Veronika Kudermetova and Liudmila Samsonova will fight against each other in the quarter of the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open for the 4^th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 9:00 pm on Stadium Court. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Veronika Kudermetova who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Veronika Kudermetova is the pick to win this match.
Veronika Kudermetova -> 1.69
Liudmila Samsonova -> 2.17

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Prediction and head to head Veronika Kudermetova vs. Liudmila Samsonova

This will be the 4^th time that Veronika Kudermetova and Liudmila Samsonova clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Kudermetova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Kudermetova won 6-3 6-7(5) 6-1 in the 2^nd round in Berlin back in 2022.

Veronika Kudermetova

Ranked no. 11, Kudermetova got to the quarter after defeating Elise Mertens 6-1 7-5.

In the 2^nd round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Mertens (6-1 7-5). During the match, Kudermetova scored 70 points vs Mertens’s 53. Veronika was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about the service games, Kudermetova made 4 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Veronika Kudermetova lost the serve twice and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Kudermetova put 73% of her first serves in, winning 63% (24/38) of the points behind her 1st serve and 64% (9/14) on the 2nd serve. Veronika broke Mertens 6 times after converting 55% of her break points (6/11).

Kudermetova has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 61% of her matches (301-194). 6-2 on hard in 2023. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Kudermetova has an overall 148-95 match record in the last years on hard.

Kudermetova’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Adelaide.

Veronika has an aggregate 6-2 win-loss record in 2023, 6-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Abu Dhabi

Liudmila Samsonova

Ranked no. 19 (career-high), Ludmilla got to the quarter after beating Claire Liu 3-6 6-2 6-0 and Barbora Krejcikova 7-5 7-6⁶.

In the 2^nd round, Samsonova had a good straight sets win against Krejcikova (7-5 7-6⁶). During the match Samsonova scored 90 points vs Krejcikova’s 89. Ludmilla was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Talking about serving, Samsonova made 4 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Liudmila Samsonova lost the serve 4 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Samsonova put 50% of her first serves in, winning 66% (27/41) of the points behind her 1st serve and 49% (20/41) on the 2nd serve. Ludmilla broke Krejcikova 5 times after converting 29% of her break points (5/17).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Ludmilla has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points she played.

Samsonova has an overall 4-3 win-loss record in 2023, 4-3 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Kudermetova	Samsonova
Match played	1	2
Tot Set	2	5
Tot Games	19	48
Pts	70-53	172-148
Total Points	123	320
Winners	24	53
%Winners	34%	31%

Kudermetova played 1 match while Samsonova competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Liudmila Samsonova surrendered 1 set while Veronika Kudermetova hasn’t lost a set so far. Kudermetova has played 3 set(s) less than Samsonova (2 vs 5). Therefore, Kudermetova played 29 games less than Samsonova. The Russian scored 24 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Ludmilla struck 53 winners (31%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Kudermetova	Samsonova
Aces	4	10
Avg per match	4	5
1st in	38/52	71/141
%1st in	73%	50%
1st pts	24/38	53/71
%1st pts	63%	75%
2nd pts	9/14	34/70
%2nd pts	64%	49%

Kudermetova made 4 aces . Samsonova managed to score 10 aces (5 per match). Kudermetova won 63% points on her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Samsonova won 75% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 49% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Kudermetova	Samsonova
Won	6	11
Converted	6/11	11/25
% Converted	55%	44%
Conceded	5	12
Saved	3	6
% Saved	60%	50%
Times Broken	2	6

The Russian broke her opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. Kudermetova lost her serve twice and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded. Ludmilla broke her opponents 11 times with a 44% conversion rate. Ludmilla conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.

Kudermetova
	R2 Mertens	Total
Score	6-1 7-5
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	70-53	70-53
Total points	123	123
Winners	24	24
%Winners	34%	34%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	38/52	38/52
% 1st in	73%	73%
1st pts	24/38	24/38
% 1st pts	63%	63%
2nd pts	9/14	9/14
% 2nd pts	64%	64%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/11	6/11
Converted %	55%	55%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	3/5	3
Saved %	60%	60%
Times Broken	2	2

Samsonova
	R1 Liu	R2 Krejcikova	Total
Score	3-6 6-2 6-0	7-5 7-66
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	23	25	48
pts	82-59	90-89	172-148
Total points	141	179	320
Winners	26	27	53
%Winners	32%	30%	31%
SERVE
Aces	6	4	10
Double Faults	1	3	4
1st in	30/59	41/82	71/141
% 1st in	51%	50%	50%
1st pts	26/30	27/41	53/71
% 1st pts	87%	66%	75%
2nd pts	14/29	20/41	34/70
% 2nd pts	48%	49%	49%
Breaks
Won	6	5	11
Converted	6/8	5/17	11/25
Converted %	75%	29%	44%
Conceded	2	10	12
Saved	0/2	6/10	6
Saved %	0%	60%	60%
Times Broken	2	4	6

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