Preview and players comparison. It is expected to be a fair even affair, even though Martic leads the head-to-head record by a clean 2-0. While she won their first encounter at the 2018 BNP Paribas Open in straight sets, the Croat had to rally from a set and 4-0 deficit in the 2019 Birmingham quarterfinal, saving ...
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Preview and players comparison. It is a pretty high-stake match for both players to be meeting for the first time. Along with the title, Goerges also has a WTA Elite Trophy qualification on the line, though it is also dependent on the Moscow final result. After a frankly embarrassing season, Ostapenko is hoping to ...
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Preview and players comparison. Two Russians have entered the singles final of this event: 2004 runner-up Dinara Safina and 2008 champion Elena Dementieva. Blinkova has an even chance to join these well-known names. The pair, who were born a year apart and ranked just three places within each other, have never met ...
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Preview and players comparison. Ostapenko has suffered losses to outside top 200 players in two out of her last three meetings, getting stunned by Kristina Kucova and Kristie Ahn in the first round of 2018 Hong Kong and 2019 Bogota. The Latvian's fragile resurgence can fall apart anytime, but she will take on Lottner ...
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Preview and players comparison. It is the pair's first meeting in a professional singles setting. Previously, Ostapenko prevailed in a juniors match back in 2012 at a Belgian clay-court tournament, while Mertens defeated the Latvian in doubles in Miami and Roland Garros this season. The top seed, unsurprisingly, ...
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Preview and players comparison. Hoping to replicate her good friend Gauff's success over Ostapenko, McNally has gone 8-5 against top 100 players, with all encounters coming this year. The former Roland Garros champion, who is the only Grand Slam champion in the draw, will be aiming to prove that the turnaround is ...
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Overview. Cori "Kiki" Gauff hopes to be the third-ever player to win a title on tour as the lucky loser, following 1980 Las Vegas champion Andrea Jaeger and 2018 Moscow River Cup champion Olga Danilovic. No Latvian has entered singles final at Linz before, while Lindsay Davenport (2000-01) is the last American to ...
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Overview. Rybakina has been productive in all environments, including indoor hard-courts. Earlier this season, she won W25 titles at Moscow and Kazan, Russia, in March. Ostapenko, who was the China Open doubles finalist last week, will have to come up with something special to hold off the fast-rising youngster. ...
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Overview. The pair met for the first time fourteen months ago in the first round of Cincinnati. Cornet pulled away from being two games within defeat to win 1-6, 7-5, 6-0 in two hours. The match lies on Ostapenko's racquet as it is getting increasingly difficult to predict the former Grand Slam champion's matches. ...
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