Aryna Sabalenka and Ann Li will face off in the 2nd round of the Western & Southern Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 7:00 pm on GRANDSTAND. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Aryna Sabalenka who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Aryna Sabalenka is the pick to win this match.
Aryna Sabalenka -> 1.154
Ann Li -> 5.4
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Prediction and head to head Aryna Sabalenka vs. Ann Li
This will be the 2nd time that Aryna Sabalenka and Ann Li play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Sabalenka (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Sabalenka won 6-3 6-1 in the 3rd round in at the Australian Open back in 2021.
Highlights Aryna Sabalenka vs Ann Li – Australian Open 12-February-2021
Aryna Sabalenka
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-9 | 14-4 | 15-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 55-14 | 35-9 | 14-3 | 0-0 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-22 | 20-15 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 45-18 | 24-11 | 13-3 | 1-1 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 29-10 | 14-7 | 6-3 | 9-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 2 (career-high), the Belarussian will start her run in Cincinnati after she played her last match in Montreal where she lost 7-6(2) 4-6 6-3 to Samsonova in the 3rd round on the 11th of August.
Aryna has a compiled 41-9 win-loss record in 2023, 21-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Her best result of the current season was conquering the title in Adelaide where she defeated Linda Noskova in the final 6-3 7-6(4) and at the Australian Open where she defeated Elena Rybakina in the final 4-6 6-3 6-4 and in Madrid where she overcame Iga Swiatek in the final 6-3 3-6 6-3.
Talking about her overall career, Aryna has an overall 304-149 record. She has a positive 175-80 record on hard.
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, her best result was reaching the semifinal in 2018 and 2022. See her history.
Ann Li
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-16 | 3-6 | 20-8 | 0-1 | 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. 192, Li reached the 2nd round after beating Lauren Davis 4-6 6-2 6-1, Alize Cornet 6-3 6-3 and Magda Linette 0-6 7-65 6-2.
In the 1st round against Linette, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (0-6 7-65 6-2).During the match Li scored less points (1) than Linette. In fact, the world no. 2 won 96 points vs Linette’s. That means that Li was more focused during the important points. Li was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.
About the serving games, Li recorded 2 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Ann Li lost the serve 6 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Li put 58% of her first serves in, winning 58% (33/57) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (21/42) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Linette 5 times after converting 50% of her break points (5/10).
The American’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the W100 Bonita Springs.
Ann has an aggregate 26-19 win-loss record in 2023, 10-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2020. See her history.
Head 2 Head
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- Ons JabeurJabeur – Anhelina KalininaKalinina (6-3 6-72 7-62) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Sloane StephensStephens – Caroline GarciaGarcia (4-6 6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Yuichi SugitaSugita – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (7-64 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Philipp KohlschreiberKohlschreiber (4-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lucas PouillePouille – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (6-4 3-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Malek JaziriJaziri – Robin HaaseHaase (7-64 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (6-4 6-72 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (6-1 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Borna CoricCoric – Benoit PairePaire (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Marcos BaghdatisBaghdatis (7-62 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
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