Ashleigh Barty and Venus Williams will square off in the quarter of the Nature Valley Classic for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:30 am (EST) on ANN JONES CENTRE COURT.
Ashleigh Barty: results and record
Ranked no. 2 (career high), Ashleigh reached the quarter after beating Donna Vekic 6-3 6-4 and Jennifer Brady 6-3 6-1.
Her best result of the current season was conquering the title in Miami where she beat Karolina Pliskova in the final 7-6(1) 6-3 and in Paris where she defeated Marketa Vondrousova in the final 6-1 6-3.
Ashleigh has a 29-5 win-loss record in 2019, 2-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Birmingham
Ashleigh lost in the 2nd round 7-66 6-3 to Julia Goerges.
Venus Williams: results and record
Ranked no. 55, the American got to the quarter after defeating Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-3 6-4 and Qiang Wang 6-3 6-2.
Venus has a 14-6 win-loss record in 2019, 2-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Birmingham
The American didn’t compete in Birmingham in 2018.
Live score and result Ashleigh Barty vs. Venus Williams
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Prediction and head to head Ashleigh Barty vs. Venus Williams
This will be the 2nd time that Ashleigh Barty and Venus Williams face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Barty (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.
The last time that they competed against each other, Barty won 6-3 2-6 6-2 in the 2nd round in Cincinnati back in 2017.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ashleigh Barty who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ashleigh Barty is the pick to win this match.
Ashleigh Barty -> 1.28
Venus Williams -> 3.75
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