Kiki Bertens and Johanna Larsson will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Libema Open for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 2.30 pm on Centre Court.
Kiki Bertens
Ranked no. 4 (career high), Bertens will start her run in Hertogenbosch with the aim to win her 10th competition in singles after managing to win her last in Madrid in May 2019.
The Dutch has a 27-11 win-loss record in 2019, 0-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on grass
Her best result of the current year was winning the title in St. Petersburg where she defeated Donna Vekic in the final 7-6(2) 6-4 and in Madrid where she beat Simona Halep in the final 6-4 6-4.
Last year in ‘s-Hertogenbosch
Bertens lost in the 2nd round 6-4 6-76 6-1 to Kirsten Flipkens.
Johanna Larsson
Ranked no. 148, Larsson will start her run in Hertogenbosch trying to win her 3rd tournament after winning her last in Nurnberg back in 2018.
Larsson has a 3-11 win-loss record in 2019, 0-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on grass
Last year in ‘s-Hertogenbosch
Larsson lost in the 1st round 6-4 6-1 to Magda Linette.
Prediction and head to head Kiki Bertens vs. Johanna Larsson
This will be the 3rd time that Kiki Bertens and Johanna Larsson fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Bertens and Larsson (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.
The last time that they played, Bertens won 6-4 6-4 in the quarter in Gstaad back in 2017.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Kiki Bertens who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Kiki Bertens is the pick to win this match.
Kiki Bertens -> 1.14
Johanna Larsson -> 5.50
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