Sofia Kenin and Polina Kudermetova will clash 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 Friday at 11:00 am 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 Sofia Kenin who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Sofia Kenin is the pick to win this match.
Sofia Kenin -> 1.44
Polina Kudermetova -> 2.79

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Prediction and head to head Sofia Kenin vs. Polina Kudermetova

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

Sofia Kenin

Ranked no. 26, Sofia will start her run in Beijing after she played her last match in Seoul where she lost 6-3 6-1 to Joint in the 2^nd round on the 17^th of September.

The American has a compiled 26-21 win-loss record in 2025, 14-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

The American’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in Charleston.

Talking about her overall career, The American has an overall 299-212 record. She has a positive 180-125 record on hard.

Previously in Beijing

Previously, her best result was reaching the 3^rd round in 2019. See her history.

Polina Kudermetova

Ranked no. 76, Kudermetova got to the 2^nd round after beating Maddison Inglis 7-5 7-6(7).

In the 1^st round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Inglis (7-5 7-6⁷). During the match Kudermetova scored 91 points vs Inglis’s 83. Polina was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.

About the serving games, Kudermetova blasted 7 aces and she committed only 7 double faults. Polina Kudermetova lost the serve 4 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kudermetova put 51% of her first serves in, winning 66% (29/44) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (19/42) on the 2nd serve. Kudermetova broke Inglis 5 times after converting 45% of her break points (5/11).

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

Kudermetova has a compiled 17-21 win-loss record in 2025, 16-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Beijing

Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2024. See her history.

Tennis Scores in Beijing

• Marcelo ArevaloArevalo – Maverick BanesBanes (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Gian Marco MoroniMarco Moroni (7-5 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Riccardo BalzeraniBalzerani – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (2-6 6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Pedro SousaSousa – Julian OcleppoOcleppo (6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Hugo DellienDellien – Riccardo BonadioBonadio (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Danilo PetrovicPetrovic – Duckhee LeeLee (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Renzo OlivoOlivo – Scott GriekspoorGriekspoor (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alexandre MullerMuller – Elliot BenchetritBenchetrit (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Tommy RobredoRobredo – Alex MolcanMolcan (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic – Tristan LamasineLamasine (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Filip PeliwoPeliwo (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Sebastian FanselowFanselow – Paolo LorenziLorenzi (6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Taro DanielDaniel (6-1 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Sumit NagalNagal – Laurynas GrigelisGrigelis (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Martin CuevasCuevas – Mario Vilella MartinezVilella Martinez (6-3 2-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jose Hernandez-FernandezHernandez-Fernandez – Francesco FortiForti (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings

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