovich |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 2.4 |
| 1st in | 94/159 | 199/287 |
| %1st in | 59% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 69/94 | 141/199 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 34/65 | 46/88 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 52% |
Li bagged 9 aces (3 per match). Sasnovich scored 12 aces (2.4 per match). Li won 73% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Sasnovich won 71% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Li | Sasnovich |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 15 | 20 |
| Converted | 15/24 | 20/42 |
| % Converted | 63% | 48% |
| Conceded | 10 | 31 |
| Saved | 6 | 26 |
| % Saved | 60% | 84% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 5 |
Li broke her opponents 15 times with a 63% conversion rate. Ann conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded. Sasnovich broke her opponents 20 times with a 48% conversion rate. Sasnovich conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 84% of the break points that she conceded.
| Li | |||||
| R1 Sherif |
R2 Sevastova |
1/4 Rakhimova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-0 | 6-1 6-4 | 6-1 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 17 | 19 | 50 | |
| pts | 57-29 | 67-51 | 66-46 | 190-126 | |
| Total points | 86 | 118 | 112 | 316 | |
| Winners | 18 | 25 | 26 | 69 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 37% | 39% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 23/42 | 33/61 | 38/56 | 94/159 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 54% | 68% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 18/23 | 25/33 | 26/38 | 69/94 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 76% | 68% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/19 | 16/28 | 8/18 | 34/65 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 57% | 44% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 3 | 6 | 15 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 15/24 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 60% | 60% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 5/5 | 1/4 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 100% | 25% | 42% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| Sasnovich | |||||||
| Q1 Tjandramulia |
Q3 Tsurenko |
R1 Wang |
R2 Peterson |
1/4 Tauson |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | 7-5 6-1 | 6-4 6-2 | 6-2 6-4 | 6-3 2-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 83 | |
| pts | 61-41 | 81-64 | 67-47 | 67-50 | 52-41 | 328-243 | |
| Total points | 102 | 145 | 114 | 117 | 93 | 571 | |
| Winners | 27 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 26 | 141 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 37% | 43% | 43% | 50% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 35/53 | 45/67 | 38/52 | 44/61 | 37/54 | 199/287 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 67% | 73% | 72% | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 27/35 | 30/45 | 29/38 | 29/44 | 26/37 | 141/199 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 67% | 76% | 66% | 70% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 8/22 | 9/14 | 11/17 | 8/17 | 46/88 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 36% | 64% | 65% | 47% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 20 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 6/9 | 4/12 | 4/5 | 2/7 | 20/42 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 67% | 33% | 80% | 29% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 31 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 8/10 | 5/6 | 4/5 | 6/6 | 26 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 80% | 83% | 80% | 100% | 139% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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