By Ros Satar
- Heather Watson v Yuliya Hatouka | First Meeting
- Jodie Burrage v Lucrezia Stefanini | First Meeting
WARSAW, POLAND – Heather Watson and Jodie Burrage are building on a solid summer on the grass.
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Heather Watson v Yuliya Hatouka | First Meeting
| Heather Watson v Yuliya Hatouka | H2H: First Meeting |
| WTA Warsaw | Poland |
| Hard | Prize Money: $4,220 |
| First match on Court 3 at 10:00 (9:00 BST) | Amazon Prime Video <– Sign up for trial |
Tale of the Tape – Key Stats (Hard 2023)
| H2H: | Heather Watson (WR 146) | Yuliya Hatouka (WR 240) |
| Tournament Previous Best | Debut | Qualies (2022) |
| 1st Serve Return Points Won % | 38.9 | 42.2 |
| Return Points Won % | 45.9 | 48.6 |
| Break Point Conversion % | 43.3 | 53.1 |
| Break Points Saved % | 55.9 | 53.8 |
| Total Points Won % | 51.1 | 52.8 |
Despite having played considerable less hard court tournaments over the year, Yuliya Hatouka’s stats are more solid than Heather Watson, who has struggled until the grass court season, to gain much traction at a tour level.
Watson is, however, coming in off the grass court swing. She gained a useful scalp in beating Kaerina Siniakova, and her run to the Nottingham semi-final means she avoided a drop out of the Top 200.
Hatouka makes the second round of a tour level event for the first tme, and has had the advantage of coming through qualifying. She is on the rise, with some runs on clay, but experience should hold Watson in good stead.
Prediction: Watson in three sets.
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Jodie Burrage v Lucrezia Stefanini | First Meeting
| Jodie Burrage v Lucrezia Stefanini | H2H: First Meeting |
| WTA Warsaw | Poland |
| Hard | Prize Money: $4,220 |
| Second on Centre Court, not before 11:30 (10:30 BST) | Amazon Prime Video <– Sign up for trial |
Tale of the Tape – Key Stats (Grass 2023)
| H2H: | Jodie Burrage (WR 95) | Lucrezia Stefanini (WR 108) |
| Tournament Previous Best | Debut | Debut |
| 1st Serve Return Points Won % | 34.2 | 44.5 |
| Return Points Won % | 42.9 | 50.0 |
| Break Point Conversion % | 44.6 | 53.7 |
| Break Points Saved % | 54.7 | 55.6 |
| Total Points Won % | 51.6 | 51.9 |
Jodie Burrage had a tough battle to get to this round, and struggled to stay on top of her serve, but it is good to see her looking to build up on her grass court swing. Lucrezia Stefanini also is a bit of a scrapper, having fought her way into the second round too. She is yet to reach a quarter-final so there is a lot at stake for both.
Burrage may have only just made her first WTA quarter-final, but comes in with a lot more confidence, especially having broken into the Top 100. It depends on whether she is feeling the ill effects of a break-fest that lasted over two hours in the opening round.
Prediction: Burrage in three sets.
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