Analysis for Wozniak-Niculescu (WTA French Open)

Head-to-head record 0:0

Romanian Monika Niculescu will face Canadian heavy-hitter Aleksandra Wozniak. Wozniak has a huge, looping backswing, matched by a fast whip-through in the hitting area, and an over-the shoulder follow-through. It gives her plenty of pace and spin on her forehand. She has a strong serve as well, and a good overhead. Her movement is limited though and European clay is surely not her favourite surface. She hits the balls hard and needs fast surface to perform her best game. We watched her against Georges last week and she has hardly anything to bother the top players on clay. Well, we are not saying that Niculescu is the top player but she is a solid claycourter and even if she had a nightmare start of 2009 season, she seems to be getting her self confidence back. She withdrew from the first European clay court tournaments due to forearm injury but she is now fully fit. Last week, she advanced through the qualifiers and defeated Groenefeld in on her way to the third round. She is definitely not at her best but she is a better claycourter than her opponent and odds above 2.4 are worth trying for us.