Marta Kostyuk vs Coco Gauff Prediction & Betting Tips - WTA Stuttgart Open

Prediction published on 19/04/2024, 00:24  by Daniel Ngulu | Modified on 19/04/2024 at 05:35 in Tennis Predictions

Third seed Cori Gauff has advanced to the quarter-finals of the Stuttgart Open and will play the unseeded Marta Kostyuk. The winner will then play Aryna Sabalenka or Marketa Vondrousova for a place in the final. Marta Kostyuk defeated fifth seed Qinwen Zheng in three sets to advance to this round. Both matches that the Ukrainian has played in Stuttgart have seen her required to win a decider to progress. Kostyuk has improved her record to 17-6 and is unbeaten on clay. The win over Zheng has also allowed her to move into a new career-high world ranking. Kostyuk is now ranked 24th in the live ranking and can move up one more place with a win here. The 21-year-old has made at least five quarter-final appearances and was a finalist in San Diego and a semi-finalist at Indian Wells.

Cori Gauff has defeated Kostyuk both times they have met. She won their most recent encounter in three sets earlier this year in Melbourne. The American will hope for the same outcome as she plots to bounce back from her Miami disappointment. Gauff lost in the fourth round in Miami before arriving in Stuttgart to begin her clay court season. The world number three triumphed in Auckland at the beginning of the season to claim her only title this year. She also has produced two semifinal finishes at the Australian Open and Indian Wells. To set up this tie with Kostyuk, Gauff defeated the qualifier Sachia Vickery in three sets.