Tuesday's Livesport Prague Open round of 32 pits Nikola Bartunkova against Yue Yuan on clay. Nikola Bartunkova has dropped 2 straight and sits at 5-5 over the last ten. Yue Yuan is searching for form, having lost 2 in a row (5 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.
The serve is where this match separates: Bartunkova has been winning 68.1% of first-serve points to Yuan's 62.9%, and on clay that gap compounds fast. Little separates them; Bartunkova gets the nod on the finest of margins.