Berlin 2024: Marketa Vondrousova vs Anna Kalinskaya preview, head-to-head, prediction, odds and pick | ecotrans Ladies Open
Match Details
Fixture: (5) Marketa Vondrousova vs Anna Kalinskaya
Date: June 19, 2024
Tournament: ecotrans Ladies Open 2024
Round: Second Round (Round of 16)
Venue: Rot-Weiss Tennis Club, Berlin, Germany
Category: WTA 500
Surface: Grass
Prize Money: $922,573
Live Telecast: USA - Tennis Channel | UK - Sky Sports
Marketa Vondrousova vs Anna Kalinskaya preview
Reigning Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova will face Anna Kalinskaya in the second round of the 2024 ecotrans Ladies Open on Wednesday.
Vondrousova was drawn against qualifier Rebeka Masarova in the first round. The Czech was the only one in trouble at the start of the match. She saved a couple of break points in the second game of the first set, and then another one in the sixth game.
Masarova paid the price for not capitalizing on her chances as Vondrousova bagged the last three games of the set to take it. The latter raced to a 4-1 lead in the second set but the former put up a fight by claiming the next two games.
However, Vondrousova didn't let Masarova back into the match and kept her at bay for a 6-4, 6-3 win. She extended her winning streak on grass to eight matches, dating back to her triumph at last year's Wimbledon.
Kalinskaya began her campaign in Berlin against qualifier Nao Hibino. The opening set slipped out of the Russian's hands as she lost it after getting broken twice.
Kalinskaya struck first in the second set to go up a break but Hibino fought back to level the score. The former broke the latter's serve once again and maintained her lead this time to take the set.
The Russian breezed through the third set as she surged to a 5-1 lead, and closed out the match soon after that for a 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 comeback win. It marked her first win on grass in two years.
Marketa Vondrousova vs Anna Kalinskaya head-to-head
This will be the first meeting between them, so the head-to-head stands at 0-0 for now.
Marketa Vondrousova vs Anna Kalinskaya odds
(Odds are sourced from BetMGM)
Marketa Vondrousova vs Anna Kalinskaya prediction
Kalinskaya fought back admirably to edge past Hibino in the previous round. Vondrousova, on the other hand, had an easier time dealing with Masarova. The Czech recently made the quarterfinals of the French Open. With her title defense at Wimbledon a couple of weeks away, she will be keen to make a deep run in Berlin.
Kalinskaya made the quarterfinals of the Australian Open and then reached the final of the Dubai Tennis Championships. She has strung together back-to-back wins only once since her runner-up finish in Dubai.
Vondrousova wasn't a huge threat on grass before her Wimbledon triumph. She had four main draw wins to her name on the surface before her victory at the All-England Club. Her variety will be put to the test against Kalinskaya's powerful shotmaking, though the Czech's recent form makes her the favorite to come out on top.
Pick: Marketa Vondrousova to win in straight sets.