PREDICTION, PREVIEW, H2H: Sabalenka, Rakhimova, Pegula and Mertens to play on Court Philippe-CHATRIER on Friday – French Open

ORDER OF PLAY and PREVIEW. Aryna Sabalenka, Kamilla Rakhimova, Jessica Pegula and Elise Mertens are going to play on Friday at the French Open on Court Philippe-CHATRIER.

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Aryna Sabalenka vs. Kamilla Rakhimova

Head to head 0-0

Aryna Sabalenka will play Kamilla Rakhimova in the 3^rd round for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 2:00 pm on Court Philippe-CHATRIER.

Aryna Sabalenka: ranking and results

Ranked no. 2 (career high), Aryna reached the 3^rd round after beating Marta Kostyuk 6-3 6-2 and Iryna Shymanovich 7-5 6-2.

Aryna has a 31-5 win-loss record in 2023, 11-2 on clay (See FULL STATS). The Belarussian’s best result of the season was reaching the final in Adelaide, at the Australian Open , Indian Wells, Stuttgart and Madrid.

Last year at the French Open The Belarussian surrendered in the 3^rd round 4-6 6-1 6-0 to Camila Giorgi.

Kamilla Rakhimova: ranking and results

Ranked no. 82 (career high), Kamilla got to the 3^rd round after beating Sara Bejlek 6-0 6-3 and Magdalena Frech 6-3 6-4.

Kamilla has a 20-16 win-loss record in 2023, 11-8 on clay (See FULL STATS). Rakhimova’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the W60+H Irapuato.

Last year at the French Open The Russian lost in the 1^st round 6-4 6-3 to Aleksandra Krunic.

Head to head analysis

There is no head to head record between Aryna Sabalenka and Kamilla Rakhimova 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 Aryna Sabalenka who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Aryna Sabalenka is the pick to win this match.
Aryna Sabalenka -> 1.042
Kamilla Rakhimova -> 10.75

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Jessica Pegula vs. Elise Mertens

Head to head 2-0 for Mertens

Jessica Pegula will play Elise Mertens in the 3^rd round for the 3^rd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:45 am on Court Philippe-CHATRIER.

Jessica Pegula: ranking and results

Ranked no. 3 (career high), Pegula reached the 3^rd round after defeating Danielle Rose Collins 6-4 6-2 and Camila Giorgi 6-2 ret..

Pegula has a 29-9 win-loss record in 2023, 8-3 on clay (See FULL STATS). Jessica’s best result of the season was getting to the final in Australia and Doha.

Last year at the French Open The American lost in the quarter 6-3 6-2 to Iga Swiatek.

Elise Mertens: ranking and results

Ranked no. 28, the Belgian reached the 3^rd round after defeating Viktoria Hruncakova 6-1 6-4 and Maria Camila Osorio Serrano 6-3 7-6³.

The Belgian has a 17-11 win-loss record in 2023, 4-3 on clay (See FULL STATS). Mertens’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Monterrey.

Last year at the French Open Elise lost in the 4^th round 6-4 6-0 to Cori Gauff.

Head to head analysis

This will be the 3^rd time that Jessica Pegula and Elise Mertens play each other. Their current record is 2-0 for Mertens (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

Previously, the last time they fought against each other, Mertens won 5-7 7-5 6-0 in the quarter in Dubai back in 2021.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jessica Pegula who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jessica Pegula is the pick to win this match.
Jessica Pegula -> 1.38
Elise Mertens -> 3.05

