The 14th seed Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic plays Belgium’s Elise Mertens in the second round of the 2022 WTA Cincinnati Open on Wednesday, August 10. Get the live streaming options of this Karolina Pliskova v Elise Mertens match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here.
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Karolina Pliskova v Elise Mertens Head to Head
They played twice and Pliskova won those matches.
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Pliskova’s Slow Rise
Karolina Pliskova did not have a very good summer of tennis but the Czech player was able to find some decent form last week in Toronto. She did it last year as well because she reached the final in Montreal losing to Camila Giorgi. This time around it was the semi-final and Beatriz Haddad Maia proved better.
The solid form continued in Cincinnati with Pliskova beating Venus Williams in three sets. It was an interesting match as she struggled early falling behind 2-4 but rallied in time to beat Williams. The American not being able to hit her serve had a lot to do with it because every shorter ball was immediately attacked.
She thrives in conditions like these because they allow her to impose herself rather early and if her service works she can get a lot of free points. She’s played well here historically so another good run is in the cards as well. Mertens is an opponent who can’t really hurt her and she has a 2-0 H2H against her.
Everything is shaping up for win number 16 of the year for Pliskova.
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Mertens Smashes Kalinina
Elise Mertens had a superb start in Cincinnati beating Anhelina Kalinina in a one-sided match 6-1 6-1. The Ukrainian is mostly a clay player but she’s not that bad on hard courts. It was just an excellent match from Mertens who had a few of them this year.
Generally quite consistent, the Belgian has one of these surprise runs where she beats a couple of players in superb fashion. Perhaps this was the start of another one. Her best result here came in in 2018 when she played the quarterfinal but it’s mostly second rounds since then.
She’ll try to avoid that against Pliskova but it will be tough. The matchup stylistically doesn’t suit Mertens at all and she’ll have a lot of trouble, especially if her serve doesn’t work. It’s usually good but the 2nd one is quite slow and Pliskova won’t hesitate.
This year has been mostly okay with a 19-17 record and 9-9 on hard courts.
Pliskova v Mertens Prediction and Tip
Mertens never beat Pliskova before with two matches ending with the Czech winning. Neither was played on hard courts so that’s something to note and the clay match was the closer one. There isn’t much Mertens can do here in terms of matchups.
Her best bet is to try and force Pliskova to miss a lot which can happen. If she’s able to do that and serve decently well she’ll have a chance. I don’t think she’ll win but perhaps get a set.
Tip: Pliskova to win in three sets: 3/1 (Click Here to Bet with bet365)
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