Victoria Azarenka and Karolina Pliskova will square off in the quarter of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 8th time of their career. They are scheduled to play at 2.30 pm on the Pietrangeli court.
Victoria Azarenka
Ranked no. 51, Vika reached the quarter after defeating Shuai Zhang 6-2 6-1, Elina Svitolina 4-6 6-1 7-5 and Garbine Muguruza when the Spaniard withdrew when she was 6-4 3-1 down.
Vika’s best result of the season was getting to the finals in Monterrey.
The Belarussian has a 15-9 win-loss record in 2019, 6-2 on clay.
Last year result
Vika lost in the 1st round 6-0 6-3 to Naomi Osaka.
Karolina Pliskova
Ranked no. 7, Karolina reached the quarter after beating Ajla Tomljanovic 6-3 6-3 and Sofia Kenin 4-6 6-4 6-3.
Her best result of the season was winning the title in Brisbane where she beat Lesya Tsurenko in the final 4-6 7-5 6-2.
The Czech has a 23-6 win-loss record in 2019, 3-2 on clay.
Last year result
Karolina lost in the 2nd round 3-6 6-3 7-5 to Maria Sakkari.
HEAD TO HEAD and prediction Victoria Azarenka vs. Karolina Pliskova
This will be the 8th time that Victoria Azarenka and Karolina Pliskova play each other. The head to head is 4-3 for Azarenka (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Azarenka won 4-6 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in Stuttgart back in April.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Victoria Azarenka who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Victoria Azarenka is the pick to win this match.
Victoria Azarenka -> 1.66
Karolina Pliskova -> 2.20
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