Barbora Krejcikova and Elena Gabriela Ruse meet in the quarterfinal at Hertogenbosch on Friday. Barbora Krejcikova has won 4 of the last 10. Elena Gabriela Ruse comes in at 6 wins from the last ten.
Barbora Krejcikova leads the head-to-head 2-1, and history has a way of mattering in matchups like this one.
Barbora Krejcikova simply rates much higher on grass, and our number follows from it. Krejcikova comes in off a compressed schedule; Ruse comes in off a compressed schedule. The edge belongs to Krejcikova — real, but not the kind you take for granted at this level.