🇷🇴 WTA Iasi – 1st Round
🗓️ Date: 14 July, 14:30 (CEST)
📍 Surface: Outdoor Clay
🧠 Form & Context
Jana Fett
🎾 The Croatian has posted a respectable 12–9 record on clay in 2025, with over 130 career wins on the surface to her name.
🔥 Recent peaks include a win over Donna Vekic in Stuttgart and a solid main-draw victory in Bastad. But inconsistency persists, with early losses in Paris, Grado, and Antalya.
🏋️ Physical durability remains a question—she’s retired twice mid-match this season and has already logged over 30 singles matches in 2025.
📉 Last week’s 3-set loss to Chirico (after taking the first set) highlighted ongoing issues in closing tight matches.
✅ Still, she leads the head-to-head 2–0 vs Erjavec in 2024, winning both matches in straight sets on clay.
Veronika Erjavec
📈 Enjoyed a breakthrough at Wimbledon by defeating Marta Kostyuk for her first Grand Slam main-draw win.
🎯 She’s gone 9–9 on clay this season, with notable victories over Ana Bogdan and Astra Sharma.
🌍 Playing her 36th match of the season, she’s a seasoned competitor with over 200 clay wins—most at the ITF level.
🧱 Reached the Round of 16 in Iasi last year and is known for her steady, defensive baseline game.
⚠️ Form can be shaky—she was routed by Tereza Valentova in Grado and failed to advance past Roland Garros qualifying.
🔍 Match Breakdown
This is a familiar matchup—Fett has already defeated Erjavec twice this year, and both matches were relatively one-sided. Fett’s aggressive, flat baseline hitting and solid backhand mechanics have consistently broken through Erjavec’s rhythm-based approach.
However, Fett’s physical fragility and mental focus—especially late in matches—remain potential liabilities. Erjavec will look to exploit this by dragging out rallies and forcing movement across the baseline, where Fett can waver.
Erjavec may have made strides since their last meeting, especially after her Wimbledon win, but she still hasn’t shown enough tactical variety or depth to consistently challenge Fett’s strengths. We are cıonflict here
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