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Juvan is world number 100 after she returned to tennis last year following taking a year off to deal due to a rare neurological condition. She came back rejuvenated, rising through the ranks with a 52-20 record and 2 titles that saw her climb into the top 100 again after she had peaked at number 58 earlier in her career before taking the break. On the other side, the 5-years-younger Bertea is world number 303 after a 65-25 record last year, but most of it came on clay courts at lower ITF levels. She has only one match on hard courts in her career and she lost it 2-6, 0-6 to a player ranked more than 200 places lower than Juvan, who ended last year on a 9-3 run on hard courts. Juvan opened this year 0-2, losing to the 85th-ranked player, and then she lost in the Australian Open 4-6, 3-6 to Rybakina, who went on to win the tournament. Juvan is playing well and results will follow, so going against a young and very inexperienced hard-court player in Bertea, should see the Slovenian dominate and win this one.

Juvan is world number 100 after an excellent last year in her return to tennis, following a year off after the death of her father and dealing with a rare neurological condition. She was superb, 52-20 last year with 2 titles, and started this year playing a really good match which she lost 4-6, 3-6 to the later Australian Open winner, Rybakina. On the other side, Bertea is world number 303 as the 20-year-old was 65-25 last year, with the vast majority of those matches coming on clay and at lower ITF-level tournaments. Bertea has only one career match on hard courts, which she lost easily by a 10-game margin to a player ranked more than 200 places higher than the opponent she faces today. Juvan was 9-3 on hard courts to end last year, with a title in Samsun, and she beat some very solid opponents in that stretch. She also worked a lot on her mental game and rediscovered a joy for tennis, so no doubt a solid outing against the later-crowned champion Rybakina should boost her confidence, and a match against a clay-court specialist should see her win handily.

Sun is world number 86, who was 32-26 last year, of which 23-16 were on hard courts with 18 of those 23 hard-court wins coming in straight sets. On the other side, Matsuda is world number 476, who was 32-19 last year, of which 32-18 were on hard courts, and she is 6-2 this year, but all of it came on the much lower ITF circuit in Asia. Matsuda hasn't been good at keeping her losses close as 17 of her last 19 losses came in straight sets and were against players much weaker than she faces today, so got to expect Sun to dominate and win this comfortably in straight sets.

Sun is ranked 86th while Matsuda is ranked 476th, so there is no doubt the much stronger Sun should win this comfortably. Sun won 23 matches on hard courts last year, 18 of them in straight sets, and her wins in early rounds of tournaments are usually rather quick. On the other side, Matsuda stayed below this total in both of her losses this year, which came to players ranked 315 and 282. Sun is on a much higher level, so got to expect her to dominate here and win this one quickly, staying below this total in the end.

Sun is world number 86 after she was really good, 32-26 last year, of which 23-16 were on hard courts. Matsuda is world number 476 after being 32-19 last year, with all but one of those matches coming on hard courts but at a much lower ITF level and primarily in Asia. Sun has been convincing in matches as favorite at 1/8 or shorter as she won her last 4, and all of those wins were convincing, by at least an 8-games margin. On the other side, Matsuda's last 7 losses came by an average of 6.4 games, so got to expect Sun to dominate here and win this one very convincingly.

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