Simona Halep and Marketa Vondrousova will fight in the 2nd round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 2nd time of their career on Thursday on the Pietrangeli court as the second match of the day (noon?).
Simona Halep
Ranked no. 2 Halep will start her run in Rome hoping to win her 19th career title. Simona was extremely close to regaining the world on.1 rank in Madrid where she lost in the final to Kiki Bertens 6-4 6-4. Halep has a 19-7 win-loss record in 2019, 5-1 on clay.
Last year result
The Romanian lost in the final 6-0 6-4 to Elina Svitolina.
Marketa Vondrousova
Ranked no. 44 Vondrousova reaches the 2nd round after beating Barbora Strycova 1-6 6-4 7-64.
The Czech best result of the season was reaching the finals in Budapest and Istanbul.
Last year result
Marketa didn’t play in Rome last year.
HEAD TO HEAD and prediction Simona Halep vs. Marketa Vondrousova
This will be the 2nd time that Simona Halep and Marketa Vondrousova square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Vondrousova (see full H2H stats), but they have never squared off on clay.
The only time that they clashed, Vondrousova won 6-2 3-6 6-2 in the 4th round in Indian Wells in March 2019.
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 -> 1.28
Marketa Vondrousova -> 3.50
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