Sevastova vs Wozniacki 17/05/2018

Anastasija Sevastova vs Caroline Wozniacki Tennis Prediction

Wozniacki has a perfect record of 4-0 against Sevastova, but this will be their first meeting on clay (outdoor x3, indoor x1). Their last encounter came at 2017 Dubai, a Premier 5 tournament (6-3 6-4).

Caroline Wozniacki News

Caroline Wozniacki races past Alison Van Uytvanck 6-1 6-4 in just over an hour and a half to get her eighth Rome campaign underway. Winning 70% behind her first serve, Wozniacki concluded the match by hitting the same number of winners as her opponent (17).
Wozniacki’s best result at Rome came in 2011 when as the current #1 she defeated former #1 Jankovic to reach the semifinal (l. to eventual champion Sharapova). Since then, the Dane made three more appearances (2012-13 and 2015) but failed to win a match.
The reigning Australian Open champion heads into the third round clash with a 3-3 record against top 20 players in 2018, the latest such meeting coming last week at Madrid third round when she lost to world #20 and eventual finalist Kiki Bertens (6-2 6-2).

Anastasija Sevastova News

Anastasija Sevastova, making her second appearance at Rome, advances to the third round by easing past Aleksandra Krunic 6-4 6-4 in an hour and 17 minutes. This is an improvement on her last year’s result, which was a second-round loss to Pavlyuchenkova.
The Latvian #2 started the campaign with a retirement win over #30 Kristina Mladenovic (6-3 3-0). It was Sevastova’s third top 30 win of the season, after #12 Goerges (Indian Wells) and #18 Barty (Charleston).
Sevastova recorded 15 main draw wins on clay last year (six in 2018 so far), tied for fourth-most on tour. On Thursday, she will be bidding for her career’s best win-by-ranking, having defeated #3 Muguruza (2016 US Open) and #3 Pliskova (2017 Madrid).