Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs Leylah Fernandez – First Round – Preview & Prediction | 2022 Italian Open
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THE FACTS
When is Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs Leylah Fernandez on and what time does it start? Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs Leylah Fernandez will take place on Monday 9th May, 2022 – not before 15:10 (UK)
Where is Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs Leylah Fernandez taking place? Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs Leylah Fernandez will take place at Foro Italico in Rome, Italy
What surface is Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs Leylah Fernandez being played on? Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs Leylah Fernandez will take place on an outdoor clay court
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What channel is Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs Leylah Fernandez on in the UK? Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs Leylah Fernandez will be televised live on the Amazon Prime app on Smart TVs
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THE PREDICTION
19-year-old Leylah Fernandez will set a new career-high WTA world ranking of 18th despite an early exit to Jil Teichmann at the Madrid Open last week. The 19-year-old has so far struggled on the clay and she would be a reasonable underdog against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova if the Russian was fit and firing here but the 30-year-old is playing just her second match since late January after an injury lay-off. Pavlyuchenkova found some serious form on last season’s clay swing, culminating in a run to her first ever Grand Slam final at Roland-Garros before losing to Barbora Krejcikova. The Russian is at her best on clay but Fernandez won their only previous meeting in three sets at last season’s Indian Wells in October to make this a tight call indeed. Pavlyuchenkova took a set against Sara Sorribes Tormo in defeat last week in her first match back and that makes taking Leylah Fernandez to win at least a set the sensible call to leave the winner up to chance.
