Sloane Stephens and Svetlana Kuznetsova will play each other in the 3rd round of Western & Southern Open for the 5th time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 6:30 pm on STADIUM 3.
Sloane Stephens: results and record
Ranked no. 10, the American will start her run in Cincinnati after she played her last match in Toronto where she lost 6-2 7-5 to Bouzkova in the 2nd round the 6th of August.
Stephens has a 19-14 win-loss record in 2019, 7-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The American best result of the current season was reaching the semi-finals in Madrid.
Last year in Cincinnati
The American lost in the 3rd round 7-68 6-2 to Elise Mertens.
Svetlana Kuznetsova: results and record
Ranked no. 153, the Russian reached the 3rd round after defeating Anastasija Sevastova 7-63 6-74 6-4 and Dayana Yastremska 4-6 7-67 6-2.
Svetlana has a 9-8 win-loss record in 2019, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Cincinnati
The Russian lost in the 2nd round 7-61 4-6 6-4 to Elina Svitolina.
Western & Southern Open Live score and result Sloane Stephens vs. Svetlana Kuznetsova
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Prediction and head to head Sloane Stephens vs. Svetlana Kuznetsova
This will be the 5th time that Sloane Stephens and Svetlana Kuznetsova square off. The head to head is 3-1 for Kuznetsova (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Kuznetsova won 6-71 6-2 8-6 in the 3rd round in London back in 2016.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sloane Stephens who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sloane Stephens is the pick to win this match.
Sloane Stephens -> 1.53
Svetlana Kuznetsova -> 2.50
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