In the 1/16 finals of the WTA tournament in Cincinnati, Karolina Pliskova from the Czech Republic will play against Elisa Mertens from Belgium.
Karolina Pliskova
The 30-year-old representative of the Czech Republic started the tournament in the USA last night. In the 1/32 finals, Pliskova met our expectations and beat Venus Williams from the USA in two sets – 7:5; 6:1. The tennis players spent one hour and forty minutes on the court.
Elise Mertens
The 26-year-old representative of Belgium also started at the tournament in Cincinnati yesterday. In the 1/32 finals, Mertens also met our expectations and defeated the Ukrainian tennis player Angelina Kalinina – 6:1; 6:1. The tennis players spent only fifty-five minutes on the court.
Also at the tournament in Cincinnati, Eliza Mertens plays doubles together with Russian tennis player Veronika Kudermetova. That night Mertens and Kudermetova played against Maria Buzkova from the Czech Republic and Laura Siegemund from Germany. As a result, Eliza and Veronica were successful in two sets, but the meeting turned out to be quite difficult – 7:6 (8:6); 7:6 (7:4). The tennis players spent two hours and five minutes on the court.
Elisa Mertens and Karolina Pliskova played together in 2019 and 2020, both meetings were held by a tennis player from the Czech Republic.
Forecast
In this match, Karolina Pliskova is considered by the bookmakers to be a pretty clear favorite. At the same time, a good fight may well turn out here, and therefore we suggest that you put more than 20.5 games on the total.