World no. 13, and the number 10 seed, Barbora Krejcikova of the Czech Republic, will take on Danka Kovinic of Montenegro, the world number 69, in the second round of the 2023 Rome Open on Friday, May 12. Get the live streaming options of this Barbora Krejcikova v Danka Kovinic match along with its preview, head-to-head, and tips here.
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Barbora Krejcikova v Danka Kovinic Head to Head
The pair have played each other twice before, both times on clay, and the Czech has won both matches. She defeated Kovinic in an ITF event in Germany nine years ago, and, much more recently, in three sets at the Madrid Open two weeks ago.
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Krejcikova is still looking for the singles form that made her a surprise winner of the French Open title in 2021, although she continues to collect Grand Slam doubles titles – she now has eight to her name, as well as an Olympic gold medal.
Surprisingly, this will just be her second appearance in this Championships – she reached the third round here two years ago, and is one step towards that after receiving a first round bye.
Already a winner on the WTA tour this year in Dubai, where she beat Iga Swiatek in the final, she has enjoyed mixed results on clay so far.
In Stuttgart, she was beaten by Arnya Sabalenka in straight sets in the second round.
She went one stage further in Madrid, before she was eventually beaten by Petra Martic of Croatia.
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Kovanic Beats Local Favourite
This is only the third time that Kovinic has featured in the main draw in Rome, her best previous performance coming in 2020 when she reached the third round.
She is halfway to matching that after upsetting one of the local favourites, Lucia Bronzetti, in their first round match. The Montenegrin breezed through the first set, moving two breaks ahead, and, although Bronzetti recovered one of them, she could not close the deficit.
However, the world number 98 hit back in the second set, and managed to level the match with the odd service break in five,
Holding serve became increasingly difficult for both women in the third set, and there was a run of six games which went to the receiver. However, when the Italian dropped her serve for a fourth time, Kovinic summoned the inner resolve to hold and close out the match.
Krejcikova v Kovinic Prediction and Tip
Given that Krejcikova beat Kovinic in Madrid just two weeks ago, she will start favourite to do so again, but, as the Montenegrin took a set off her on that occasion, she needs to guard against complacency.
.Tips:
- Low Risk Tip: Krejcikova to win: 2/9
- Moderate Risk Tip: Over 19.5 games in the match: 22/25
The 2023 WTA Rome Open will be played from May 9 to 21. You can get all the tennis betting news with our tennis betting blog here. Also get rest of the tennis match previews here.
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