Alison Riske and Maria Sharapova will square off in the 1st round of Western & Southern Open for the 4th time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 7:00 pm on CENTER COURT.
Alison Riske: results and record
Ranked no. 37, Riske will start her run in Cincinnati after she played her last match in Toronto where she lost 6-4 6-74 6-2 to Pliskova in the 2nd round the 7th of August.
Alison has a 23-16 win-loss record in 2019, 14-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Her best result of the current season was managing to win the title in Hertogenbosch where she defeated Kiki Bertens in the final 0-6 7-6(3) 7-5.
Last year in Cincinnati
The American lost in the qualifications 2-6 7-5 6-2 to Aliaksandra Sasnovich.
Maria Sharapova: results and record
Ranked no. 81, the Russian will start her run in Cincinnati after she played her last match in Toronto where she lost 4-6 6-3 6-4 to Kontaveit in the 1st round the 5th of August.
The Russian has a 7-5 win-loss record in 2019, 5-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Cincinnati
The Russian didn’t compete in Cincinnati in 2018.
Western & Southern Open Live score and result Alison Riske vs. Maria Sharapova
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Prediction and head to head Alison Riske vs. Maria Sharapova
This will be the 4th time that Alison Riske and Maria Sharapova face off. The head to head is 3-0 for Sharapova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Sharapova won 4-6 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in Shenzhen back in 2018.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Maria Sharapova who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Maria Sharapova is the pick to win this match.
Maria Sharapova -> 2.10
Alison Riske -> 1.66
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