Cirstea vs Svitolina: prediction for the WTA Indian Wells match

Sorana Cirstea approached the Indian Wells tournament after an unsuccessful performance at Ostrava. In the first round of that competition she was beaten by Anett Kontaveit (4:6, 4:6). Nonetheless, Cirstea started the Indian Wells tournament with a confident victory over Misaki Doi (6:2, 6:3).

We should note that Japanese player was a comfortable opponent for her. Cirstea recorded fourth consecutive victory over Doi in head-to-head matches. Cirstea won 48% of points on the receive. She also lost only one game at her serve.

Elina Svitolina is defending ranking points for the semi-final of 2019 edition of the tournament. Ukrainian player had three matches in Chicago, so she has no lack of match practice before the tournament. 

In the first match at Indian Wells Svitolina recorded a victory over Martincova (6:2, 7:5) in straight sets. Second set was a difficult one for Svitolina, she lost the advantage twice, letting her opponent to win two games at the receive.