ORDER OF PLAY and PREVIEW. Simona Halep, Maria Sakkari, Anett Kontaveit and Marketa Vondrousova are going to compete on Thursday at the Kremlin Cup.

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Simona Halep vs. Veronika Kudermetova

Head to head 1-0 for Halep

Seeded no. 8, Simona Halep will compete against Veronika Kudermetova for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 6:30 pm on CENTRE COURT.

Simona Halep: ranking and results

Ranked no. 19, Simona reached the 2nd round after beating Anastasia Potapova 6-1 6-4.

Halep has a 17-8 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS). Halep’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Stuttgart.

The Romanian won the title at the Kremlin Cup in 2013.

Veronika Kudermetova: ranking and results

Ranked no. 32, the Russian got to the 2nd round after beating Oksana Selekhmeteva 4-6 7-63 6-4.

The Russian has a 32-22 win-loss record in 2021, 2-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS). Her best result of the current season was winning the title in Charleston where she beat Danka Kovinic in the final 6-4 6-2.

Head to head analysis

This will be the 2nd time that Simona Halep and Veronika Kudermetova clash against each other. Their record is 1-0 for Halep (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.

Previously, the last time they played, Halep won 6-1 6-3 in the 3rd round in Melbourne back in February 2021.

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 -> 1.43
Veronika Kudermetova -> 2.92

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Maria Sakkari vs. Anna Kalinskaya

Head to head 0-0

Maria Sakkari will play Anna Kalinskaya in the 2nd round for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:30 pm on CENTRE COURT.

Maria Sakkari: ranking and results

Ranked no. 7 (career high), Maria will start her run in Moscow after she played her last match in Indian Wells where she lost 5-7 6-3 6-2 to Golubic in the 2nd round on the 9th of October.

Sakkari has a 34-17 win-loss record in 2021, 3-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Sakkari’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in Ostrava.

Anna Kalinskaya: ranking and results

Ranked no. 125, the Russian got to the 2nd round after beating Viktoria Kuzmova 6-3 6-72 6-1, Vitalia Diatchenko 6-4 6-2 and Dayana Yastremska 7-65 6-4.

Anna has a 28-21 win-loss record in 2021, 3-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Head to head analysis

There is no head to head record between Maria Sakkari and Anna Kalinskaya since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

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 -> 1.191
Anna Kalinskaya -> 4.95

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Anett Kontaveit vs. Andrea Petkovic

Head to head 1-0 for Kontaveit

Anett Kontaveit will fight against Andrea Petkovic in the 2nd round for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on CENTRE COURT.

Anett Kontaveit: ranking and results

Ranked no. 20, Kontaveit got to the 2nd round after beating Katerina Siniakova 6-3 6-3.

The Estonian has a 36-15 win-loss record in 2021, 6-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS). Her best result of the year was winning the title in Cleveland where she overcame Irina-Camelia Begu in the final 7-6(5) 6-4

and in Ostrava where she beat Maria Sakkari in the final 6-2 7-5.

Andrea Petkovic: ranking and results

Ranked no. 79, the German reached the 2nd round after beating Jelena Ostapenko 2-6 6-0 2-0 ret..

The German has a 22-19 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS). Her best result of the year was conquering the title in Napoca where she overcame Mayar Sherif in the final 6-1 6-1.

Head to head analysis

This will be the 2nd time that Anett Kontaveit and Andrea Petkovic fight against each other. Their actual head to head record is 1-0

for Kontaveit (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.

Previously, the last time they fought against each other, Kontaveit won 6-3 6-4 in the 1st round in Rome 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 -> 1.24
Andrea Petkovic -> 4.25

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Marketa Vondrousova vs. Lesya Tsurenko

Head to head 1-0 for Tsurenko

Marketa Vondrousova will come up against Lesya Tsurenko in the 2nd round for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 3:00 pm on COURT 1.

Marketa Vondrousova: ranking and results

Ranked no. 35, the Czech reached the 2nd round after beating Elena Rybakina 6-4 6-4.

Vondrousova has a 30-18 win-loss record in 2021, 4-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS). The Czech’s best result of the season was getting to the final in Tokyo.

Lesya Tsurenko: ranking and results

Ranked no. 145, Tsurenko got to the 2nd round after defeating Rebecca Sramkova 6-2 7-5, Anna-Lena Friedsam 6-1 6-1 and Qinwen Zheng 6-4 6-3.

Lesya has a 22-13 win-loss record in 2021, 8-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Head to head analysis

This will be the 2nd time that Marketa Vondrousova and Lesya Tsurenko play each other. Their head to head is 1-0 for Tsurenko (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time they locked horns, Tsurenko won 6-7(3) 7-5 6-2 in the 4th round in New York back in 2018.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marketa Vondrousova who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Marketa Vondrousova is the pick to win this match.
Marketa Vondrousova -> 1.35
Lesya Tsurenko -> 3.32

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