Elina Svitolina and Elise Mertens will square off in the 2nd round of Western & Southern Open for the 4th time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:00 am on COURT 10.
Elina Svitolina: results and record
Ranked no. 7, the Ukrainian will start her run in Cincinnati after she played her last match in Toronto where she lost 7-62 6-4 to Kenin in the quarter the 9th of August.
The Ukrainian has a 22-14 win-loss record in 2019, 16-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Svitolina’s best result of the season was reaching the semi-finals in London, Indian Wells, Dubai and Doha.
Last year in Cincinnati
The Ukrainian lost in the quarter 6-4 6-3 to Kiki Bertens.
Elise Mertens: results and record
Ranked no. 23, Elise got to the 2nd round after defeating Caty McNally 7-5 6-0.
Her best result of the year was conquering the title in Doha where she beat Simona Halep in the final 3-6 6-4 6-3.
Elise has a 24-18 win-loss record in 2019, 13-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Cincinnati
Mertens lost in the quarter 7-5 5-7 6-3 to Petra Kvitova.
Western & Southern Open Live score and result Elina Svitolina vs. Elise Mertens
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Prediction and head to head Elina Svitolina vs. Elise Mertens
This will be the 4th time that Elina Svitolina and Elise Mertens square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Svitolina (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Svitolina won 7-5 6-3 in the quarter in Montreal back in 2018.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elina Svitolina who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Elina Svitolina is the pick to win this match.
Elina Svitolina -> 1.53
Elise Mertens -> 2.37
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