Goulash or Lasagna?

Nice menu for this matchup!

Bondar got through the Tatjana Maria test – not without difficulty – and her ultra-sliced game I mentioned in the previous analysis. 7/6 7/5, I was spot on: there were only three small breaks. Two analyses about Bondar confirmed, we’re going to try and do the same, hopefully, with the read on the Hungarian’s third match.

Cocciaretto is an ultra-mobile profile, but she loves taking the ball very early and almost always plays on the offensive. She puts a huge amount of energy into her matches. Against Ann Li, she managed to make up for a very bad first set, lost 1/6, to then win 7/5 7/5, but there were so many errors on both sides. At 5/5 in the third set, I was still wondering who was going to win that match.

Putting on that kind of performance against the Hungarian is likely to be a bit tight. The Italian doesn’t have a dangerous serve, and for me that’s the game changer here. It’s going to be hard to break the Hungarian without spending a lot of energy in the rallies. The Hungarian serves very well and likes hitting aces. She’s got great stamina, Anna is ultra athletic.

Lastly, she has spent half as much time on court as Cocciaretto. The Italian has a bandage on her thigh that she didn’t have in the first round.