Elizabeth Mandlik and Fiona Ferro meet in the quarterfinal at Queretaro on Saturday. Fiona Ferro brings a 3-match winning streak into this one, 8-2 across the last ten. Elizabeth Mandlik has won 6 of the last 10.
There's a wide gap in our ratings on clay, and our number follows from it. Ferro comes in off a compressed schedule. The edge belongs to Ferro — real, but not the kind you take for granted at this level.