No. 11 seed Veronika Kudermetova of Russia will take on Spain’s Nuria Parrizas-Diaz in the second round of the 2023 WTA Rome Open on Thursday, May 11. Get the predictions and odds of this Veronika Kudermetova v Nuria Parrizas-Diaz match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here.
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Veronika Kudermetova v Nuria Parrizas-Diaz Head to Head
Kudermetova won their only match at the Madrid Open this year, winning the second round contest in three sets.
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Kudermetova High on Confidence
No. 11 seed Veronika Kudermetova will be high on confidence as she prepares for her fourth main draw appearance in Rome.
The Russian is coming off a fantastic run in Madrid, where she knocked out Daria Kasatkina and Jessica Pegula en route the semifinals. She was eventually beaten by Iga Swiatek in the final four stage.
Kudermetova is 14-10 overall this year and she also made it to the semifinals in Adelaide-2 and Doha this year and was a quarterfinalist in Adelaide-1.
While she is the defending doubles champion in Rome, she doesn’t have a great singles record in the tournament, having lost out in the first rounds in 2020 and 2022 and having only made it to the third round in 2021.
Kudermetova has been more dominant on hard courts, but interestingly her only WTA title came on clay in Charleston in 2021. She has played in a total of five finals but has lost four of them.
The Russian will be hoping to build on the Madrid run in Rome.
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Parrizas-Diaz Rallies Past Niemeier
World no. 80 Nuria Parrizas Diaz bounced back after dropping the opening set to send Jule Niemeier packing in the first round of the tournament on Tuesday.
In a two-hour-and-30-minute contest, Parrizas Diaz went up a break twice in the first set, but the German came back on both the occasion and got a third break in the last game to take the opening set.
Parrizas Diaz came right back into the contest in the second set and then raced away with the match in the final set for a 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 victory.
The Spaniard saved 9 of 15 break points and converted 8 of 10 to battle past the world no. 74.
With the win Parrizas Diaz is in the second round for the second straight year. She is 9-4 on clay this year, with seven of those wins coming in qualifying or lower level tournaments. Her only other main draw win on clay this year came in the first round in Madrid. She lost in the second round though to her Thursday’s opponent in three sets.
Kudermetova v Parrizas-Diaz Prediction and Tip
Kudermetova is the player in form, she also won their only meeting two weeks ago. She will expect the Spaniard to give her a tough fight once again but the Russian should emerge victorious and march into the next round.
Tips:
- Low Risk Tip: Kudermetova to win: 1/3
- Moderate Risk Tip: Over 21.5 games in the match: 5/6
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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