In the quarterfinals of the WTA tournament in the Czech Republic, Russian tennis player Ekaterina Alexandrova will play against Teresa Martintsova from the Czech Republic.
Teresa MartintsovaThe 27-year-old representative of the Czech Republic confidently performs at the home tournament and has not lost a single set yet.
Martintsova started in Ostrava on the third of October, in the 1/16 finals Teresa beat Gilles Teichmann from Switzerland in a hard fight – 7:6 (7:1); 7:6 (7:5). And yesterday in the 1/8 finals Martintsova made a sensation and beat Anette Kontaveit from Estonia – 7:6 (7:3); 1:0. At the very beginning of the match, Teresa made a break and went out to score 3-0 on games. However, in the middle of the set, Martintsova lost control of the game and lost a game twice in a row on her serve. Immediately after that, Teresa made another break and as a result, the tennis players came out on the score of 4:4. After that, Martintsova and Kontaveit competently worked on their serves, it came to a tie-break, where Teresa was already stronger. At the start of the second set, Martintsova immediately made a break, and after that Kontavate refused to continue the match. As a result, the tennis players spent one hour and five minutes on the court.
Ekaterina AlexandrovaThe 27-year-old Russian tennis player, in turn, also played a pretty strong match yesterday.
In the 1/8 finals, Alexandrova made a sensation and beat her compatriot Daria Kasatkina in two sets – 6:1; 7:6 (7:1). In the first set, Kasatkina could not find her game in any way and lost every game on her serve. At the same time, Ekaterina also lost one game on her serve at the very beginning of the match. Then Alexandrova controlled the match much more competently and took the game without any difficulty. At the very beginning of the second set Kasatkina made a break, but in the middle of the game Daria again began to play extremely unstable. From the score 3:2 in games in favor of Kasatkina, the tennis players exchanged breaks, but then Alexandrova made a second break in a row. Already at the score of 4:4, Kasatkina could have made another break, but Daria missed her advantage from the score of 40:15. As a result, it came to a tie-break, where Alexandrova was already much stronger. The tennis players spent one hour and forty minutes on the court.
Ekaterina Alexandrova and Teresa Martintsova played together three times from 2016 to 2021. The Russian tennis player won three times in this confrontation.
ForecastIn this match, Ekaterina Alexandrova is considered by bookmakers to be an almost unconditional favorite.
However, it is still difficult to wait for a simple match for a Russian tennis player, and therefore we suggest that you put more than 19.5 games on the total.