Karolina Pliskova and Mihaela Buzarnescu will face off in the 1st round of the Nature Valley Classic for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 5.30 pm (est) on Centre Court.
Karolina Pliskova: results and record
Ranked no. 3, Karolina will start her run in Birmingham with the idea to win her 14th competition in singles after winning her last title in Rome in May 2019.
Karolina has a 28-7 win-loss record in 2019, 0-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on grass.
Her best result of the current year was managing to win the title in Brisbane where she beat Lesya Tsurenko in the final 4-6 7-5 6-2 and in Rome where she defeated Johanna Konta in the final 6-3 6-4.
Last year in Birmingham
The Czech lost in the 1st round 6-2 6-3 to Magdalena Rybarikova.
Mihaela Buzarnescu: results and record
Ranked no. 40, Buzarnescu will start her run in Birmingham with the intention to win her 2nd single title after winning her last title in San Jose back in 2018.
The Romanian has a 7-14 win-loss record in 2019, 0-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on grass.
Last year in Birmingham
The Romanian lost in the semifinal 6-3 6-2 to Petra Kvitova.
Live score and result Karolina Pliskova vs. Mihaela Buzarnescu
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Prediction and head to head Karolina Pliskova vs. Mihaela Buzarnescu
This will be the 3rd time that Karolina Pliskova and Mihaela Buzarnescu face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Pliskova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on grass.
The last time that they competed against each other, Pliskova won 3-6 7-63 6-1 in the 3rd round in London back in 2018.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Karolina Pliskova who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Karolina Pliskova is the pick to win this match.
Karolina Pliskova -> 1.16
Mihaela Buzarnescu -> 5.00
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