Christina Mchale and Polona Hercog will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Libema Open for the 5th time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 1 pm (est) on Court no.5.
Christina Mchale
Ranked no. 112, Christina got to the 1st round after beating Rosalie Van Der Hoek 6-3 6-3.
Mchale has a 14-11 win-loss record in 2019, 1-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Polona Hercog
Ranked no. 62, Polona will start her run in Hertogenbosch with the idea to win her 4th competition in singles after succeeding in winning her last in Lugano in April 2019.
Hercog has a 17-13 win-loss record in 2019, 0-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on grass
Her best result of the current year was managing to win the title in Lugano where she defeated Iga Swiatek in the final 6-3 3-6 6-3.
Last year in ‘s-Hertogenbosch
The Slovenian lost in the 1st round 4-6 6-1 6-3 to Su-Wei Hsieh.
Prediction and head to head Christina Mchale vs. Polona Hercog
This will be the 5th time that Christina Mchale and Polona Hercog square off. The head to head is 3-1 for Mchale (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.
The last time that they fought against each other, Hercog won 7-62 6-1 in the qualifications in Wuhan back in 2018.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Christina Mchale who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Christina Mchale is the pick to win this match.
Christina Mchale ->
Polona Hercog ->
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