Anastasija Sevastova and Elise Mertens will face off in the 3rd round of the French Open for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11 am on Court Suzanne LENGLEN .
Anastasija Sevastova
Ranked no. 12, the Latvian reached the 3rd round after defeating Luksika Kumkhum 6-1 6-4 and Mandy Minella 6-2 6-4.
Sevastova has a 13-12 win-loss record in 2019, 6-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the French Open
The Latvian lost in the 1st round 4-6 6-1 6-3 to Mariana Duque-Marino.
Elise Mertens
Ranked no. 20, the Belgian got to the 3rd round after beating Tamara Zidansek 6-4 3-6 6-2 and Diane Parry 6-1 6-3.
Her best result of the year was conquering the title in Doha where she defeated Simona Halep in the final 3-6 6-4 6-3.
The Belgian has a 15-11 win-loss record in 2019, 4-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the French Open
Elise lost in the 4th round 6-2 6-1 to Simona Halep.
Prediction and head to head Anastasija Sevastova vs. Elise Mertens
This will be the 2nd time that Anastasija Sevastova and Elise Mertens fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Sevastova (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they played, Sevastova won 7-62 5-7 6-1 in the 1st round in Mallorca back in 2017.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Anastasija Sevastova who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Anastasija Sevastova is the pick to win this match.
Anastasija Sevastova -> 1.72
Elise Mertens -> 2.10
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