Mayar Sherif and Oleksandra Oliynykova meet in the semifinal at Iasi on Saturday. Mayar Sherif is rolling — 7 straight wins, 8 of 10 in recent play. Oleksandra Oliynykova comes in at 6 wins from the last ten.
Oleksandra Oliynykova leads the head-to-head 4-0, and history has a way of mattering in matchups like this one. On clay specifically it reads 2-0 Oliynykova — worth more than the overall number this week.
The underlying stats are tight across the board — this is a matchup decided by a handful of points. Oliynykova comes in off a compressed schedule. This one is close to a coin flip, and the lean toward Sherif is exactly that — a lean.