Liudmila Samsonova and Danka Kovinic will fight against each other in the 3^rd round of the BNP Paribas Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 11:00 am on STADIUM 6. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Liudmila Samsonova who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Liudmila Samsonova is the pick to win this match.
Liudmila Samsonova -> 1.34
Danka Kovinic -> 3.38

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Prediction and head to head Liudmila Samsonova vs. Danka Kovinic

There is no head to head record between Liudmila Samsonova and Danka Kovinic since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Liudmila Samsonova

Ranked no. 32 (career-high), Ludmilla got to the 3^rd round after defeating Ann Li 4-6 6-4 6-3.

In the 2^nd round against Li, Samsonova recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 6-3). During the match, Samsonova scored 98 points vs Li’s 95. Samsonova was pretty aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Regarding the service games, Samsonova fired 5 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Liudmila Samsonova lost the serve 3 times and she saved 13 break points. Furthermore, Samsonova put 53% of her first serves in, winning 63% (34/54) of the points behind her 1st serve and 55% (26/47) on the 2nd serve. Samsonova broke Li 5 times after converting 45% of her break points (5/11).

Samsonova has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 64% of her matches (209-116). 5-5 on hard in 2022. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Samsonova has a composed52-34 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.

Ludmilla has an overall 5-5 win-loss record in 2022, 5-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Indian Wells

Danka Kovinic

Ranked no. 71, Danka reached the 3^rd round after beating Jil Teichmann 7-5 7-5 and Karolina Pliskova 2-6 7-5 6-4.

In the 2^nd round against Pliskova, Danka recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-5 6-4). During the match Kovinic scored 104 points vs Pliskova’s 102. Kovinic was pretty aggressive to blast 38 winners.

About the serving games, Kovinic fired 3 aces and she committed only 7 double faults. Danka Kovinic lost the serve 6 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kovinic put 56% of her first serves in, winning 70% (38/54) of the points behind her 1st serve and 33% (14/42) on the 2nd serve. Danka broke Pliskova 6 times after converting 38% of her break points (6/16).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Kovinic has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points she played.

Kovinic has an overall 6-4 win-loss record in 2022, 6-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Indian Wells

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2016. See her history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Samsonova	Kovinic
Match played	1	2
Tot Set	3	5
Tot Games	29	54
Pts	98-95	193-177
Total Points	193	370
Winners	34	66
%Winners	35%	34%

Samsonova played 1 match while Kovinic competed in 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Liudmila Samsonova conceded 1 set, while Danka Kovinic surrendered 1 set. Samsonova has played 2 set(s) less than Kovinic (3 vs 5). Therefore, Samsonova played 25 games less than Kovinic. The Russian scored 34 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Kovinic blasted 66 winners (34%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Samsonova	Kovinic
Aces	5	5
Avg per match	5	2.5
1st in	54/101	95/183
%1st in	53%	52%
1st pts	34/54	66/95
%1st pts	63%	69%
2nd pts	26/47	37/88
%2nd pts	55%	42%

Samsonova scored 5 aces . Kovinic fired 5 aces (2.5 per match). Samsonova won 63% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Kovinic won 69% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 42% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Samsonova	Kovinic
Won	5	12
Converted	5/11	12/27
% Converted	45%	44%
Conceded	16	18
Saved	13	8
% Saved	81%	44%
Times Broken	3	10

The Russian broke her opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Ludmilla conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 81% of the break points that she conceded. Kovinic broke her opponents 12 times with a 44% conversion rate. The conceded her serve 10 times and she saved 44% of the break points that she conceded.

Samsonova
	R2 Li	Total
Score	4-6 6-4 6-3
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	29	29
pts	98-95	98-95
Total points	193	193
Winners	34	34
%Winners	35%	35%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	54/101	54/101
% 1st in	53%	53%
1st pts	34/54	34/54
% 1st pts	63%	63%
2nd pts	26/47	26/47
% 2nd pts	55%	55%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/11	5/11
Converted %	45%	45%
Conceded	16	16
Saved	13/16	13
Saved %	81%	81%
Times Broken	3	3

