Monica Puig and Aryna Sabalenka will play each other in the quarter of the Internationaux de Strasbourg for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 5.30 pm on Center Court.
Monica Puig
Ranked no. 61, Monica reached the quarter after defeating Tatjana Maria 6-1 6-1 and Astra Sharma 6-3 6-2. Puig’s best result of the season was getting to the semi-finals in Charleston.
Monica has an 11-10 win-loss record in 2019, 7-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Strasbourg
The Puerto Rican didn’t play in Strasbourg in 2018.
Aryna Sabalenka
Ranked no. 11, the Belarussian reached the quarter after beating Lin Zhu 6-0 6-1 and Laura Siegemund 6-4 6-3. Her best result of the current season was managing to win the title in Shenzhen where she defeated Alison Riske in the final 4-6 7-6(2) 6-3.
Aryna is not having a superlative season with a 15-9 win-loss record in 2019, 3-3 on clay (See FULL STATS). She has recently sacked her coach Dmitry Tursunov.
Last year in Strasbourg
The Belarussian didn’t compete in Strasbourg in 2018.
Prediction and head to head Monica Puig vs. Aryna Sabalenka
This will be the 2nd time that Monica Puig and Aryna Sabalenka play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Puig (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Puig won 6-2 7-5 in the 3rd round in Charleston back in April 2019.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Monica Puig who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Monica Puig is the pick to win this match.
Monica Puig -> 1.80
Aryna Sabalenka -> 2.00
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