Ekaterina Alexandrova and Lulu Sun will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Abierto GNP Seguros for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 5:00 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 Ekaterina Alexandrova who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ekaterina Alexandrova is the pick to win this match.
Ekaterina Alexandrova -> 1.615
Lulu Sun -> 2.31

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Prediction and head to head Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Lulu Sun

This will be the 2^nd time that Ekaterina Alexandrova and Lulu Sun face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Alexandrova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Alexandrova won 7-5 7-6(6)

in the quarter in Seoul back in 2022.

Highlights Ekaterina Alexandrova vs Lulu Sun – Seoul 23-September-2022

Ekaterina Alexandrova

Ranked no. 30, Ekaterina reached the semifinal after defeating Unknown Player bye, Renata Zarazua 6-3 6-4 and Yue Yuan 7-5 7-6(3).

In the quarter, Alexandrova had a good straight sets win against Yuan (7-5 7-6³). During the match, Alexandrova scored 91 points vs Yuan’s 80. The Russian was extremely aggressive to blast 39 winners.

Regarding the service games, Alexandrova blasted 7 aces and she committed only 7 double faults. Ekaterina Alexandrova lost the serve twice and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Alexandrova put 61% of her first serves in, winning 76% (39/51) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (15/32) on the 2nd serve. Alexandrova broke Yuan 3 times after converting 30% of her break points (3/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Russian hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to conquer 54% of the points she played.

Alexandrova has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 60% of her matches (321-211). 11-8 on hard in 2024. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Alexandrova has an aggregate 101-81 match record in the last years on hard.

The Russian’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in Linz.

The Russian has an overall 20-19 win-loss record in 2024, 11-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Monterrey

Alexandrova has never competed in this tournament before.

Lulu Sun

Ranked no. 57, LuluAnke reached the semifinal after defeating Chloe Paquet 7-6(3) 6-3, Maria Lourdes Carle 6-3 2-6 7-6(2) and Erika Andreeva 6-4 6-3.

In the quarter, LuluAnke had a good straight sets win against Andreeva (6-4 6-3). During the match Sun scored 62 points vs Andreeva’s 45. The Kiwi was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.

About the serving games, Sun scored 8 aces and she was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Lulu Sun was quite efficient on serve to win 82% (28/34) of her 1st serve and 71% (10/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Sun broke Andreeva 3 times after converting 50% of her break points (3/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

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

Her best result of the season was winning the title the W50 Roehampton where she defeated Heather Watson in the final 7-5 7-5 and the W100 Bonita Springs where she defeated Maya Joint in the final 6-1 6-3.

The Kiwi has an aggregate 40-18 win-loss record in 2024, 16-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Alexandrova	Sun
Match played	2	3
Tot Set	4	7
Tot Games	44	71
Pts	153-129	242-209
Total Points	282	451
Winners	67	97
%Winners	44%	40%

Alexandrova played 2 matches while Sun competed in 3 matches. At the moment, Lulu Sun surrendered 1 set while Ekaterina Alexandrova hasn’t dropped a set so far. Alexandrova has played 3 set(s) less than Sun (4 vs 7). Therefore, Alexandrova played 27 games less than Sun. Ekaterina scored 67 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Kiwi bagged 97 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Alexandrova	Sun
Aces	24	20
Avg per match	12	6.7
1st in	87/140	132/222
%1st in	62%	59%
1st pts	67/87	97/132
%1st pts	77%	73%
2nd pts	29/53	55/90
%2nd pts	55%	61%

Alexandrova made 24 aces (12 per match). Sun recorded 20 aces (6.7 per match). Alexandrova won 77% points behind her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Sun won 73% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 61% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Alexandrova	Sun
Won	5	7
Converted	5/16	7/18
% Converted	31%	39%
Conceded	6	11
Saved	4	7
% Saved	67%	64%
Times Broken	2	4

Ekaterina broke her opponents 5 times with a 31% conversion rate. The Russian lost her serve twice and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded. LuluAnke broke her opponents 7 times with a 39% conversion rate. The Kiwi conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 64% of the break points that she conceded.

Alexandrova
	R2 Zarazua	1/4 Yuan	Total
Score	6-3 6-4	7-5 7-63
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	19	25	44
pts	62-49	91-80	153-129
Total points	111	171	282
Winners	28	39	67
%Winners	45%	43%	44%
SERVE
Aces	17	7	24
Double Faults	1	7	8
1st in	36/57	51/83	87/140
% 1st in	63%	61%	62%
1st pts	28/36	39/51	67/87
% 1st pts	78%	76%	77%
2nd pts	14/21	15/32	29/53
% 2nd pts	67%	47%	55%
Breaks
Won	2	3	5
Converted	2/6	3/10	5/16
Converted %	33%	30%	31%
Conceded	1	5	6
Saved	1/1	3/5	4
Saved %	100%	60%	80%
Times Broken	0	2	2

Sun
	R1 Paquet	R2 Lourdes	1/4 Andreeva	Total
Score	7-63 6-3	6-3 2-6 7-62	6-4 6-3
Tot Set	2	3	2	7
Tot Games	22	30	19	71
pts	73-59	107-105	62-45	242-209
Total points	132	212	107	451
Winners	32	37	28	97
%Winners	44%	35%	45%	40%
SERVE
Aces	7	5	8	20
Double Faults	5	4	0	9
1st in	41/69	57/105	34/48	132/222
% 1st in	59%	54%	71%	59%
1st pts	32/41	37/57	28/34	97/132
% 1st pts	78%	65%	82%	73%
2nd pts	18/28	27/48	10/14	55/90
% 2nd pts	64%	56%	71%	61%
Breaks
Won	2	2	3	7
Converted	2/4	2/8	3/6	7/18
Converted %	50%	25%	50%	39%
Conceded	3	8	0	11
Saved	2/3	5/8	0/0	7
Saved %	67%	63%	–	65%
Times Broken	1	3	0	4

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Upcoming matches in the draw

• Lulu SunSun – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (0-1) – H2H and prediction