Natalija Senic vs Dusica Popovski — W35 Nairobi Round of 32

W35 Nairobi · CHALLENGER · Round of 32
SRB
Natalija Senic
#350WTA
23 yrs
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWLLWWLW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 5 January 2026
clay
SRB
Dusica Popovski
#1105WTA
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWLWLWWL
Senic N.
6-1 6-2
Popovski D.
Senic N.
662
Popovski D.
12–

Natalija Senic defeated Dusica Popovski 6-1 6-2 in the W35 Nairobi round of 32 on clay. The result followed the form book — Natalija Senic came in ranked #350, defending last year's quarter-final.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Senic N.serving38% hold

wins 45% of points on serve vs Popovski D.

Popovski D.serving36% hold

wins 44% of points on serve vs Senic N.

Baseline battle — serve is shaky, expect plenty of breaks

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Statistics

This season
Senic N.Popovski D.
1st serve in·Slight edge
69%
64%
1st serve points won·Even
58%
61%
2nd serve points won·Even
46%
43%
Service points won·Even
54%
54%
Return points won·Even
50%
51%
Break points saved·Even
45%
45%
Aces / match·Even
0.8
0.5
Double faults / match·Dominant
1.3
3.8

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (26 vs 4). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Senic N.
5.0
Heavy underdogUmpiry ScorePartial · surface data limited
  • Recent retirement (−1.5)
Popovski D.
6.0
Even matchUmpiry ScorePartial · surface data limited
Form & Matchup
5.0No prior meetings
H2H
5.0
5.5
Surface form
4.4
Context
7.0
Defending pts
6.0

The Umpiry Score combines match-context factors — matchup, form, fatigue, travel and motivation — into a single 0–10 score, updated daily. Read how it works.

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Okutoyi A.
Colmegna M.
6-37-63
Semi-finals
Colmegna M.
Udvardy L.
7-56-4
Okutoyi A.
Samir S.
6-16-766-1
Quarter-finals
Okutoyi A.
Shinikova I.
7-54-66-2
Colmegna M.
Pawlikowska Z.
1-66-46-2
Samir S.
Ren Y.
7-666-3
Udvardy L.
Senic N.
6-06-2
R16
Samir S.
Panwar Y.
6-26-1
Okutoyi A.
Alhussein Abdel Aziz L.
6-36-3
Ren Y.
Schaedel L.
6-46-3
Colmegna M.
Gupta A.
6-16-1
Shinikova I.
Farzami M.
6-46-4
Pawlikowska Z.
Tran D.
3-66-46-1
Udvardy L.
Vandevelde A.
6-36-2
Senic N.
Kuparev A.
6-16-4
R32
Tran D.
Sawant M.
6-46-1
Udvardy L.
Urasa F.
6-16-0
Farzami M.
Dzimovic S.
6-36-3
Panwar Y.
Vyas P.
5-76-36-1
Gupta A.
Easwaramurthi A.
6-26-4
Vandevelde A.
Nagare K.
6-26-1
Okutoyi A.
Vig S.
6-06-1
Senic N.
Popovski D.
6-16-2
Pawlikowska Z.
Reguer A.
6-26-0
Colmegna M.
Sanon N.
6-06-2
Schaedel L.
Abdelkader H.
6-06-0
Shinikova I.
Chilakalapudi S.
6-16-2
Alhussein Abdel Aziz L.
Auer S.
6-26-2
Kuparev A.
Pathania V.
6-12-66-4
Samir S.
Xiao L.
6-46-4
Ren Y.
Yan Shihong A.
6-06-1