Elise Mertens and Monica Niculescu will fight against each other in the 2nd round of Wimbledon for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 2:00 PM (EST) on COURT 15.
Elise Mertens: results and record
Ranked no. 21, the Belgian got to the 2nd round after beating Fiona Ferro 6-2 6-0.
Her best result of the current season was managing to win the title in Doha where she defeated Simona Halep in the final 3-6 6-4 6-3.
The Belgian has a 20-15 win-loss record in 2019, 5-3 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Last year at Wimbledon
The Belgian lost in the 3rd round 6-2 6-2 to Dominika Cibulkova.
Monica Niculescu: results and record
Ranked no. 111, Monica reached the 2nd round after defeating Andrea Petkovic 2-6 6-2 7-5.
Monica has a 14-8 win-loss record in 2019, 1-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Last year at Wimbledon
The Romanian lost in the 1st round 6-4 6-1 to Naomi Osaka.
Live score and result Elise Mertens vs. Monica Niculescu
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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Monica Niculescu
This will be the 3rd time that Elise Mertens and Monica Niculescu face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Mertens (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.
The last time that they competed against each other, Mertens won 6-2 6-2 in the 1st round in Biel back in 2017.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elise Mertens who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Elise Mertens is the pick to win this match.
Elise Mertens -> 1.28
Monica Niculescu -> 3.75
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