One of the best ranked romances in the circuit, Ana Bogdan, debuts in the Lyon tournament against Czechoslovakian Tereza Martincova, against whom she starts with the first chance.
Ana Bogdan
◾️Currently the 88th WTA, Romanian is going through a very good period lately.
◾️It crosses an excellent and trustworthy form after at the end of the previous year it won 2 ITF level tournaments, also played indoor, on the hard.
◾️This year he did not get any qualification on the main competition tables, being defeated in qualifications both at the Australian Open and at Dubai.
Tereza Martincova
◾️The 25-year-old Czech player currently occupies 157th place in the WTA standings, being a constant presence in ITF tournaments.
◾️Like her opponent in this match, Tereza Martincova was defeated in the qualifiers of the Australian Open and Dubai tournaments, while in the Doha tournament she reached the second round, where she was close to defeating Maria Sakkari. .
◾️After the result in Doha, he starts with a consistent morale in this tournament in Lyon, where opponents are more accessible.
🎾Direct meetings
▪️The two players have met so far in the circuit 3 times, all the matches being won by Ana Bogdan, but in the last direct match, in 2019, Tereza Martincova was forced to withdraw at 1-0 at sets for the Romanian.
🎾What is the shape of the players in the last 5 matches?
Ana Bogdan
◽️The world number 88, Ana Bogdan, returns to France three months after the elimination suffered in the quarterfinals of the tournament in Limoges, where she gave up 4-6, 2-6 in front of Ekaterina Alexandrova, 26th place WTA.
◽️The athlete from our country thus participates in the first edition of the Lyon Open, a WTA International tournament equipped with total prizes worth over 250000 euros.
◽️Unfortunately, Ana Bogdan failed to gain access to the main table in Dubai (WTA Premier tournament), stopping in the final round of the qualifications of the competition, having previously beaten Barbora Krejcikova (113 WTA) and Shuai Zhang from China ( 31 WTA), with 6-4, 6-4, respectively 3-6, 6-4, 7-6.
Tereza Martincova
◽️On the other side, as his opponent in the first round of the Lyon tournament, Tereza Martincova, currently 157th in the WTA standings, failed to gain access to the main table at the Australian Open, being defeated in the final round of qualifying, with 6- 2, 6-1 by the young Italian player, Elisabetta Cocciaretto, 158th place WTA.
◽️However, tennis born in Prague 25 years ago, comes to France after a beautiful figure in the tournament in Doha, where he stopped in the sixteenth round of finals, where he met favorite number 15 to win the trophy , the world number 20, the Greek Maria Sakkari, in front of which she gave up in three sets, score 6-3, 6-7, 0-6.
🎾News, analysis, statistics and progress about the 2 players.
Ana Bogdan
◾️The 59th WTA is the best ranking in the hierarchy for Ana Bogdan.
◾️In 2018, he was the first to reach the top 100 WTA.
◾️It has 13 ITF trophies.
◾️So far, it has not exceeded the second round of a Grand Slam tournament.
◾️Only 4 of the 9 matches played in 2020 ended in minimum sets.
Tereza Martincova
◾️He lost all three matches played in Anei Bogdan’s company.
◾️Throughout his career he has been awarded 4 ITF trophies.
◾️Only three times managed to gain access to the main table of a Grand Slam tournament, in 2017 and 2019 at the US Open, respectively Wimbledon in 2019.
◾️71% is the percentage of points won by Martincova on the first service, within the WTA competitions played in 2019.
◾️He lost only 4 of the 11 matches played in 2020.
Tennis Prediction of the Day Ana Bogdan vs Tereza Martincova
I expect Ana Bogdan to dominate this match, having on her side the previous direct results, winning 5 out of 5 sets against the Czech player, and the current form is a good one for the Romanian player.
I expect the Romanian to get an easy victory in this match, being one of the favorites on the main panel of the Lyon tournament.
Prediction Today: A. Bogdan
Odds: 1.62
