ORDER OF PLAY and PREVIEW. Sloane Stephens, Aliona Bolsova, Patricia Maria Tig and Yafan Wang are going to play on Saturday at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia on COURT 4.

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Sloane Stephens vs. Aliona Bolsova

Head to head 0-0

Sloane Stephens will face Aliona Bolsova in the qualifications for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 8:00 pm on COURT 4.

Sloane Stephens: ranking and results

Ranked no. 51, the American will start her run in Rome after she played her last match in Madrid where she lost 4-6 6-1 6-3 to Jabeur in the 2nd round on the 1st of May.

Stephens has a 5-7 win-loss record in 2021, 4-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Rome Stephens lost in the 1st round 6-3 6-3 to Garbine Muguruza.

Aliona Bolsova: ranking and results

Ranked no. 105, Bolsova will start her run in Rome after she played her last match in the Malo where she lost 7-63 6-0 to Tan in the quarter on the 7th of May.

The Spaniard has a 6-8 win-loss record in 2021, 3-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Rome Bolsova surrendered in the 2nd round 4-6 6-1 7-6(4) to Anna Blinkova.

Head to head analysis

There is no head to head record between Sloane Stephens and Aliona Bolsova 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 Sloane Stephens who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Sloane Stephens is the pick to win this match.
Sloane Stephens -> 1.49
Aliona Bolsova -> 2.625

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Patricia Maria Tig vs. Yafan Wang

Head to head 1-0 for Maria Tig

Patricia Maria Tig will square off with Yafan Wang in the qualifications for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 3:00 pm on COURT 4.

Patricia Maria Tig: ranking and results

Ranked no. 64, the Romanian will start her run in Rome after she played her last match in Dubai where she lost 6-3 6-3 to Ostapenko in the 1st round on the 8th of March.

Maria Tig has a 2-5 win-loss record in 2021, 0-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

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

Last year in Rome Maria Tig had to surrender in the qualifications w/o to Gabriela Dabrowski.

Yafan Wang: ranking and results

Ranked no. 122, Yafan will start her run in Rome after she played her last match in the Malo where she lost 6-4 4-6 6-3 to Tan in the 1st round on the 3rd of May.

The Chinese has a 1-10 win-loss record in 2021, 1-4 on clay (See FULL STATS)

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Last year in Rome Yafan didn’t play in Rome in 2020.

Head to head analysis

This will be the 2nd time that Patricia Maria Tig and Yafan Wang face off. Their actual head to head record is 1-0 for Maria Tig (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.

Previously, the last time they fought against each other, Maria Tig won 6-1 1-6 7-6(5) in the 1st round in Hua Hin back in 2020.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Patricia Maria Tig who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Patricia Maria Tig is the pick to win this match.
Patricia Maria Tig -> 1.56
Yafan Wang -> 2.43

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Upcoming matches

These are the upcoming matches of the Internazionali BNL D’Italia