2 matches are on Monday's card at Hamburg, and we have a pick for every one of them. The headline act: Anhelina Kalinina against Kaitlin Quevedo in the round of 32. Our calls: Kalinina over Quevedo, Bondar over Uchijima. As always, every pick below is graded after the fact and stays up, right or wrong.
Anna Bondar and Moyuka Uchijima meet in the round of 32 at Hamburg on Monday. Anna Bondar is 4-6 across recent matches. Moyuka Uchijima limps in on a 2-match losing skid, just 4 wins in 10.
This is the first career meeting between the two, which means no head-to-head baggage on either side of the net.
Anna Bondar simply rates much higher on clay, and our number follows from it. Uchijima needs several things to break right at once; the percentages say they usually don't.
Pick: Bondar
Win probability: 73% Bondar · Sets: 2 (65%) · most likely score 2-0 (49%)
Monday's Hamburg round of 32 pits Anhelina Kalinina against Kaitlin Quevedo on clay. Anhelina Kalinina is searching for form, having lost 3 in a row (5 of the last 10). Kaitlin Quevedo comes in at 6 wins from the last ten.
The two have never played — a first meeting always adds a layer of uncertainty the numbers can't fully capture.
Anhelina Kalinina simply rates much higher on clay, and our number follows from it. This one is close to a coin flip, and the lean toward Kalinina is exactly that — a lean.
Pick: Kalinina
Win probability: 59% Kalinina · Sets: 2 (65%) · most likely score 2-0 (40%)