Analysis for Fedossova-Koryttseva (WTA Birmingham)

Head-to-head record 0:1

Mariya Koryttseva of Ukraine will face French Yulia Fedossova in the first round at Birmingham. Fedossova plays her best tennis on fast surfaces. Her game is based on good strategy, precise groundstroke, and favours to deliver winners from a baseline. She is also known for her flat and topspin-flat groundstroke which are especially effective and offensive on grass, frequently are able to draw unforced errors from opponents. Her current form is not impressive but she sowed some solid tennis in qualifiers beating Haynes and Grandin and whe believe she is able to follow those performances. She will now face Russian tennis player Korrytseva - she is a baseliner who is also proficient at net and can finish rallies from there after getting her opponent out of position. She emphasizes ball placement and strategy. Her biggest weakness is her serve as she double-faults too often. Her biggest career highlight so far is a surprising run to the final of the 2007 Sunfeast Open held in Kolkata in September 2007. En route to her appearance in the final, she beat Monique Adamczak, Vania King, who had defeated the number one seed Marion Bartoli in the previous round, Tatiana Poutchek and Anne Keothavong. Her run came to an end at the hands of Maria Kirilenko in the final. As well as this run, she has won two doubles titles on the WTA Tour. On the ITF Tour, where she has played a vast majority of her career, she has won five singles titles and massive sixteen doubles titles. However, her current is not good and she has lost the only H2H match to Fedossova easily. It was a long time ago but we still think that Fedossova shouldn’t be around 2 in this match.