Please take it kiki! This win will confirm your olympics participation. If the NOC decides to not let her go when she loses(even after making the international itf requirement) it would be terrible.
So she needs this win! Go for it! You can do it!!!
Didn't realize Kasatkina reached 3R for 3 slams in a row. That's quite remarkable. She's probably the only player in the draw who never lost 1R in slams (except the debutants).
I'm still not sure what so many see in Kasatkina. I must only tune it to her bad matches. Everytime I've seen here she is very generic and nothing special
But I do hope Kiki wins! It'd be amazing if she could capitalize on the Kerber win and Giorgi win to make it into R4
I reckon this is very close, but I'd think Kiki is the slight favourite.
Of course it doesnt neessarily mean something in a new match, but if you look at the last results, Kiki's made a slightly better impression.
This is not an easy prediction at all. Both Kiki and Kasatkina are playing well on gravel now, both good defense, both good fighters. Kiki has a better offense at the moment and if she serves as well as she has, I give her the edge.
Bertens is playing very well now. Kasatkina hasnt been really sharp, but closed out her 2 opponents. She needs to raise her game here and make Kiki play under some pressure