A spot in the next round is at stake on Wednesday, when Anna Bondar goes up against Tamara Zidansek in the Iasi round of 16. Anna Bondar has won 4 of the last 10. Tamara Zidansek has dropped 3 straight and sits at 6-4 over the last ten.
Anna Bondar leads the head-to-head 1-0, and history has a way of mattering in matchups like this one. On clay specifically it reads 1-0 Bondar — worth more than the overall number this week.
Hold strength tells the story — 64.8% versus 57.7% on first-serve points in Bondar's favor. Zidansek comes in off a compressed schedule. This one is close to a coin flip, and the lean toward Bondar is exactly that — a lean.