Jil Teichmann and Yasmine Kabbaj meet in the quarterfinal at Rabat on Thursday. Yasmine Kabbaj has won 2 of the last 10. Jil Teichmann brings a 3-match winning streak into this one, 7-3 across the last ten.
Jil Teichmann 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 Teichmann — worth more than the overall number this week.
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 Kabbaj is exactly that — a lean.