Dominika Salkova vs Mary Stoiana Prediction SP Open - Sao Paulo · Sep 17, 2026

Analysis

Both women arrive in the second round having taken care of business without dropping a set: Salkova came through her opening assignment against Jessica Bouzas Maneiro 2-0, while Stoiana handled Claire Liu by the same 2-0 margin. That makes the pair genuinely hard to separate, and the data available for this preview shows no previous meeting between them. Salkova's wider recent sample is the more mixed of the two — she was beaten 0-2 by Gabriela Andrea Knutson in late August and needed three sets to edge past Akasha Urhobo — which suggests a player capable of a high level but not yet locked into it week after week. Stoiana's first-strike instincts should give her plenty of free points, though the slower, heavier air in Sao Paulo usually rewards the better mover and the more patient rally builder, and that nudges the margin a fraction towards Salkova. With two confident winners meeting for the first time, a long, swinging three-setter is very much on the table.