Kovinic
	R1 Belen Teichmann	R2 Pliskova	Total
Score	7-5 7-5	2-6 7-5 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	24	30	54
pts	89-75	104-102	193-177
Total points	164	206	370
Winners	28	38	66
%Winners	31%	37%	34%
SERVE
Aces	2	3	5
Double Faults	5	7	12
1st in	41/87	54/96	95/183
% 1st in	47%	56%	52%
1st pts	28/41	38/54	66/95
% 1st pts	68%	70%	69%
2nd pts	23/46	14/42	37/88
% 2nd pts	50%	33%	42%
Breaks
Won	6	6	12
Converted	6/11	6/16	12/27
Converted %	55%	38%	44%
Conceded	8	10	18
Saved	4/8	4/10	8
Saved %	50%	40%	90%
Times Broken	4	6	10

Tennis Scores in Indian Wells

• Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Tereza MartincovaMartincova (6-2 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Shelby RogersRogers – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (7-5 7-6⁷) – See score progression
• Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Magdalena FrechFrech (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Elise MertensMertens – Marta KostyukKostyuk (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Kristina KucovaKucova (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Daria SavilleSaville – Ons JabeurJabeur (7-5 6-7⁰ 6-4) – See score progression
• Elena RybakinaRybakina – Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Petra KvitovaKvitova – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (6-7⁴ 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Maria SakkariSakkari – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Astra SharmaSharma (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (2-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo – Kaja JuvanJuvan (3-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Viktorija GolubicGolubic – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (6-3 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Anhelina KalininaKalinina (5-7 6-0 6-1) – See score progression
• Alison RiskeRiske – Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza (0-6 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Emma RaducanuRaducanu – Caroline GarciaGarcia (6-1 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Katie VolynetsVolynets (6-4 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Danka KovinicKovinic – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (2-6 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Angelique KerberKerber – Qinwen ZhengZheng (6-2 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
• Clara TausonTauson – Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Alize CornetCornet (6-4 0-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Simona HalepHalep – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (6-2 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Harriet DartDart – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (2-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova – Ann LiLi (4-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Petra MarticMartic – Tamara ZidansekZidansek (7-5 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Kaia KanepiKanepi – Belinda BencicBencic (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Madison KeysKeys – Misaki DoiDoi (6-4 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Cori GauffGauff – Claire LiuLiu (6-1 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Fernando VerdascoVerdasco – Facundo BagnisBagnis (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (3-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Alexandr DolgopolovDolgopolov – Horacio ZeballosZeballos (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Ernests GulbisGulbis (4-6 7-6⁵ 6-3) – See score progression
• Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen – Pablo CuevasCuevas (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• David FerrerFerrer – Dustin BrownBrown (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Andrey KuznetsovKuznetsov – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (4-6 7-6⁵ 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Renzo OlivoOlivo (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Tereza MartincovaMartincova (6-2 7-6(4)) – See score progression
• Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo – Kaja JuvanJuvan (3-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Shelby RogersRogers – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (7-5 7-6(7)) – See score progression
• Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Magdalena FrechFrech (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Kristina KucovaKucova (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Maria SakkariSakkari – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Petra KvitovaKvitova – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (6-7(4) 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Elise MertensMertens – Marta KostyukKostyuk (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Daria SavilleSaville – Ons JabeurJabeur (7-5 6-7(0) 6-4) – See score progression
• Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Astra SharmaSharma (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Elena RybakinaRybakina – Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Viktorija GolubicGolubic – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (6-3 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (2-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jessica PegulaPegula – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Naomi OsakaOsaka – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Simona HalepHalep – Cori GauffGauff (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Emma RaducanuRaducanu – Petra MarticMartic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova – Danka KovinicKovinic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Clara TausonTauson (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Darya KasatkinaKasatkina – Angelique KerberKerber (4-5) – H2H and prediction
• Harriet DartDart – Kaia KanepiKanepi (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Madison KeysKeys – Alison RiskeRiske (6-1) – H2H and prediction
• Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo (3-2) – H2H and prediction
• Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Anett KontaveitKontaveit (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Maria SakkariSakkari – Petra KvitovaKvitova (3-3) – H2H and prediction
• Elise MertensMertens – Daria GavrilovaGavrilova (3-1) – H2H and prediction
• Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Elena RybakinaRybakina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Viktorija GolubicGolubic – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (2-0) – H2H and prediction