Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Lauren Davis meet in the quarterfinal of the 2023 tennis Internationaux de Strasbourg. Let’s preview this game and give out a pick and prediction.
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Betting Preview
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova is coming off a straight set win over Magda Linette that took 17 games to decide. In the victory, Pavlyuchenkova won 72 percent of her first serve points and 53 percent of her second serve points. Pavlyuchenkova won 65 percent of her total service points and converted on 5 of her 10 break points. Pavlyuchenkova got 65 percent of her first serves in play and hit 2 aces. Pavlyuchenkova has won 7 of her last 11 matches, and 6 of those wins were decided in straight sets. Pavlyuchenkova looks to win 3 straight matches for the first time since the 2021 US Open. Pavlyuchenkova has won 5 of her last 8 matches on clay court.
Lauren Davis Betting Preview
Lauren Davis is coming off a 3 sets win over Viktoriya Tomova that took 26 games to decide. In the victory, Davis won 75 percent of her first serve points and 46 percent of her second serve points. Davis won 65 percent of her total service points and converted on 4 of her 8 break points. Davis got 67 percent of her first serves in play and hit 1 ace. Davis has now won 7 of her last 12 matches that have gone the distance. Davis has a chance to win 3 matches for the second time in her last 3 tournaments. Davis has won 5 of her last 7 matches on clay court.
H2H History
Pavlyuchenkova has won 3 of the 4 meetings against Davis, including the most recent match in 2017 Beijing. Davis’ lone win over Pavlyuchenkova came in the 2016 Australian Open. This will be the second match on clay (2017 Morocco) and 2 of the 4 matches overall went the distance.
Randy’s Pick
Pavlyuchenkova will have the mental edge given the h2h history, but all of those matches came several years ago, and it’s fair to say both players are in different stages now. Pavlyuchenkova is in her 30s now and trying to find her footing on the main stage after time off and a lack of success. Davis is a lot more mature now and in the top 60s currently. Davis has also won 5 of her last 7 matches when you include a challenger tournament earlier this month, so she’s in decent form.
Give me Davis to reach the semis.
