Barbora Strycova and Heather Watson will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Nature Valley Classic for the 6th time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1.30 pm (est) on court 1.
Barbora Strycova: results and record
Ranked no. 49, the Czech will start her run in Birmingham trying to win her 3rd tournament after winning her last title in Linz back in 2017.
The Czech has a 10-12 win-loss record in 2019, 0-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on grass.
Strycova’s best result of the season was reaching the semi-finals in Prague and Istanbul.
Last year in Birmingham
Barbora lost in the semifinal 7-61 6-4 to Magdalena Rybarikova.
Heather Watson: results and record
Ranked no. 115, Heather will start her run in Birmingham trying to win her 4th single title after winning her last in Monterrey back in 2016.
Watson has a 3-10 win-loss record in 2019, 0-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Birmingham
Heather lost in the 1st round 7-62 7-5 to Lesya Tsurenko.
Live score and result Barbora Strycova vs. Heather Watson
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Prediction and head to head Barbora Strycova vs. Heather Watson
This will be the 6th time that Barbora Strycova and Heather Watson square off. The head to head is 3-2 for Strycova (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on grass.
The last time that they competed against each other, Watson won 6-1 1-6 6-4 in the quarter in Eastbourne back in 2017.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Barbora Strycova who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Barbora Strycova is the pick to win this match.
Barbora Strycova -> 1.44
Heather Watson -> 2.62
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