Tuesday's Memphis (Usa) round of 32 pits Sloane Stephens against Yuliia Starodubtseva on hard. Yuliia Starodubtseva limps in on a 3-match losing skid, just 4 wins in 10. Sloane Stephens has dropped 4 straight and sits at 2-8 over the last ten.
This is the first career meeting between the two, which means no head-to-head baggage on either side of the net.
The underlying stats are tight across the board — this is a matchup decided by a handful of points. This one is close to a coin flip, and the lean toward Starodubtseva is exactly that — a lean.