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Lakers are 36-24 while Pelicans are 19-43. However, they have been more evenly matched of late, as the Lakers lost 5 of their last 9 games and failed to cover the spread in 6 of their last 9 games. On the other side, the Pelicans won 6 of their last 9 games and covered the spread in 10 of their last 11 matches against teams from the Western Conference. Lakers are the better side and should be winning here, but they haven't been putting teams away that easily recently, making the Pelicans plus a handy head start a better side to be on.

Kalinina is world number 202, with her career high being 25 before a right arm injury took her off the courts for 6 months and saw her fall in the rankings. She has been good since her return, highlighted by a WTA 125 title in Limoges. On the other side, Gorgodze is world number 170, with her career high being 108, and she is 7-7 on the year. Kalinina is 8-5 on the year, of which 4-1 on clay after a run to the final here last week and a close loss to in-form Uchijima. En route to that final she met Gorgodze head-to-head and beat her comfortably in straight sets to improve to 3-0 in H2H matches against her, so got to expect more of the same here, and the Ukrainian to dominate and win.

Kalinina started the season well with an 8-5 record, of which 4-1 is on clay after reaching the final here last week. On the other side, Gorgodze is 7-7 on the year, of which 2-1 is on clay as she won two matches here last week before her today's opponent knocked her out rather comfortably in straight sets, and that was Kalinina's 3rd win in their 3 head-to-head meetings. Gorgodze was 40-31 on clay last year, mostly in weaker tournaments, and she did well against weaker players, but struggled against stronger ones, which Kalinina certainly is, so got to expect the Ukrainian to dominate here and win in straight sets again.