PREDICTION, PREVIEW, H2H: Swiatek, Riske, Sakkari and Hercog to play on Grand Stand Arena on Monday – Internazionali BNL d’Italia

ORDER OF PLAY and PREVIEW. Iga Swiatek, Alison Riske, Maria Sakkari and Polona Hercog are going to play on Monday at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia on Grand Stand Arena.

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Iga Swiatek vs. Alison Riske

Head to head 1-0 for Swiatek

Iga Swiatek will compete against Alison Riske in the 1^st round for the 2^nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 3:00 pm on Grand Stand Arena.

Iga Swiatek: ranking and results

Ranked no. 17, the Pole will start her run in Rome after she played her last match in Madrid where she lost 7-5 6-4 to Barty in the 3^rd round on the 3^rd of May.

Iga has a 13-5 win-loss record in 2021, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Her best result of the current year was conquering the title in Adelaide where she overcame Belinda Bencic in the final 6-2 6-2.

Last year in Rome Swiatek lost in the 1^st round 7-6(5) 6-3 to Arantxa Rus.

Alison Riske: ranking and results

Ranked no. 27, the American will start her run in Rome after she played her last match in Madrid where she lost 6-1 6-1 to Swiatek in the 1^st round on the 29^th of April.

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

Last year in Rome The American lost in the 1^st round 5-7 7-6(4) 6-3 to Aliona Bolsova.

Head to head analysis

This will be the 2^nd time that Iga Swiatek and Alison Riske play each other. Their record is 1-0 for Swiatek (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

Previously, the last time when they played each other, Swiatek won 6-1 6-1 in the 1^st round in Madrid back in April 2021.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Iga Swiatek who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Iga Swiatek is the pick to win this match.
Iga Swiatek -> 1.075
Alison Riske -> 8.9

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Maria Sakkari vs. Polona Hercog

Head to head 1-0 for Hercog

Maria Sakkari will come up against Polona Hercog in the 1^st round for the 2^nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 5:30 pm on Grand Stand Arena.

Maria Sakkari: ranking and results

Ranked no. 19 (career high), the Greek will start her run in Rome after she played her last match in Madrid where she lost 6-0 6-7⁹ 7-5 to Muchova in the 3^rd round on the 4^th of May.

The Greek has a 15-8 win-loss record in 2021, 3-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Sakkari’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Abu Dhabi, Melbourne and Miami.

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

Polona Hercog: ranking and results

Ranked no. 73, Polona got to the 1^st round after beating Lucia Bronzetti 6-4 6-3 and Sara Errani 6-2 6-3.

The Slovenian has a 7-7 win-loss record in 2021, 6-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Rome The Slovenian lost in the 3^rd round 1-6 6-1 7-6(5) to Marketa Vondrousova.

Head to head analysis

This will be the 2^nd time that Maria Sakkari and Polona Hercog face off. Their actual head to head record is 1-0 for Hercog (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

Previously, the last time when they fought against each other, Hercog won 6-4 6-2 in the semifinal in Istanbul back in 2018.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Maria Sakkari who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Maria Sakkari is the pick to win this match.
Maria Sakkari -> 1.285
Polona Hercog -> 3.8

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Last Results

These are the last results of the Internazionali BNL D’Italia

• Alize CornetCornet – Andrea PetkovicPetkovic (6-2 7-6⁵) – Score progression – Stats
• Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Laura SiegemundSiegemund (6-7⁵ 6-3 6-2) – Score progression – Stats
• Marta KostyukKostyuk – Nao HibinoHibino (7-5 6-3) – Score progression – Stats
• Vera ZvonarevaZvonareva – Kristina MladenovicMladenovic (6-2 7-5) – Score progression – Stats
• Christina MchaleMchale – Patricia Maria TigMaria Tig (6-3 2-6 6-2) – Score progression – Stats
• Polona HercogHercog – Sara ErraniErrani (6-2 6-3) – Score progression – Stats
• Bernarda PeraPera – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (6-4 6-1) – Score progression – Stats
• Tamara ZidansekZidansek – Sloane StephensStephens (6-4 7-5) – Score progression – Stats

Upcoming matches

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

• Martina TrevisanTrevisan – Yaroslava ShvedovaShvedova (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Caroline GarciaGarcia – Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Elise MertensMertens (0-4) – H2H – Prediction
• Maria SakkariSakkari – Polona HercogHercog (0-1) – H2H – Prediction
• Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Cori GauffGauff (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo – Camila GiorgiGiorgi (0-1) – H2H – Prediction
• Saisai ZhengZheng – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (0-1) – H2H – Prediction
• Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Madison KeysKeys (0-1) – H2H – Prediction
• Alison RiskeRiske – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (0-1) – H2H – Prediction
• Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (6-1) – H2H – Prediction
• Bernarda PeraPera – Tamara ZidansekZidansek (1-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Qiang WangWang – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (0-2) – H2H – Prediction
• Anastasija SevastovaSevastova – Jil TeichmannTeichmann (0-1) – H2H – Prediction
• Christina MchaleMchale – Vera ZvonarevaZvonareva (1-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Magda LinetteLinette – Petra KvitovaKvitova (0-2) – H2H – Prediction
• Johanna KontaKonta – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (3-2) – H2H – Prediction
• Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (1-1) – H2H – Prediction
• Angelique KerberKerber – Alize CornetCornet (3-2) – H2H – Prediction
• Laura SiegemundSiegemund – Nadia PodoroskaPodoroska (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Petra MarticMartic – Shelby RogersRogers (0-1) – H2H – Prediction
• Kristina MladenovicMladenovic – Belinda BencicBencic (3-3) – H2H – Prediction
• Jennifer BradyBrady – Shuai ZhangZhang (2-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Marta KostyukKostyuk – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Darya KasatkinaKasatkina – Jessica PegulaPegula (0-0) – H2H – Prediction