Sorana Cirstea and Anna Kalinskaya will play each other in the 2^nd round of the U.S. Open for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on Court 5. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sorana Cirstea who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Sorana Cirstea is the pick to win this match.
Sorana Cirstea -> 1.615
Anna Kalinskaya -> 2.31

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Prediction and head to head Sorana Cirstea vs. Anna Kalinskaya

This will be the 3^rd time that Sorana Cirstea and Anna Kalinskaya play each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Cirstea and Kalinskaya (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Cirstea won 5-7 6-1 6-0 in the 3^rd round in Indian Wells back in 2022.

Sorana Cirstea

Ranked no. 30, the Romanian got to the 2^nd round after beating Kayla Day 6-2 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Cirstea had a good straight sets win against Day (6-2 6-3). During the match, Cirstea scored 66 points vs Day’s 48. The Romanian was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Regarding the service games, Cirstea fired 6 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Sorana Cirstea lost the serve once and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Cirstea put 59% of her first serves in, winning 68% (28/41) of the points behind her 1st serve and 55% (16/29) on the 2nd serve. Sorana broke Day 4 times after converting 50% of her break points (4/8).

Cirstea has good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 53% of her matches (230-205). 17-11 on hard in 2023. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Cirstea has an aggregate 111-97 record in the last years on hard.

Her best result of the current season was winning the title the Reus where she beat Elizabeth Mandlik in the final 6-1 4-6 7-6(1).

Sorana has a composed 27-18 win-loss record in 2023, 17-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Anna Kalinskaya

Ranked no. 89, Anna reached the 2^nd round after beating Katerina Siniakova 6-4 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Anna had a good straight sets win against Siniakova (6-4 6-2). During the match Kalinskaya scored 63 points vs Siniakova’s 46. The Russian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Talking about serving, Kalinskaya scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 3 double faults. Anna Kalinskaya lost the serve 3 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Kalinskaya put 64% of her first serves in, winning 69% (22/32) of the points behind her 1st serve and 44% (8/18) on the 2nd serve. Anna broke Siniakova 6 times after converting 67% of her break points (6/9).

Kalinskaya has an aggregate 16-12 win-loss record in 2023, 9-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2019, 2020 and 2022. See her history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Cirstea	Kalinskaya
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	18
Pts	66-48	63-46
Total Points	114	109
Winners	28	22
%Winners	42%	35%

Both Cirstea and Kalinskaya played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Cirstea and Kalinskaya have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Cirstea played 1 game less than Kalinskaya. Sorana scored 28 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Kalinskaya made 22 winners (35%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Cirstea	Kalinskaya
Aces	6	1
Avg per match	6	1
1st in	41/70	32/50
%1st in	59%	64%
1st pts	28/41	22/32
%1st pts	68%	69%
2nd pts	16/29	8/18
%2nd pts	55%	44%

Cirstea managed to score 6 aces . Kalinskaya managed to score 1 ace . Cirstea won 68% points on her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Kalinskaya won 69% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 44% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Cirstea	Kalinskaya
Won	4	6
Converted	4/8	6/9
% Converted	50%	67%
Conceded	7	5
Saved	6	2
% Saved	86%	40%
Times Broken	1	3

The Romanian broke her opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Sorana lost her serve once and she saved 86% of the break points that she conceded. Kalinskaya broke her opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. Kalinskaya conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 40% of the break points that she conceded.

Cirstea
	R1 Day	Total
Score	6-2 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	66-48	66-48
Total points	114	114
Winners	28	28
%Winners	42%	42%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	41/70	41/70
% 1st in	59%	59%
1st pts	28/41	28/41
% 1st pts	68%	68%
2nd pts	16/29	16/29
% 2nd pts	55%	55%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/8	4/8
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	6/7	6
Saved %	86%	86%
Times Broken	1	1

Kalinskaya
	R1 Siniakova	Total
Score	6-4 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	18
pts	63-46	63-46
Total points	109	109
Winners	22	22
%Winners	35%	35%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	32/50	32/50
% 1st in	64%	64%
1st pts	22/32	22/32
% 1st pts	69%	69%
2nd pts	8/18	8/18
% 2nd pts	44%	44%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/9	6/9
Converted %	67%	67%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	2/5	2
Saved %	40%	40%
Times Broken	3	3

Tennis Scores – U.S. Open

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• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Marius CopilCopil (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Tomas BerdychBerdych – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Steve JohnsonJohnson – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Fernando VerdascoVerdasco – Guillermo Garcia-LopezGarcia-Lopez (4-6 6-0 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Dusan LajovicLajovic (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Sam QuerreyQuerrey – Radu AlbotAlbot (7-6⁴ 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Kyle EdmundEdmund (7-6⁴ 4-6 7-6⁵) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jack SockSock – Yuki BhambriBhambri (6-3 7-6³) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Denis IstominIstomin (6-1 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (6-4 1-6 7-6⁵) – Stats, scores, rankings
• David FerrerFerrer – Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Kevin Anderson
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• Borna CoricCoric – Leonardo MayerMayer (6-7⁵ 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (6-1 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Roger FedererFederer (3-6 6-3 7-6⁴) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Fabio FogniniFognini – Nicola KuhnKuhn (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Benoit PairePaire – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Hyeon ChungChung – Matthew EbdenEbden (6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Maximilian MartererMarterer (4-6 6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Kei NishikoriNishikori – John MillmanMillman (7-6⁴ 4-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Mikhail YouzhnyYouzhny – Gilles MullerMuller (4-6 6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Milos RaonicRaonic – Mikael YmerYmer (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
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• Michael MmohMmoh – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (7-6⁴ 2-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
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• Vasek PospisilPospisil – Andrey RublevRublev (7-6⁵ 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
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