Third seeded Elise Mertens will take on Italy’s in-form Camila Giorgi in the second round of the 2020 Prague Open match on Wednesday, August 12. The match will begin at 3 pm local time (2 pm BST). Get the live streaming options of this Elise Mertens v Camila Giorgi match along with its preview, head to head and tips here.
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Elise Mertens v Camila Giorgi Head to Head
This will be the second match between Mertens and Giorgi with the Belgian having defeated her opponent in that encounter. Mertens won that Osaka Open quarterfinal match 6-4, 6-3.
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Scratchy Mertens Looking for Return to Form
Having made it to the fourth round at the Australian Open, it looked like things were moving in the right direction for Mertens. But a couple of second round losses in Dubai and Doha looked to have pegged her back before the tour was suspended.
After opting not to play in any of the exhibition matches during the pandemic, Mertens returned back in Palermo last week. Up against Aliaksandra Sasnovich, she was expected to go through to the second round but her fighting opponent stunned her in straight sets, crushing her 6-4, 6-1.
Even in her first round match here, in Prague, Mertens was stretched to three sets by Italian Jasmine Paoline, before she came through 7-5, 4-6, 6-3. The rustiness looked evident but now that she has notched up that win, she can look forward to getting dialled in to her tennis again.
However, up against her is an opponent who is coming off a brilliant last week in that same tournament in Palermo.
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Semifinalist Giorgi Stretched in Round One
It was a week to remember for Giorgi as she came back from the pandemic break and waltzed into the semifinal of the Palermo Open. Three of the four matches she played in stretched to three sets, but her high-point came in the quarterfinal.
In that match, Giorgi was down set against tournament-favourite Dayana Yastremska but fought back to take the second set to a tie-breaker. Winning a close one, she then ran all over her opponent in the third to clinch the match in three.
The now almost-mandatory three-setter continued for Giorgi in her opener here at Prague too but it surprisingly came against a 140th-ranked qualifier in the form of Marta Kostyuk. In fact there were multiple times Giorgi looked in trouble in that encounter, down a set and then when she was taken to a tie-breaker in the third but the relief of making it through would have been palpable.
Elise Mertens v Camila Giorgi Prediction & Tip
Interestingly Giorgi, who is ranked 71st in the world, starts a favourite in this match against her 26th-ranked opponent! She is 8/11 to win this with bet365 while Mertens starts at 1/1. Those are tempting odds for Mertens but we will go with the much safer games market for this one.
Tip: Over 21.5 games in the match: 5/6 (bet365)
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