Belinda Bencic and Donna Vekic will play each other in the 3rd round of the French Open for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 3.30 pm (est) on Court no.1.
Belinda Bencic
Ranked no. 15, Bencic reached the 3rd round after defeating Jessika Ponchet 6-1 6-4 and Laura Siegemund 4-6 6-4 6-4.
Her best result of the year was winning the title in Dubai where she beat Petra Kvitova in the final 6-3 1-6 6-2.
Bencic has a 27-10 win-loss record in 2019, 11-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the French Open
Belinda lost in the 2nd round 6-2 6-4 to Magdalena Rybarikova.
Donna Vekic
Ranked no. 24, Donna reached the 3rd round after beating Liudmila Samsonova 6-2 6-4 and Rebecca Peterson 1-6 6-1 6-2.
Vekic’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in St. Petersburg.
Vekic has a 18-9 win-loss record in 2019, 6-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the French Open
The Croatian lost in the 2nd round 7-5 6-4 to Maria Sharapova.
Prediction and head to head Belinda Bencic vs. Donna Vekic
This will be the 3rd time that Belinda Bencic and Donna Vekic square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Bencic (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Bencic won 7-62 6-2 in the qualifications in New Haven back in 2014.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Belinda Bencic who should win in 3 sets.
Belinda Bencic -> 1.61
Donna Vekic -> 2.30
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