Barbora Krejcikova vs Cristina Bucsa Prediction & Betting Tips - WTA Birmingham

Prediction published on 20/06/2023, 00:04  by Nella Wagah in Tennis Predictions

Top seed Barbora Krejcikova and qualifier Cristina Bucsa will on Tuesday face off in the first round at the Birmingham Classic. The winner of this match will play either lucky loser Viktoriya Tomova or the qualifier Tereza Martincova next. Barbora Krejcikova is making her season debut on grass in this match. She will hope to overcome her past struggles on the surface. Here, she will attempt to add to her 19 wins this year. The Czech has at times skipped the grass-court campaign altogether. Since making her debut in 2011, she has played just 13 matches on grass. Krejcikova has won six of those 13 fixtures. Considering also that Bucsa has the head-to-head advantage over her, then this will not be an easy outing for Krejcikova. She started the week up one place in the live ranking to number 11.

Cristina Bucsa is having a topsy-turvy campaign and before arriving in Birmingham, had lost more matches than she had won. She is now up to 14 victories, after winning her two qualifiers to reach the main draw here for the first time. The Spaniard defeated Daria Saville in her last match in three sets. This was her second win on grass in three matches this season. The world number 76 is a better player on grass than Krejcikova and since 2019 has a 13-8 record on the surface. Bucsa defeated Krejcikova back in 2021 in the qualifying rounds at Doha.