Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs Ekaterina Alexandrova

🎾 WTA French Open - 2nd Round

Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs Ekaterina Alexandrova

🧠 Form & Context

Elisabetta Cocciaretto
🎯 Roland Garros specialist: R3 in 2023, R4 in 2024—by far her best Slam performances.
💪 Solid opener: Defeated Taylor Townsend 6-3, 6-2 without dropping serve; saved all 3 breakpoints faced.
📉 Season struggles: Only 5 tour-level main draw wins in 2025; hasn’t built momentum since last summer.
⚠️ Top-20 troubles: 4–11 vs top-20 opponents overall—but 3 of those wins came at Roland Garros.

Ekaterina Alexandrova
🔥 Clay form locked in: Defeated Bronzetti 6-3, 6-2 in R1, creating 14 breakpoints in a dominant showing.
🏆 Strong season overall: Titles in Linz, semis in Charleston and Stuttgart, and R4 in Madrid.
💥 Power baseline game: When she’s on, she can blow opponents off the court—especially against defensive baseliners.
📍 Roland Garros best: Looking to equal her career-best R3 result here for the fourth time.

🔍 Match Breakdown

This match pits Alexandrova’s first-strike firepower against Cocciaretto’s clay-court comfort and resilience. The Italian thrives on grinding rallies and wearing opponents down—especially on slow courts in Paris—but Alexandrova’s recent form and rhythm could make that tough to execute.

Cocciaretto may look for the long points, looping topspin and forcing the Russian to play one more shot. However, if Alexandrova is in a groove and landing her groundstrokes deep and flat, she can overwhelm Cocciaretto before the Italian’s court sense can kick in.

The wildcard? Cocciaretto loves Roland Garros. This event brings out her best, and she’s taken out multiple top-20 players here before. She won’t go down quietly.

🔮 Prediction & Bet Tip

Prediction: Alexandrova in 3 sets, with a tense finish.
Suggested Bet: Over 21.5 Total Games – Cocciaretto’s clay expertise and fight combined with Alexandrova’s firepower suggest a back-and-forth battle.