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Johanna Konta vs Petra Kvitova Tennis Prediction

Petra Kvitova played the second tournament of her hand injury comeback last year at Birmingham and went onto lift this Premier title by dropping just one set in the entire week (d. Barty in final). It was the former world #2’s first grass title since her second Wimbledon triumph in 2014.
This year, the Czech has won four titles, the most on tour, at St. Petersburg, Doha, Prague and Madrid. She is #3 in the WTA Race, behind the reigning Australian and French Open champions, and has already claimed 32 wins in this season (compared to 18 in 2017).
Johanna Konta, for the second year in a row, made the final at Nottingham Open last week, defeating the defending champion Donna Vekic en route. This time as well, she fell short in the championship match, losing to Ashleigh Barty in a three-setter.
The Brit #1 arrives at Birmingham to make her sixth consecutive appearance. In each of her previous appearances, she wins the first round match but falls in the subsequent round. Ahead in this grass season, Konta has semifinal points at Eastbourne and Wimbledon to defend.
Kvitova leads the record against Konta by 2-1, with the recent encounter coming at 2016 Wuhan. Their one meeting on grass, at 2016 Eastbourne, was won by the Brit in three sets, 5-7 6-4 6-0.

Tennis Prediction: Petra Kvitova
Odds: 1.63