PREDICTION, PREVIEW, H2H: Sabalenka, Gauff, Halep and Williams to play on Manolo Santana Stadium on Friday – Mutua Madrid Open

ORDER OF PLAY and PREVIEW. Aryna Sabalenka, Cori Gauff, Simona Halep and Venus Williams are going to play on Friday at the Mutua Madrid Open on Manolo Santana Stadium.

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Aryna Sabalenka vs. Vera Zvonareva

Head to head 1-0 for Sabalenka

Aryna Sabalenka will face Vera Zvonareva in the 1^st round for the 2^nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on Manolo Santana Stadium.

Aryna Sabalenka: ranking and results

Ranked no. 7 (career high), Sabalenka will start her run in Madrid after she played her last match in Stuttgart where she lost 3-6 6-0 6-3 to Barty in the final on the 25^th of April.

Sabalenka has a 18-6 win-loss record in 2021, 4-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Her best result of the year was winning the title in Abu Dhabi where she beat Veronika Kudermetova in the final 6-2 6-2.

Vera Zvonareva: ranking and results

Ranked no. 114, Vera reached the 1^st round after beating Arantxa Rus 6-3 6-2 and Anna Schmiedlova 6-2 6-1.

The Russian has a 10-6 win-loss record in 2021, 3-1 on clay (See FULL STATS). Zvonareva’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in St. Petersburg.

Head to head analysis

This will be the 2^nd time that Aryna Sabalenka and Vera Zvonareva square off. Their head to head is 1-0 for Sabalenka (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time they locked horns, Sabalenka won 6-3 7-6(7) in the 2^nd round in New York back in 2018.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Aryna Sabalenka who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Aryna Sabalenka is the pick to win this match.
Aryna Sabalenka -> 1.112
Vera Zvonareva -> 7

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Cori Gauff vs. Karolina Pliskova

Head to head 0-0

Cori Gauff will face Karolina Pliskova in the 1^st round for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 6:30 pm on Manolo Santana Stadium.

Cori Gauff: ranking and results

Ranked no. 35 (career high), Cori will start her run in Madrid after she played her last match in Charleston where she lost 6-3 6-3 to Jabeur in the quarter on the 9^th of April.

Gauff has a 14-7 win-loss record in 2021, 3-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

The American’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Adelaide.

Karolina Pliskova: ranking and results

Ranked no. 9, Karolina will start her run in Madrid after she played her last match in Stuttgart where she lost 2-6 6-1 7-5 to Barty in the quarter on the 23^rd of April.

Pliskova has a 9-7 win-loss record in 2021, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Head to head analysis

There is no head to head record between Cori Gauff and Karolina Pliskova since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

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 -> 2.04
Cori Gauff -> 1.81

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Simona Halep vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo

Head to head 1-0 for Halep

Simona Halep will take on Sara Sorribes Tormo in the 1^st round for the 2^nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 4:00 pm on Manolo Santana Stadium.

Simona Halep: ranking and results

Ranked no. 3, Simona will start her run in Madrid after she played her last match in Stuttgart where she lost 6-3 6-2 to Sabalenka in the semifinal on the 24^th of April.

Simona has a 9-3 win-loss record in 2021, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Simona’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Stuttgart.

The Romanian conquered the title at the Mutua Madrid Open in 2016 and 2017.

Sara Sorribes Tormo: ranking and results

Ranked no. 46 (career high), the Spaniard will start her run in Madrid after she played her last match in Bogota where she lost 7-5 7-5 to Errani in the 1^st round on the 6^th of April.

The Spaniard has a 15-6 win-loss record in 2021, 0-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Her best result of the current year was conquering the title in Guadalajara where she beat Eugenie Bouchard in the final 6-2 7-5.

Head to head analysis

This will be the 2^nd time that Simona Halep and Sara Sorribes Tormo face off. Their actual head to head record is 1-0 for Halep (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

Previously, the last time they fought against each other, Halep won 6-4 6-0 in the 1^st round in Paris back in 2020.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Simona Halep who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Simona Halep is the pick to win this match.
Simona Halep -> 1.138
Sara Sorribes Tormo -> 6.1

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Venus Williams vs. Jennifer Brady

Head to head 0-0

Venus Williams will take on Jennifer Brady in the 1^st round for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 9:00 pm on Manolo Santana Stadium.

