It’s the first round action at the WTA Prague Open 2020 and the third seeded Elise Mertens will be up against Italy’s Jasmine Paolini in one of the matches. This match will be scheduled for Tuesday, August 11 with the match to begin at 10 am local time (9 am BST). Get the live streaming options of this Elise Mertens v Jasmine Paolini match along with its preview, head to head and tips here.
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Elise Mertens v Jasmine Paolini Head to Head
While these two haven’t played each other at the WTA level, Mertens did defeat Paolini in their only other outing which came in the 2018 Fed Cup. It was a straight set, 6-1, 7-5 win for Mertens.
Mertens Shocked in Palermo
Having gone into the Palermo Open without any exhibition tennis experience during the pandemic under her belt, Elise Mertens was understandably rusty going into her first match there.
However, not too many expected the world number 23 to lose to Aliaksandra Sasnovich, let alone lose in the manner she did. After showing some fight in the first set, Mertens fell away 6-4, 6-1 in her opener.
She gets another chance now on clay, when she takes on Paolini in this first round match and while red dirt did not deliver her most prolific results last year, Mertens can take confidence from what happened in 2018. She had won three WTA titles that year including two on clay, at Rabat and Lugano and if she can replicate some of that form, it would augur rather well.
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Paolini Made Second Round on Return
While Paolini is ranked 95th in the world and was afforded a wildcard to participate in the Palermo Open last week, she did surprise a few with her performance. The first round win over Daria Kasatkina was against the odds and while she was stretched, Paolini would have taken a lot out of that victory.
Unfortunately for her, that win also took a lot out of her by the looks of things and Sasnovich, who had defeated Mertens in the first round, steamrolled past Paolini in the second – winning 6-0, 6-2.
Up against Mertens, things would be a lot tougher than she had against Kasatkina, especially now that the initial rustiness has been shrugged off. Can the Italian push her opponent?
Elise Mertens v Jasmine Paolini Prediction & Tip
Highly doubtful Paolini will have enough ammo to get the better of Mertens. In fact we think this could be a straightforward victory, with Mertens to win in straight sets.
Tip: Mertens to win in straight sets: 4/6 (bet365)
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