Mona Barthel and Veronika Erjavec meet in the round of 16 at Kitzbuhel (Austria) on Wednesday. Veronika Erjavec is searching for form, having lost 4 in a row (5 of the last 10). Mona Barthel is searching for form, having lost 2 in a row (4 of the last 10).
This is the first career meeting between the two, which means no head-to-head baggage on either side of the net.
Veronika Erjavec simply rates much higher on clay, and our number follows from it. Barthel comes in off a compressed schedule. This one is close to a coin flip, and the lean toward Erjavec is exactly that — a lean.