PREDICTION, PREVIEW, H2H: Muchova, Stojanovic, Ostapenko and Mertens to play on Stadium 3 on Friday – Mutua Madrid Open

ORDER OF PLAY and PREVIEW. Karolina Muchova, Nina Stojanovic, Jelena Ostapenko and Elise Mertens are going to compete on Friday at the Mutua Madrid Open on Stadium 3.

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Karolina Muchova vs. Qiang Wang

Head to head 0-0

Karolina Muchova will fight against Qiang Wang in the 1^st round for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on Stadium 3.

Karolina Muchova: ranking and results

Ranked no. 20 (career high), Karolina will start her run in Madrid after she played her last match in Stuttgart where she lost 4-6 6-2 6-3 to Alexandrova in the 1^st round on the 20^th of April.

Karolina has a 8-2 win-loss record in 2021, 0-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Karolina’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in at the Australian Open .

Qiang Wang: ranking and results

Ranked no. 47, Qiang will start her run in Madrid after she played her last match in Istanbul where she lost 6-1 6-4 to Konjuh in the 2^nd round on the 21^st of April.

The Chinese has a 4-9 win-loss record in 2021, 1-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Head to head analysis

There is no head to head record between Karolina Muchova and Qiang Wang 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 Karolina Muchova who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Karolina Muchova is the pick to win this match.
Karolina Muchova -> 1.28
Qiang Wang -> 3.84

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Nina Stojanovic vs. Anett Kontaveit

Head to head 0-0

Nina Stojanovic will square off with Anett Kontaveit in the 1^st round for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:30 pm on Stadium 3.

Nina Stojanovic: ranking and results

Ranked no. 88, the Serbian got to the 1^st round after beating Jasmine Paolini 6-4 6-7⁵ 6-4 and Ana Konjuh 6-4 6-2.

Stojanovic has a 10-7 win-loss record in 2021, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Anett Kontaveit: ranking and results

Ranked no. 29, the Estonian will start her run in Madrid after she played her last match in Stuttgart where she lost 7-5 4-6 6-1 to Sabalenka in the quarter on the 23^rd of April.

Anett has a 12-6 win-loss record in 2021, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

The Estonian’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Melbourne.

Head to head analysis

There is no head to head record between Nina Stojanovic and Anett Kontaveit since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Previously, the last time when they played, Kontaveit won 6-2 7-5 in the Rubber 2 in Fed Cup, Europe/Africa Zone Group I back in 2017.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Anett Kontaveit who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Anett Kontaveit is the pick to win this match.
Anett Kontaveit -> 4.25
Nina Stojanovic -> 1.24

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Jelena Ostapenko vs. Polona Hercog

Head to head 0-0

Jelena Ostapenko will square off with Polona Hercog in the 1^st round for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 6:30 pm on Stadium 3.

Jelena Ostapenko: ranking and results

Ranked no. 50, Ostapenko will start her run in Madrid after she played her last match in Stuttgart where she lost 6-7⁷ 6-4 6-3 to Pliskova in the 2^nd round on the 22^nd of April.

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

Polona Hercog: ranking and results

Ranked no. 73, Polona reached the 1^st round after beating Yafan Wang 6-4 6-2.

The Slovenian has a 5-6 win-loss record in 2021, 4-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Head to head analysis

There is no head to head record between Jelena Ostapenko and Polona Hercog since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jelena Ostapenko who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jelena Ostapenko is the pick to win this match.
Jelena Ostapenko -> 1.79
Polona Hercog -> 2.07

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Elise Mertens vs. Shuai Zhang

Head to head 1-1

Elise Mertens will play Shuai Zhang in the 1^st round for the 3^rd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 4:00 pm on Stadium 3.

Elise Mertens: ranking and results

Ranked no. 16, the Belgian will start her run in Madrid after she played her last match in Istanbul where she lost 6-1 7-6³ to Cirstea in the final on the 25^th of April.

Elise has a 17-5 win-loss record in 2021, 4-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Her best result of the season was winning the title in Melbourne where she overcame Kaia Kanepi in the final 6-4 6-1.

Shuai Zhang: ranking and results

Ranked no. 44, Shuai will start her run in Madrid after she played her last match in Stuttgart where she lost 6-2 6-2 to Sabalenka in the 1^st round on the 20^th of April.

Shuai has a 0-4 win-loss record in 2021, 0-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Head to head analysis

This will be the 3^rd time that Elise Mertens and Shuai Zhang square off. Their head to head is 1-1 for Mertens and Zhang (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time they played each other, Zhang won 6-1 3-6 6-3 in the 1^st round in Beijing back in 2018.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elise Mertens who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Elise Mertens is the pick to win this match.
Elise Mertens -> 1.22
Shuai Zhang -> 4.5

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Last Results

These are the last results of the Mutua Madrid Open

• Ashleigh BartyBarty – Shelby RogersRogers (6-2 6-1) – Score progression – Stats
• Sloane StephensStephens – Danka KovinicKovinic (6-4 6-1) – Score progression – Stats
• Johanna KontaKonta – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (6-4 6-2) – 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
• Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Alison RiskeRiske (6-1 6-1) – 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
• Yifan Xu/Shuai ZhangXu/Shuai Zhang – Cori Gauff/Nicole MelicharGauff/Nicole Melichar (7-5 7-5) – 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
• Bernarda PeraPera – Petra MarticMartic (6-3 6-2) – Score progression – Stats
• Ons JabeurJabeur – Yaroslava ShvedovaShvedova (6-2 6-3) – Score progression – Stats
• Jil TeichmannTeichmann – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (2-6 6-4 7-6⁵) – 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

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