Viktoria Kuzmova vs. Andrea Petkovic – Score prediction (11.10.2019)

Overview.

The pair met for the first time in the quarterfinal of $100 Cagnes-Sur-Mer, a clay-court event in May 2018. Petkovic won the quarterfinal match from a set deficit. Kuzmova was yet to debut into the top 100 at that time, while she has now risen as high as no. 43. It should be another tight encounter between the two.

Andrea Petkovic beats good friend Julia Goerges for the second year in a row in Upper Austria, though in straight sets this time. She didn’t face a breakpoint until the very last game of the 79-minute match, saving all three to win 7-6, 6-0, and extend her dominance over the fellow former top 10 player to 4-2. Having started her eighth appearance at Linz with a 6-1, 6-1, 68-minute win over Jil Teichmann, Petkovic is now through to her first quarterfinal of the season. This week is just her third instance of earning back-to-back main draw wins in a row; the previous ones were third-round finishes at Paris and Corona Park. Petkovic has reached at least one semifinal on tour every season since breaking out in 2009. Last year, she arrived at Linz with no wins at the indoor tournament in five years. The German defeated then ninth-ranked Goerges, Tatjana Maria, and Mladenovic to match the semifinal finish she posted back in 2010.

Viktoria Kuzmova concluded the US Open Series with just eleven wins in her previous seventeen outings, including a 0-3 blowout in North America. After withdrawing from the East Asian swing, the 21-year-old has now entered two quarterfinals in a row, backing up her run at Tashkent at the Upper Austrian capital. The Slovakian, who lost to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova at Linz last year, registered her second consecutive comeback win over the Russian, prevailing 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 on Thursday; also won at Miami in March. She is 3-3 in WTA quarterfinals, having lost the last three in straight sets, including to Kr. Pliskova at Tashkent.

Match Info.

Competition: WTA – SINGLES: Linz (Austria), hard (indoor) – Quarter-finals.
Start: 11.10.2019, 12:00 UTC.