Dodin vs Diatchenko: who will advance into the quarter-final in Palermo?

In 2021 Oceane Dodin failed to hold on to her position in the Top-100 of WTA rankings and now she has dropped to the 120th spot.

In Wimbledon French player failed to advance through qualification and started to participate on ITF clay tournaments. She reached the quarter-finals twice and then she decided to participate on a Palermo tournament. We should note that Oceane put up a great performance in the first round. She left no chance to the Romanian player, Dulgheru (6:3, 6:2).

Vitalia Diatchenko started to participate on tour only in May. Since then, Russian player recorded only six victories in 12 matches. By the way, she recorded five victories on grass tournaments - in the qualification for the Birmingham tournament and in London, on a Wimbledon tournament.

Vitalia recorded her first victory on clay surface in Palermo. In the first round Russian player beat Grabher in a difficult match (6:3, 7:6).