Denisa Allertova (Cze) vs. Elena Rybakina (Kaz) – Result prediction (16.10.2019)

Preview and players comparison.

Ranked 247th and playing with a Protected Ranking, Allertova, who had a full day of rest, is on the lookout for her second top 50 win in the last three years — defeated Shuai Zhang at 2018 Melbourne. As they meet for the first time, third-seeded Rybakina is expected to come on top of the former world no. 55.

Apart from an early break in the opening set, Elena Rybakina did not face any trouble on her serve as she dismissed qualifier Chloe Paquet, 6-2, 7-6, on Tuesday. The Kazakh is playing her fifth tournament in six weeks, previously entering the final of Nanchang and quarterfinal of Wuhan and Linz. Rybakina started the season with immense ITF success, including winning two indoor hard-court titles in her birth country. Her full-time transition to the tour has been seamless, having registered quarterfinal-or-better results in six events, including her maiden career title victory at Bucharest (d. Tig in final).

Denisa Allertova survived a monstrous three-hour match against home favorite Mandy Minella, 6-7, 7-6, 7-6, to kickstart her fifth Luxembourg campaign. In the second set, the Czech was two points within defeat, while in the third, she failed to convert any of five breakpoints and saved a match point in the tiebreak. Allertova fired a whopping 72 winners, including 12 aces, to 47 unforced errors, compared to Minella’s 20 apiece. She entered the week with a four-match losing run and last scoring a WTA main draw win at 2018 Nottingham (d. Ahn). The 26-year-old bids her third quarterfinal at this event, after 2014 and 2016.

Match Info.

Competition: WTA – SINGLES: Luxembourg (Luxembourg), hard (indoor) – 1/8-finals.
Start: 16.10.2019, 10:00 UTC.