A spot in the next round is at stake on Thursday, when Sinja Kraus goes up against Yulia Putintseva in the Bastad quarterfinal. Yulia Putintseva is 6-4 across recent matches. Sinja Kraus comes in at 3 wins from the last ten.
There is no history here: this is their first tour-level meeting.
Yulia Putintseva simply rates much higher on clay, and our number follows from it. Kraus comes in off a compressed schedule; Putintseva comes in off a compressed schedule. Little separates them; Putintseva gets the nod on the finest of margins.