Stuttgart Prediction: Iga Swiatek vs Mirra Andreeva
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The Line: Betting Odds: Iga Swiatek -227 / Mirra Andreeva +133
Iga Swiatek vs Mirra Andreeva Preview
Iga Swiatek kicked off the tournament with a straight sets win over Laura Siegemund. In her first match under the tutelage of Francisco Roig, Swiatek dismissed the German 6-2, 6-3 in the battle of former Stuttgart champions. Swiatek established her dominance from early on when she broke for a 2-0 lead. Although Siegemund broke back shortly after, Swiatek secured two more breaks to take the set 6-2. The second set stayed on serve for the first five games before Swiatek pounced to break to love. Again, the Pole could not consolidate that advantage immediately and was broken back. But Swiatek secured another break to lead 5-3 and held in her next game to complete a straight sets victory. In the victory, Swiatek hit 2 aces and 7 double faults. She landed 52% of first serves in play and won 78% of first serve points (21/27). Swiatek won 52% of second serve points (13/25) and saved three of five break points.
Mirra Andreeva followed up her big win over defending champion Jelena Ostapenko by knocking out Alycia Parks in straight sets to reach the Stuttgart quarterfinals for the first time. The match took 22 games to decide. Andreeva needed five set points to win the opening set in a tiebreak, but was much more settled in the second set, which she won 6-3.
In the victory, Andreeva hit 4 aces and 2 double faults. Andreeva landed 63% of first serves in play and won 69% of first serve points (27/39). Andreeva won 52% of second serve points (12/23) and saved one of five break points on her serve. Andreeva is on a six-match winning streak on clay after winning the title in Linz.