Samantha Stosur vs Daria Gavrilova Tennis Prediction

The two Australians split the head-to-head record at two wins to each (1-1 in their 2018 meetings). However, the former slam champion holds 2-0 record against Gavrilova in clay meetings, 2017 Strasbourg final (5-7 6-4 6-3) and 2018 Prague (6-3 4-6 retired).

Samantha Stosur News

Samantha Stosur, defending her second Internationaux de Strasbourg title this week, starts with a 6-3 6-2 win over American teenager Sofia Kenin in the first round. Hitting 22 winners, including 12 aces, Stosur wrapped the match in an hour and 12 minutes.
Stosur arrived at Strasbourg having suffered her sixth opening-round defeat of the 2018 season, at the hands of Van Uytvanck in Rome. Defending fourth round points at French Open next week, the former #4 is at the risk of falling out of top 100 for the first time since July 2008.
Stosur made her Strasbourg debut in 2005, losing in its first round. She won the tournament when she returned ten years later in 2015 (d. Mladenovic). She repeated the title run last year beating none other than her second round opponent this week Gavrilova in the final.

Daria Gavrilova News

Second seed Daria Gavrilova started her Strasbourg campaign with a tight straight sets win over Jennifer Brady (7-6 7-6) in two hours and 19 minutes. Apart from the tiebreaker, nothing separated the two players, who exchanged three breaks of serves each.
Gavrilova, who was also at Rome last week, had a better stay at the Italian capital than her compatriot. She edged out two-time slam champion Muguruza in the third set tiebreaker in R2 to secure her career’s tenth top win (first since her 2017 New Haven title).The two Australians split the head-to-head record at two wins to each (1-1 in their 2018 meetings). However, the former slam champion holds 2-0 record against Gavrilova in clay meetings, 2017 Strasbourg final (5-7 6-4 6-3) and 2018 Prague (6-3 4-6 retired).

Tennis Prediction: Daria Gavrilova
Odds: 1.95