Angers Prediction: Polina Kudermetova vs Anna-Lena Friedsam
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The Line: Betting Odds: Polina Kudermetova -119 / Anna-Lena Friedsam -119
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Polina Kudermetova played her first match in over a month and secured a straight sets win in Angers. The Russian beat Italy’s Camilla Rosatello 6-2, 6-2 in an hour and four minutes. Kudermetova broke serve twice in the first set in the first and seventh games. In the second set, Kudermetova broke Rosatello in the third and fifth games. The world No. 92 did not drop a single service game in the match.Kudermetova tallied 4 aces and 2 double faults in the match. She landed 53% of first serves in play and won 75% of first serve points (18/24). Kudermetova won 71% of second serve points (15/21).
Anna-Lena Friedsam ended a three-match losing run in style. She defeated Serbia’s Teodora Kostovic in two tight sets in nearly two hours. The first set featured just one break and Friedsam secured it in the second game. She consolidated that advantage to win the set 6-3.
Despite going up a break twice in the second set, Friedsam lost that cushion and the set was settled in a tiebreak. Friedsam did well to save a set point and needed three match points to pick up victory 9-7 in the breaker. Friedsam hit 3 aces and 8 double faults in the victory. She won 74% of first serve points (32/43) and saved two of four break points.