Kerber vs Martic

Arrived ranked 10th in the WTA rankings, Angelique Kerber meets in round four at Roland Garros on Petra Martic, players aged 21 years located on the WTA top 50. The two players have met twice before and each time was victorious Croatian Petra Martic. Last meeting was in 2009 in a Challenger tournament, Martic was imposed in three sets 5-7 6-3 6-2.

 

Here, Angelique Kerber had no trouble up in round 3, the first phase of the competition went to Chinese Zhang Shuai 6-3 6-4. In round 2 he met Olga Govortsova, Kerber 6-3 6-2 has become with a good percentage return of 59%. In round 3, Flavia Penneta managed to win the first set 4-6, but these two were won by Kerber 6-3 6-2. Kerber shows a solid game as the last tournament that was present, reached the final in Rome was beaten by Sharapova 6-3 6-4 in the semifinals Kerber passed Kvitova 7-6 1-6 6-1.

 

Petra Martic produced a surprise even reaching this phase of the competition, I think today is unlikely to Kerber. In the first round he met on Krajicek, has become quite clear victory Martic 6-2 7-5 managing a percentage of only 48% for the first serve. In the second round he found Marion Bartoli favorite hosts, took the decisive set to decide the winner, 6-2 3-6 6-3, but he corrected managed seven aces and a service percentage of 63% with first service. In round three he met on Anabel Medina Garrigues, Spanish had a poor game managed to win only 3 games, 6-2 6-1 and Martic is in round 4.

 

It is possible to have a game with many games, both players are young, Kerber's best player right now but Martic has the advantage of past meetings.