World number 44 Elisabetta Cocciaretto will face the 36th-ranked Bernarda Pera in the third round of the 2023 French Open on Saturday, June 3. Get the predictions and odds of this Elisabetta Cocciaretto v Bernarda Pera match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here.
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Elisabetta Cocciaretto v Bernarda Pera Head to Head
There have been three previous meetings between these two and Pera has won two of them including one in Budapest on clay in 2022. They had faced off earlier this year at the Hobart International too and Cocciaretto had clinched a three-setter there.
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Cocciaretto Sends Waltert Packing
After having stunned Petra Kvitova in the first round of the competition, Cocciaretto did not take too much time in overcoming Simona Waltert in the second. In a match lasting an hour and 26 minutes, Cocciaretto defeated Waltert 6-2, 6-3 to reach the third round for the first time at this competition.
Cocciaretto saved all of the five break-points she faced in the first round but was broken twice in the second.
The good news for her was that she had taken a 4-1 lead by then and while she frittered away three match-points on her own serve, the Italian player managed to break Waltert again in the ninth game to finish things off.
Her win over Kvitova had also seen her come through without losing a set and with the kind of form she has shown so far, it is no surprise she walks to the court on Saturday neck in neck with Pera.
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Pera Overturns Vekic in Surprise Win
Donna Vekic was an 8/11 favourite going in her second round match against Pera and for a while it looked like she was in control of the contest.
The Croat had already won the first set and had levelled things off in the second at 3-3 after losing her serve early, gaining vital momentum in the process.
Pera, however, wasn’t done yet. She broke right back in the seventh game and had very soon after that served out the set. And riding on that change in fortune, Pera broke Vekic thrice in succession in the third set to garner a 5-1 lead.
While Vekic came back with a break, it became a matter of too little, too late as Pera found a way to get past the Croat in the very next to make the third round.
Earlier, Pera had had sent Anett Kontaveit out in the first round in straight sets.
Cocciaretto v Pera Prediction and Tip
Not too much to choose between these two as both hunt for their maiden place in the fourth round here. Expect a keen tussle that goes to the third set.
Tips:
- Low Risk Tip: Over 8.5 games in the first set: 1/2
- Moderate Risk Tip: Three sets in the match: 6/5
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