Karolina Pliskova and Maria Sakkari will face off in the semifinal of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 5 pm.
Karolina Pliskova
Ranked no. 7 Pliskova reached the semifinal after defeating Ajla Tomljanovic 6-3 6-3, Sofia Kenin 4-6 6-4 6-3 and Victoria Azarenka 6-75 6-2 6-2.
Her best result of the season was winning the title in Brisbane where she beat Lesya Tsurenko in the final 4-6 7-5 6-2.
Karolina has a 24-6 win-loss record in 2019, 4-2 on clay.
Last year result
Pliskova lost in the 2nd round 3-6 6-3 7-5 to Maria Sakkari.
Maria Sakkari
Ranked no. 39 Sakkari reaches the semifinal starting straight from the qualifications after beating Vera Zvonareva 6-4 6-2, Andrea Petkovic 6-2 7-5, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-1 7-5, Anett Kontaveit 6-3 6-2, Petra Kvitova 7-5 5-7 4-0 ret. and Kristina Mladenovic 5-7 6-3 6-0.
Her best result of the season was winning the title in Rabat where she beat Johanna Konta in the final 2-6 6-4 6-1.
The Greek has a 17-9 win-loss record in 2019, 14-3 on clay.
Last year result
Maria lost in the 3rd round 6-1 6-1 to Angelique Kerber.
HEAD TO HEAD and prediction Karolina Pliskova vs. Maria Sakkari
This will be the 2nd time that Karolina Pliskova and Maria Sakkari clash. The head to head is 1-0 for Sakkari (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Sakkari won 3-6 6-3 7-5 in the 2nd round in Rome back in 2018.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Karolina Pliskova who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Karolina Pliskova is the pick to win this match.
Karolina Pliskova -> 1.61
Maria Sakkari -> 2.30
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