A. Kerber vs K. Pliskova prediction

Pliskova plays a more direct brand of tennis, amassing plenty of aces and baseline winners. Moreover, she possesses a deft touch at the net. For her part, Kerber relies on counterpunching. She owns the best defense-to-offense transition on tour. The German always seems to find a way to catch her rivals wrong-footed. Her ability to change directions when hitting open stance groundstrokes is second to none and that is the difference maker to me. Make no mistake, Pliskova is playing lights out and should be the winner here.