Ann Li and Polina Kudermetova will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Merida Open Akron for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 7:00 pm on ESTADIO AKRON. 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 Ann Li who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ann Li is the pick to win this match.
Ann Li -> 1.51
Polina Kudermetova -> 2.56

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Prediction and head to head Ann Li vs. Polina Kudermetova

There is no head to head record between Ann Li and Polina Kudermetova since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Ann Li

Ranked no. 111, Ann reached the semifinal after beating Nuria Parrizas-Diaz 6-0 6-4, Antonia Ruzic 6-2 6-2 and Jil Teichmann 6-1 6-1.

In the quarter, Ann had a good straight sets win against Belen Teichmann (6-1 6-1). During the match, Li scored 56 points vs Belen Teichmann’s 29. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 17 winners.

Regarding the service games, Li scored just 1 ace during the encounter and she committed only 2 double faults. Ann Li lost the serve twice and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Li put 56% of her first serves in, winning 71% (17/24) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (9/19) on the 2nd serve. Li broke Belen Teichmann 7 times after converting 70% of her break points (7/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Ann hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to win 63% of the points she played.

Li has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 60% of her matches (230-152). 15-13 on hard in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Li has a compiled129-85 match record in the last 9 years on hard.

Her best result of the current season was winning the title the Valencia where she beat Viktoriya Tomova in the final 6-3 6-4.

Li has an aggregate 41-25 win-loss record in 2024, 15-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Merida

The American has never competed in this tournament before.

Polina Kudermetova

Ranked no. 133, Polina got to the semifinal after beating Nadia Podoroska 6-1 6-1, Varvara Lepchenko 6-3 6-4 and Nina Stojanovic 5-7 6-4 6-3.

In the quarter against Stojanovic, Kudermetova recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-4 6-3). During the match Kudermetova scored 105 points vs Stojanovic’s 103. Polina was pretty aggressive to blast 36 winners.

About the serving games, Kudermetova struck 5 aces and she was not very solid on her 2nd serve to score 11 double faults. Polina Kudermetova lost the serve 6 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Kudermetova put 49% of her first serves in, winning 68% (36/53) of the points behind her 1st serve and 41% (23/56) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Stojanovic 7 times after converting 64% of her break points (7/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Russian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points she played.

Her best result of the year was conquering the title the W50 Indore where she overcame Dalila Jakupovic in the final 3-6 6-2 6-0.

Polina has a compiled 48-31 win-loss record in 2024, 24-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Li	Kudermetova
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	6	7
Tot Games	46	64
Pts	175-102	234-195
Total Points	277	429
Winners	64	80
%Winners	37%	34%

Both Li and Kudermetova played 3 matches. At the moment, Polina Kudermetova surrendered 1 set while Ann Li hasn’t dropped a set so far. Li has played 1 set(s) less than Kudermetova (6 vs 7). Therefore, Li played 18 games less than Kudermetova. Ann scored 64 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Kudermetova made 80 winners (34%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Li	Kudermetova
Aces	3	8
Avg per match	1	2.7
1st in	91/133	114/214
%1st in	68%	53%
1st pts	64/91	80/114
%1st pts	70%	70%
2nd pts	22/42	46/100
%2nd pts	52%	46%

Li managed to score 3 aces (1 per match). Kudermetova fired 8 aces (2.7 per match). Li won 70% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Kudermetova won 70% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 46% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Li	Kudermetova
Won	18	17
Converted	18/30	17/37
% Converted	60%	46%
Conceded	10	18
Saved	5	10
% Saved	50%	56%
Times Broken	5	8

The American broke her opponents 18 times with a 60% conversion rate. Ann surrendered her serve 5 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. Polina broke her opponents 17 times with a 46% conversion rate. Polina conceded her serve 8 times and she saved 56% of the break points that she conceded.

Li
	R1 Parrizas-Diaz	R2 Ruzic	1/4 Belen Teichmann	Total
Score	6-0 6-4	6-2 6-2	6-1 6-1
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	16	16	14	46
pts	57-37	62-36	56-29	175-102
Total points	94	98	85	277
Winners	22	25	17	64
%Winners	39%	40%	30%	37%
SERVE
Aces	1	1	1	3
Double Faults	1	0	2	3
1st in	34/47	33/43	24/43	91/133
% 1st in	72%	77%	56%	68%
1st pts	22/34	25/33	17/24	64/91
% 1st pts	65%	76%	71%	70%
2nd pts	7/13	6/10	9/19	22/42
% 2nd pts	54%	60%	47%	52%
Breaks
Won	6	5	7	18
Converted	6/9	5/11	7/10	18/30
Converted %	67%	45%	70%	60%
Conceded	4	3	3	10
Saved	2/4	2/3	1/3	5
Saved %	50%	67%	33%	50%
Times Broken	2	1	2	5

Kudermetova
	R1 Podoroska	R2 Lepchenko	1/4 Stojanovic	Total
Score	6-1 6-1	6-3 6-4	5-7 6-4 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	3	7
Tot Games	14	19	31	64
pts	61-36	68-56	105-103	234-195
Total points	97	124	208	429
Winners	17	27	36	80
%Winners	28%	40%	34%	34%
SERVE
Aces	2	1	5	8
Double Faults	2	2	11	15
1st in	23/46	38/59	53/109	114/214
% 1st in	50%	64%	49%	53%
1st pts	17/23	27/38	36/53	80/114
% 1st pts	74%	71%	68%	70%
2nd pts	14/23	9/21	23/56	46/100
% 2nd pts	61%	43%	41%	46%
Breaks
Won	5	5	7	17
Converted	5/15	5/11	7/11	17/37
Converted %	33%	45%	64%	46%
Conceded	1	4	13	18
Saved	1/1	2/4	7/13	10
Saved %	100%	50%	54%	68%
Times Broken	0	2	6	8

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