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Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs Iva Jovic — US Open R1 Preview
🧠 Form & Context
Aliaksandra Sasnovich (No. 121, age 31)
- 🇧🇾 Veteran counterpuncher with crafty redirection and variety.
- 📉 Decline phase: last full season inside top-100 was 2019; dipped as low as No. 149 earlier in 2025.
- 🔥 2025 highs: SF in Cluj-Napoca and two 125Ks (Vic, Paris).
- 📊 2025: 27–21 overall, but just 2–8 on hard.
- 🏟️ US Open: last MD win in 2022 (R2).
- ⚠️ Current form: 4-match skid, including Q losses in Montreal & Cincinnati.
Iva Jovic (No. 76, age 17)
- 🇺🇸 Teen surge with poise beyond her years.
- 📈 2025: 29–12 (13–7 hard); titles at Ilkley & Charlottesville ITF; Cincinnati R3 (d. Noskova).
- 🔥 Slams: already R2 at AO, RG, and USO 2024 (d. Linette on debut).
- 💡 Strengths: fearless baseline weight, taking time away from opponents.
- ⚠️ Weakness: still raw physically; can overhit under pressure, but resilience trending up.
📘 Head-to-Head
- First meeting (0–0).
🔍 Match Breakdown
Form contrast: Sasnovich is searching for wins on hard; Jovic is stacking confidence against higher-ranked players.
Baseline battle: Sasnovich’s redirection and change-ups vs Jovic’s heavier, cleaner first-strike ball. If Jovic lands depth, she dictates.
Physical edge: Jovic’s fresher legs and recent match load vs Sasnovich’s patchy results and qualifying grind.
Mental layer: Jovic already owns Slam wins and a top-50 scalp this summer; Sasnovich’s belief looks fragile.
🔮 Prediction
Sasnovich has the guile to complicate patterns and maybe nick a set if she frustrates the teenager, but the momentum and weight of shot favor the American.
Pick: Jovic in straight sets — a tight opener is live, then the pace gap should tell.
📊 Tale of the Tape (Qualitative)
- First-strike weight: Jovic.
- Variety & redirection: Sasnovich.
- Hard-court form: Jovic.
- Big-stage reps (recent): Jovic.
- Upset trigger: If Jovic sprays early and Sasnovich drags rallies with pace changes and angles.
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