Alina Korneeva and Polina Kudermetova meet in the round of 32 at Livesport Prague Open on Monday. Polina Kudermetova has dropped 3 straight and sits at 5-5 over the last ten. Alina Korneeva has dropped 3 straight and sits at 2-8 over the last ten.
Polina Kudermetova leads the head-to-head 1-0, and history has a way of mattering in matchups like this one.
On paper it's close: comparable ratings, comparable serve numbers, small margins everywhere. This one is close to a coin flip, and the lean toward Kudermetova is exactly that — a lean.