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Last Results

These are the last results of the French Open

• Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia – Diana ShnaiderShnaider (6-2 5-7 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
• Bernarda PeraPera – Donna VekicVekic (3-6 6-4 6-3) – Score progression – Stats
• Lesya TsurenkoTsurenko – Lauren DavisDavis (6-3 1-0 ret.) – Score progression – Stats
• Anna SchmiedlovaSchmiedlova – Aliona BolsovaBolsova (6-3 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
• Mirra AndreevaAndreeva – Diane ParryParry (6-1 6-2) – Score progression – Stats
• Olga DanilovicDanilovic – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (6-2 7-5) – Score progression – Stats
• Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto – Simona WaltertWaltert (6-2 6-3) – Score progression – Stats
• Xinyu WangWang – Rebecca PetersonPeterson (7-6⁵ 6-2) – Score progression – Stats
• Kayla DayDay – Madison KeysKeys (6-2 4-6 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
• Bianca Vanessa AndreescuVanessa Andreescu – Emma NavarroNavarro (6-1 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
• Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Anna-Lena FriedsamFriedsam (6-2 6-0) – Score progression – Stats
• Cori GauffGauff – Julia GrabherGrabher (6-2 6-3) – Score progression – Stats
• Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo – Petra MarticMartic (6-4 6-1) – Score progression – Stats
• Elena RybakinaRybakina – Linda NoskovaNoskova (6-3 6-3) – Score progression – Stats
• Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Claire LiuLiu (6-4 6-0) – Score progression – Stats
• Ons JabeurJabeur – Oceane DodinDodin (6-2 6-3) – Score progression – Stats
• Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan – Leolia JeanjeanJeanjean (6-0 7-5) – Score progression – Stats
• Peyton StearnsStearns – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (6-3 1-6 6-2) – Score progression – Stats
• Anna BlinkovaBlinkova – Caroline GarciaGarcia (4-6 6-3 7-5) – Score progression – Stats
• Clara TausonTauson – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (6-3 5-7 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
• Jessica PegulaPegula – Camila GiorgiGiorgi (6-2 ret.) – Score progression – Stats
• Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (6-3 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
• Kamilla RakhimovaRakhimova – Magdalena FrechFrech (6-3 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
• Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Storm HunterHunter (2-6 6-3 6-1) – Score progression – Stats
• Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Iryna ShymanovichShymanovich (7-5 6-2) – Score progression – Stats
• Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Mayar SherifSherif (3-6 6-4 6-1) – Score progression – Stats
• Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Qinwen ZhengZheng (6-3 4-6 6-2) – Score progression – Stats
• Elise MertensMertens – Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano (6-3 7-6³) – Score progression – Stats
• Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova (4-6 7-5 7-5) – Score progression – Stats
• Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Nadia PodoroskaPodoroska (6-3 0-6 6-3) – Score progression – Stats
• Sloane StephensStephens – Varvara GrachevaGracheva (6-2 6-1) – Score progression – Stats
• Irina-Camelia BeguBegu – Sara ErraniErrani (6-3 6-0) – Score progression – Stats
• Leny MitjanaMitjana – Tadeas ParoulekParoulek (3-6 7-6³ 6-2) – Score progression – Stats
• Fabien ReboulReboul – Filippo BorellaBorella (6-2 4-6 6-2) – Score progression – Stats
• Fabrizio OrnagoOrnago – Francesco BessireBessire (6-4 6-2) – Score progression – Stats
• Johan Sebastien TatlotSebastien Tatlot – Adriano QuintiQuinti (6-1 6-0) – Score progression – Stats
• David PoljakPoljak – Sherif SabrySabry (6-3 6-2) – Score progression – Stats

Upcoming matches

These are the upcoming matches of the French Open

• Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Xin Yu WangYu Wang (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Bianca Vanessa AndreescuVanessa Andreescu – Lesya TsurenkoTsurenko (0-2) – H2H – Prediction
• Anna SchmiedlovaSchmiedlova – Kayla DayDay (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Elena RybakinaRybakina – Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo (0-1) – H2H – Prediction
• Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia (0-2) – H2H – Prediction
• Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto – Bernarda PeraPera (1-2) – H2H – Prediction
• Olga DanilovicDanilovic – Ons JabeurJabeur (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Irina-Camelia BeguBegu (0-2) – H2H – Prediction
• Clara TausonTauson – Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (0-1) – H2H – Prediction
• Elise MertensMertens – Jessica PegulaPegula (2-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Anna BlinkovaBlinkova – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (0-1) – H2H – Prediction
• Peyton StearnsStearns – Darya KasatkinaKasatkina (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Sloane StephensStephens – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (2-3) – H2H – Prediction
• Kamilla RakhimovaRakhimova – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (0-0) – H2H – Prediction