Elena Rybakina vs Petra Kvitova Prediction: Two power-players, this will be good!

The Ostrava Open has lived up to the expectations and while there have been some regulars making a lot of noise, there have been underdogs like Alycia Parks and Caty McNally, once again showing that the USA’s talent pool is incredible. But it’s not just USA that is a massive tennis land, there is Czechia too which has its fair share of talents. In this game, Elena Rybakina will take on Petra Kvitova.

Elena comes into this game after coming on top in a grueling three-set battle against Aliaksandra Sasnovich, winning 6-7, 6-4, 7-5. Elena got lucky in this game as Aliaksandra committed ten double faults, but she earned that luck by not committing any double faults. She had a strong return game and earned a 42-32 receiving points advantage. Overall, this was an exciting prolonged battle. Elena had beaten Madison Keys in the previous game so she is on song.

Petra also continued to be on song and comes into the game after earning an impressive 7-6, 6-4 win against Paula Badosa. Petra had a 71% first serve and extracted huge gains on the service points end, blowing up a 56-50 service points advantage. Petra has been in great touch lately. She made it to Round of 16 during US Open, after she had reached the Final of the Cincinnati Masters where she lost to Caroline Garcia. Still, the recent win count for Kvitova is impressive as she has beaten the likes of Ons Jabeur, Madison Keys, etc.

This is the first time Elena and Petra will meet.

This is going to be an incredible battle as both players are amazing in terms of serving the ball. They go hard at it from the start and maintain that level of play for the most part. Elena can have some lapses every now and then but if you give her a chance to come back, she seizes it with a full flurry. I believe this will be an incredible three-set battle and Elena will pull this one off.