Daria Gavrilova vs Barbora Krejcikova Prediction & Betting Tips - WTA Birmingham

Prediction published on 17/06/2024, 02:28  by Daniel Ngulu | Modified on 17/06/2024 at 02:31 in Tennis Predictions

Second seed Barbora Krejcikova will play qualifier Daria Saville in the first round of the Birmingham Classic this Tuesday. The winner here will set up a showdown with Harriet Dart or Moyuka Uchijima for a place in the quarter-finals. Daria Saville is back in Birmingham for a fifth time. The 2017 quarter-finalist was last year unable to get past the qualifying rounds. This wasn’t the case this time around. The Australian won both of her qualifiers with the latest being a 2-0 success over Cristina Bucsa. This improved her record to 22-17. Saville isn’t a strong grasscourt player and has in her career compiled a losing record on the surface. This year’s Hobart semi-finalist starts this week down one place to 85th in the live ranking.

Barbora Krejcikova is defending 180 points earned in her run to the final last year as a debutant here. She will use this as motivation to get over her current slump. The former French Open champion is having a difficult year with fitness issues impacting her performances. She has compiled a disappointing 5-7 record and hasn’t won any of her last five fixtures. A dominant clay court performer, Krejcikova finished this year’s clay season without a single victory. The world number 25 was eliminated in the first round at Roland Garros in her last outing. So far this year, Krejcikova has produced quarter-final finishes in Melbourne and Abu Dhabi as her highlights.