Liudmila Samsonova and Cristina Bucsa will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the China Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 11:00 am on MOON. 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 Liudmila Samsonova who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Liudmila Samsonova is the pick to win this match.
Liudmila Samsonova -> 1.177
Cristina Bucsa -> 4.9

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Prediction and head to head Liudmila Samsonova vs. Cristina Bucsa

There is no head to head record between Liudmila Samsonova and Cristina Bucsa since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Liudmila Samsonova

Ranked no. 15, the Russian will start her run in Beijing after she played her last match in Seoul where she lost 6-4 6-2 to Kudermetova in the 2^nd round on the 18^th of September.

The Russian has an overall 26-21 win-loss record in 2024, 12-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Her best result of the current season was winning the title in Hertogenbosch where she overcame Bianca Vanessa Andreescu in the final 4-6 6-3 7-5.

Talking about her overall career, Samsonova has an overall 294-173 record. She has a positive 110-67 record on hard.

Previously in Beijing

Previously, her best result was reaching the final in 2023. See her history.

Cristina Bucsa

Ranked no. 79, the Spaniard got to the 2^nd round after defeating Xinxin Yao 6-3 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Cristina had a good straight sets win against Yao (6-3 6-2). During the match Bucsa scored 74 points vs Yao’s 51. Cristina was exceptionally aggressive to blast 19 winners.

Talking about serving, Bucsa scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 4 double faults. Cristina Bucsa lost the serve 3 times and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Bucsa put 60% of her first serves in, winning 66% (19/29) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (9/19) on the 2nd serve. Bucsa broke Yao 7 times after converting 41% of her break points (7/17).

Bucsa has a compiled 19-25 win-loss record in 2024, 9-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Beijing

Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See her history.

Tennis Scores in Beijing

• Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan – Caroline DolehideDolehide (6-3 5-7 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Paula BadosaBadosa – Viktoriya TomovaTomova (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Yuliia StarodubtsevaStarodubtseva – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Peyton StearnsStearns – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (7-5 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Shuai ZhangZhang – Emma NavarroNavarro (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Diana ShnaiderShnaider – Sofia KeninKenin (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Hailey BaptisteBaptiste (3-6 7-6² 7-6⁵) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jessica PegulaPegula – Diane ParryParry (6-1 7-6⁴) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Katie BoulterBoulter – Taylor TownsendTownsend (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Greetje MinnenMinnen – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (7-5 2-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Naomi OsakaOsaka – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (3-6 6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Rebecca SramkovaSramkova – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (5-7 6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Katie Volynets
  Volynets – Marta KostyukKostyuk (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Xinyu WangWang (3-6 6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Patrik RiklRikl – Pavel NejedlyNejedly (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Vit KoprivaKopriva – Michal FranekFranek (3-6 6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alexander VasilenkoVasilenko – Tadeas ParoulekParoulek (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• David PoljakPoljak – Mikalai HaliakHaliak (6-2 5-2 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jan MertlMertl – Pavel KotovKotov (7-6³ 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Oscar Jose GutierrezJose Gutierrez – Robin StanekStanek (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Tomas MachacMachac – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Mananchaya SawangkaewSawangkaew (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Madison KeysKeys – Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Sijia WeiWei – Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova – Cristina BucsaBucsa (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto – Elise MertensMertens (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Yue YuanYuan – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jaqueline CristianCristian – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Clara TausonTauson (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Moyuka UchijimaUchijima – Magda LinetteLinette (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Viktorija GolubicGolubic – Donna VekicVekic (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Darya KasatkinaKasatkina – Jana FettFett (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Nadia PodoroskaPodoroska (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Kamilla RakhimovaRakhimova – Qinwen ZhengZheng (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Clara BurelBurel – Cori GauffGauff (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Magdalena FrechFrech – Alycia ParksParks (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan – Yulia StarodubtsewaStarodubtsewa (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Peyton StearnsStearns – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Katie VolynetsVolynets – Naomi OsakaOsaka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Shuai ZhangZhang – Greetje MinnenMinnen (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Rebecca SramkovaSramkova (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Jessica PegulaPegula (2-0) – H2H and prediction