Preview and players comparison.
The pair’s only previous encounter came in the first qualifying round of Nuremberg in 2018 when Minella edged the Czech 7-6, 6-3. There are no clear favorites in this match-up. While Minella holds a feeble tournament record, 247th-ranked Allertova is coming off a 52-minute disheartening beating to Bonaventure at Linz.
Luxembourg’s longtime top-ranked player Mandy Minella hopes to score her maiden main draw win at her home tournament. She is 0-10 at this level, managing to claim a set just three times across them. The 33-year-old’s closest look at a win came in 2016 when she was two games away from beating Andrea Petkovic. Apart from the US Open, Minella has only played clay-court ITF events in the last three months. She has gone 15-25 in tournaments of all levels in 2019 and 3-10 in tour-level main draws — all three wins came on the dirt. The former world no. 66 is likely to endure her seventh successive outside top 100 win finish.
Similar to the local wildcard, Denisa Allertova has spent most of her time in the season on clay, including entering the finals of W60s at Stare Splavy and Prague — failed to win her first title since 2017. The Czech has failed to translate the form on hard-courts, coming off opening-round exits at Seoul, Tashkent, and Linz. That said, Allertova has been far more successful at Luxembourg. She has cleared the first round in three out of four outings, with the exception coming in 2017 against Kiki Bertens. Her best result came when she debuted at the tournament in 2014, upsetting third seed Sabine Lisicki en route to the semifinals (l. Beck).
Match Info.
Competition: WTA – SINGLES: Luxembourg (Luxembourg), hard (indoor) – 1/16-finals.
Start: 14.10.2019, 16:00 UTC.
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