Kaia Kanepi and Veronika Kudermetova will clash against each other in the 3rd round of the French Open for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 12.30 pm (est) on Court no.14.
Kaia Kanepi
Ranked no. 88, the Estonian reached the 3rd round after defeating Julia Goerges 7-5 6-1 and Shuai Zhang 6-74 6-0 7-5.
Kanepi has a 9-6 win-loss record in 2019, 5-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the French Open
Kanepi lost in the 1st round 6-4 6-1 to Darya Kasatkina.
Veronika Kudermetova
Ranked no. 68 (career high), Kudermetova got to the 3rd round after defeating Caroline Wozniacki 0-6 6-3 6-3 and Zarina Diyas 7-5 6-1.
Kudermetova has a 26-13 win-loss record in 2019, 10-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the French Open
Kudermetova lost in the qualifications 6-2 6-2 to Barbora Krejcikova.
Prediction and head to head Kaia Kanepi vs. Veronika Kudermetova
This will be the 2nd time that Kaia Kanepi and Veronika Kudermetova play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kanepi (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Kanepi won 7-64 6-3 in the 1st round in Charleston back in April 2019.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Kaia Kanepi who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Kaia Kanepi is the pick to win this match.
Kaia Kanepi -> 1.66
Veronika Kudermetova -> 2.20
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