Anastasia Zolotareva vs Despina Papamichail Tips

Papamichail is world number 170, having a solid year with a 64-33 record, of which 62-27 is on clay. On the other side, Zolotareva is world number 327, having a decent year herself with a 40-18 record in tournaments for the year, of which 33-12 is on clay, but mostly at much lower ITF tournaments. Papamichail has been very consistent as she won at least 3 matches in five of her last 11 tournaments on clay. Zolotareva lost in this round of 16 in her last 6 tournaments on clay. She has been good in opening matches against weaker players but really struggles when competition gets tougher. Both of them won their first match here after a battle in a deciding set, but Papamichail played an opponent 345 places higher ranked than the opponent Zolotareva faced. With Papamichail also being way more consistent and playing at a higher level of tournaments against stronger competition, she should have the edge and win in the end.

Papamichail is world number 170, having a solid year with a 64-33 record, of which 62-27 is on clay. On the other side, Zolotareva is world number 327, having a decent year herself with a 40-18 record in tournaments for the year, of which 33-12 is on clay, but mostly at much lower ITF tournaments. Papamichail has been very consistent as she won at least 3 matches in five of her last 11 tournaments on clay. Zolotareva lost in this round of 16 in her last 6 tournaments on clay. She has been good in opening matches against weaker players but really struggles when competition gets tougher. Both of them won their first match here after a battle in a deciding set, but Papamichail played an opponent 345 places higher ranked than the opponent Zolotareva faced. With Papamichail also being way more consistent and playing at a higher level of tournaments against stronger competition, she should have the edge and win in the end.