World number 22 Angelique Kerber of Germany will be up against Slovenian Kaja Juvan in the first round of the 2020 French Open on Sunday, September 27. The match timings will be announced soon. Get the live streaming options of this Angelique Kerber v Kaja Juvan match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here.
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Angelique Kerber v Kaja Juvan Head to Head
There have been no previous matches played between Kerber and Juvan before this.
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Kerber Ousted in Round One Last Year
Kerber has won three Grand Slams in her career, all at different majors but the one trophy missing from her cabinet is the French Open. Her best showing at Roland-Garros has been a quarterfinal in 2012 edition and then again once in 2018.
As compared to the other surfaces, Kerber has generally found the going tough on clay. For instance, at the Madrid Open, the German hasn’t gone beyond the quarterfinal either. At the Italian Open, she has done the semifinals only once.
And as compared to the 20 finals she has reached on hard court on the tour, Kerber has made it to just four on clay, winning three of them. Her last clay court title win came in the Stuttgart Open back in 2016, but since then she has struggled to get going on that surface.
What makes things worse for Kerber, she starts off on the back of only one match she’s played on clay all season – it came in Rome last week and the former world number one lost to Katerina Siniakova in straight sets in that one.
With just a fourth round appearance at the US Open before that, and a similar showing at the Australian Open – two of her more preferred surfaces – Kerber will have a job on her hand if she wants to make it really deep in this competition.
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Juvan a Clay-Court Specialist…
…but at the lower circuit. Ranked 103rd in the world currently, Juvan has won seven ITF circuit competitions, all of which have come on clay. The last of those titles came in April 2019, after which Juvan has turned her attention to the WTA tour.
Because of her ranking, Juvan has been featuring in the qualifiers of most competitions, making the main draws of the Australian Open, Acapulco Open, Palermo Open and Italian Open from there on. Juvan did enter round two at Acapulco and Palermo, other than getting a direct entry at the US Open in August and winning her first round match there.
That was only her second main draw win at a Grand Slam, having played and lost her only match at the French Open last year. She is coming off a first round exit at the Italian Open, losing to fellow Slovenian Polona Hercog in a fighting three-setter.
It’s still early days for Juvan and while she does have an advantage of understanding the nuances of playing on clay, there will still be some gulf between her and her opponent in this match.
Kerber v Juvan Prediction and Tip
Kerber looks good to shake off her first round loss at the Italian Open and win this in straight sets.
Tip: Kerber to win in straight sets: 4/5 (bet365)
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