Iga Swiatek and Karolina Pliskova meet in the quarterfinal of the 2023 tennis Stuttgart Open. Let’s preview this game and give out a pick and prediction.
Iga Swiatek is coming off a straight set win over Qinwen Zheng that took 17 games to decide. In the victory, Swiatek won 84 percent of her first serve points and 45 percent of her second serve points. Swiatek won 69 percent of her total service points and converted on 4 of her 8 break points. Swiatek got 62 percent of her first serves in play and faced just one break point in a victory that took an hour and a half. Despite not playing since Indian Wells, Swiatek looks to have picked up where she left off. Swiatek has now seen each of her last 23 victories be decided in straight sets. Swiatek has won 9 of her last 10 matches on clay court.
Karolina Pliskova is coming off a 3 sets win over Donna Vekic that took 34 games to decide. In the victory, Pliskova won 70 percent of her first serve points and 40 percent of her second serve points. Pliskova won 63 percent of her total service points and converted on 5 of her 9 break points. Pliskova got 75 percent of her first serves in play and hit 15 aces. Pliskova can beat anybody when she’s serving at an elite level, but her effort has come and gone this season, and she’s fresh off a match that took two and a half hours. Pliskova has 39 career wins over top-10 players, and 4 of those wins came this year. Pliskova has won 6 of her last 8 matches on clay court.
Swiatek won both meetings against Pliskova, which were a 2020 exhibition and 2021 Rome. The scheduled matchup this year in Dubai was a walkover due to Pliskova withdrawing.
Pliskova is a live dog when she’s hitting her spots with her serve, but she’s struggled with cosnsitentcy this year and conditioning could be an issue after a physical match yesterday. Swiatek is the fresher player, in better form, and made light work of Pliskova in the only official match between these two.
Give me Swiatek in straight sets for max betting value.