Maria Sakkari and Xinyu Wang will face off in the 3rd round of the China Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 4:30 pm on DIAMOND. 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 Maria Sakkari who should win in 3 sets.
Maria Sakkari -> 1.49
Xinyu Wang -> 2.62
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Prediction and head to head Maria Sakkari vs. Xinyu Wang
There is no head to head record between Maria Sakkari and Xinyu Wang since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Maria Sakkari
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-11 | 12-6 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-25 | 26-17 | 5-4 | 3-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-23 | 21-12 | 8-5 | 4-2 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 38-20 | 23-13 | 9-4 | 5-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-11 | 12-7 | 2-2 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 6, the Greek got to the 3rd round after beating Linda Fruhvirtova 6-4 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Sakkari had a good straight sets win against Fruhvirtova (6-4 6-2). During the match, Sakkari scored 68 points vs Fruhvirtova’s 53. The Greek was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Sakkari fired 3 aces and she was pretty steady in conceding no double faults. Maria Sakkari lost the serve twice and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Sakkari put 55% of her first serves in, winning 78% (25/32) of the points behind her 1st serve and 42% (11/26) on the 2nd serve. Maria broke Fruhvirtova 5 times after converting 50% of her break points (5/10).
Sakkari has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 62% of her matches (378-228). 25-12 on hard in 2023. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Sakkari has a composed 181-114 match record in the last years on hard.
Her best result of the current year was winning the title in Guadalajara where she overcame Caroline Dolehide in the final 7-5 6-3.
Maria has a compiled 37-20 win-loss record in 2023, 25-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Beijing
Xinyu Wang
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-14 | 12-10 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-24 | 32-17 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 31-27 | 8-14 | 5-5 | 15-6 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-26 | 10-9 | 6-8 | 14-6 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 16-10 | 6-6 | 2-1 | 8-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 37 (career-high), Xinyu got to the 3rd round after beating Vera Zvonareva 6-4 6-3 and Daria Kasatkina 6-4 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Xinyu had a good straight sets win against Kasatkina (6-4 6-2). During the match Wang scored 68 points vs Kasatkina’s 52. The Chinese was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.
About the serving games, Wang scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Xinyu Wang lost the serve twice and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Wang put 56% of her first serves in, winning 68% (23/34) of the points behind her 1st serve and 52% (14/27) on the 2nd serve. Xinyu broke Kasatkina 5 times after converting 50% of her break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Xinyu hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points she played.
Her best result of the year was winning the title the W100 Landisville where she defeated Madison Brengle in the final 6-2 6-3.
Wang has an aggregate 36-21 win-loss record in 2023, 31-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sakkari | Wang |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 37 |
| Pts | 68-53 | 140-113 |
| Total Points | 121 | 253 |
| Winners | 25 | 46 |
| %Winners | 37% | 33% |
Sakkari played 1 match while Wang competed in 2 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Sakkari has played 2 set(s) less than Wang (2 vs 4). Therefore, Sakkari played 19 games less than Wang. The Greek scored 25 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Wang made 46 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sakkari | Wang |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 1 |
| 1st in | 32/58 | 68/120 |
| %1st in | 55% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 25/32 | 46/68 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 11/26 | 28/52 |
| %2nd pts | 42% | 54% |
Sakkari bagged 3 aces . Wang blasted 2 aces (1 per match). Sakkari won 78% points on her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Wang won 68% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sakkari | Wang |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 9 |
| Converted | 5/10 | 9/22 |
| % Converted | 50% | 41% |
| Conceded | 5 | 11 |
| Saved | 3 | 7 |
| % Saved | 60% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
Sakkari broke her opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Sakkari surrendered her serve twice and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded. The Chinese broke her opponents 9 times with a 41% conversion rate. The Chinese conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 64% of the break points that she conceded.
| Sakkari | |||
| R2 Fruhvirtova | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 68-53 | 68-53 | |
| Total points | 121 | 121 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 32/58 | 32/58 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 25/32 | 25/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/26 | 11/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Wang | ||||
| R1 Zvonareva | R2 Kasatkina | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 18 | 37 | |
| pts | 72-61 | 68-52 | 140-113 | |
| Total points | 133 | 120 | 253 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 34% | 33% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 34/59 | 34/61 | 68/120 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 56% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 23/34 | 23/34 | 46/68 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/25 | 14/27 | 28/52 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 52% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 5/10 | 9/22 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 50% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 3/5 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 60% | 127% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Tennis Scores in Beijing
- Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova – Marta KostyukKostyuk (6-4 6-74 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Magda LinetteLinette (6-1 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Mirra AndreevaAndreeva (2-6 6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Jessica PegulaPegula (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Xin Yu WangYu Wang (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Cori GauffGauff (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Anhelina KalininaKalinina – Caroline GarciaGarcia (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova (2-1) – H2H and prediction