Maria Sakkari and Kristina Mladenovic will fight in the quarter of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 1st time in their career as the first match in the evening on Campo Centrale. They will start to compete at 7.30 pm.
Maria Sakkari
Ranked no. 39 Sakkari got to the quarter after beating Vera Zvonareva 6-4 6-2, Andrea Petkovic 6-2 7-5, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-1 7-5, Anett Kontaveit 6-3 6-2 and Petra Kvitova 7-5 5-7 4-0 after the Czech withdrew for a left calf injury.
Her best result of the season was winning the title in Rabat where she beat Johanna Konta in the final 2-6 6-4 6-1.
Maria has a 16-9 win-loss record in 2019, 13-3 on clay.
Last year result
Sakkari lost in the 3rd round 6-1 6-1 to Angelique Kerber.
Kristina Mladenovic
Ranked no. 63 Kristina reaches the quarter after beating Fiona Ferro 7-64 6-2, Amanda Anisimova 6-1 6-4, Caroline Garcia 6-1 6-2, Belinda Bencic 6-2 2-6 6-1 and Ashleigh Barty 6-2 6-3.
Kristina has a 15-11 win-loss record in 2019, 10-2 on clay.
Last year result
Kristina got to the 1st round last year in Rome before retiring against Anastasija Sevastova when she was 6-3 3-0 down.
HEAD TO HEAD and prediction Maria Sakkari vs. Kristina Mladenovic
There is no head to head record between Maria Sakkari and Kristina Mladenovic since this will be the first time that they will fight at pro level.
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