Venus Williams: ranking and results

Ranked no. 91, the American will start her run in Madrid after she played her last match in Miami where she lost 6-2 7-6¹⁰ to Diyas in the 1^st round on the 23^rd of March.

Venus has a 2-3 win-loss record in 2021, 0-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

This will be the first match of the year on clay.

Jennifer Brady: ranking and results

Ranked no. 14, Brady will start her run in Madrid after she played her last match in Stuttgart where she lost 6-4 6-3 to Kvitova in the 1^st round on the 20^th of April.

Jennifer has a 9-6 win-loss record in 2021, 0-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

The American’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in at the Australian Open .

Head to head analysis

There is no head to head record between Venus Williams and Jennifer Brady since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jennifer Brady who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jennifer Brady is the pick to win this match.
Jennifer Brady -> 2.6
Venus Williams -> 1.52

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Last Results

These are the last results of the Mutua Madrid Open

• Ons JabeurJabeur – Yaroslava ShvedovaShvedova (6-2 6-3) – Score progression – Stats
• Bernarda PeraPera – Petra MarticMartic (6-3 6-2) – Score progression – Stats
• Laura SiegemundSiegemund – Kateryna KozlovaKozlova (6-4 6-2) – Score progression – Stats
• Kiki BertensBertens – Victoria Jimenez KasintsevaJimenez Kasintseva (6-4 6-0) – Score progression – Stats
• Angelique KerberKerber – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (7-6⁵ 6-1) – Score progression – Stats
• Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (6-1 7-5) – Score progression – Stats
• Johanna KontaKonta – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (6-4 6-2) – Score progression – Stats
• Belinda BencicBencic – Kristina MladenovicMladenovic (6-4 6-2) – Score progression – Stats
• Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Elena VesninaVesnina (6-1 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
• Petra KvitovaKvitova – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (6-2 2-3 ret.) – Score progression – Stats
• Ashleigh BartyBarty – Shelby RogersRogers (6-2 6-1) – Score progression – Stats
• Jil TeichmannTeichmann – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (2-6 6-4 7-6⁵) – Score progression – Stats
• Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Alison RiskeRiske (6-1 6-1) – Score progression – Stats
• Tamara ZidansekZidansek – Su-Wei HsiehHsieh (6-2 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
• Anastasija SevastovaSevastova – Ana BogdanBogdan (6-0 6-3) – Score progression – Stats
• Yifan Xu/Shuai ZhangXu/Shuai Zhang – Cori Gauff/Nicole MelicharGauff/Nicole Melichar (7-5 7-5) – Score progression – Stats
• Sloane StephensStephens – Danka KovinicKovinic (6-4 6-1) – Score progression – Stats

Upcoming matches

These are the upcoming matches of the Mutua Madrid Open

• Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Vera ZvonarevaZvonareva (1-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Irina-Camelia BeguBegu – Darya KasatkinaKasatkina (1-7) – H2H – Prediction
• Jessica PegulaPegula – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (1-1) – H2H – Prediction
• Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (0-1) – H2H – Prediction
• Elise MertensMertens – Shuai ZhangZhang (1-1) – H2H – Prediction
• Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Elena RybakinaRybakina (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Magda LinetteLinette – Saisai ZhengZheng (1-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo – Simona HalepHalep (0-1) – H2H – Prediction
• Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Cori GauffGauff (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Madison KeysKeys (1-2) – H2H – Prediction
• Polona HercogHercog – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Venus WilliamsWilliams – Jennifer BradyBrady (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Maria SakkariSakkari – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (1-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Nina StojanovicStojanovic – Anett KontaveitKontaveit (0-1) – H2H – Prediction
• Qiang WangWang – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Misaki DoiDoi – Naomi OsakaOsaka (0-2) – H2H – Prediction
• Ashleigh BartyBarty – Tamara ZidansekZidansek (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Laura SiegemundSiegemund – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Petra KvitovaKvitova – Angelique KerberKerber (7-6) – H2H – Prediction
• Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Kiki BertensBertens (0-1) – H2H – Prediction
• Jil TeichmannTeichmann – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (0-2) – H2H – Prediction
• Anastasija SevastovaSevastova – Johanna KontaKonta (2-2) – H2H – Prediction
• Sloane StephensStephens – Ons JabeurJabeur (1-1) – H2H – Prediction
• Bernarda PeraPera – Belinda BencicBencic (0-0) – H2H – Prediction