Monica Niculescu continues her excellent form of this grass season, after winning the Ilkey ITF tournament, this being a solid first round. He will have a much more difficult match in the second round against Belgian Elise Mertens.

Elise Mertens

The Beglia player “exploded” in the circuit in the seasons, and is currently ranked 21th in the WTA rankings at 23 years.The best result of this year he got to Doha, where he managed to win the trophy, after a very disputed final finale Simone Halep, returning from 0-1 to sets.The slag was revealed only at Roland Garros, where he reached the third round, while on the fast surface of the lawn he reached up to quarters in Mallorca, respectively, the third round in Eastbourne, while in the first the tour of Wimbledon went extremely clear by Fiona Ferro, score 6-2 6-0.

Monica Niculescu

The 31-year-old Romance is currently ranked second in the World Ranking WTA World Ranking 111th.He has had some results this season, such as the quarterfinals from Shenzen in the start of the season, respectively reaching the finals finals stage in the Miami tournament.After winning the ITF tournament at Ilkey, which gave her an invitation to participate in the Wimbledon main picture, the Romanian did not disappoint, winning in the decisive set the match against Andreei Petkovic, score 7-5.

1. Direct meetings

The two players met twice before, both of which were won by Elise Mertens in a minimum of sets.

Tennis Prediction of the Day Elise Mertens vs Monica Niculescu

Even if he was in a good season, Monica Niculescu failed in any direct match against Mertens to trouble him.The Belgian player has a considerable moral advantage in the face of romance, showing that he can easily accommodate with the necoventional style of romance.Monica had a very long match against Andreea Petkovic, being physically capable, while Elise Mertens spent very little time on the field, and my prognosis is the minimum victory of the Beglia player .

Prediction Today: Monica Niculescu 

Odds: 1.29