After Victoria Mboko's sensational victory in the Canadian Masters, the WTA Tour moved to Cincinnati for another WTA 1000 event. The seeds don't act until the weekend, but this Friday is still a great day for tennis, full of high quality and very unpredictable matches given how most games match evenly on paper. We have predictions for each first round.
WTA Cincinnati Day 2 Forecast
Xinyu Wang vs Emiliana Arango
Head to head: First meeting
On the surface, it was one of the most side of the round, with the king's fight for seeds at the U.S. Open (a decent game is needed here), and Arango is not doing well enough at the moment, even losing to Busard in Canada last week. Judging from their general level and current form, the King should have a very clear advantage in this game.
prophecy: King 2
Caroline Dolehide vs Rebecca Sramkova
Head to head: First meeting
It was a very difficult game as both players have very similar overall levels and have been working hard to win consistent victories lately. Of course, the fact that they never faced each other also made the game dynamics more difficult to predict. With all the factors in mind, this should be a very close match, determined by who keeps the nerves and performs better roles in the biggest point of view.
prophecy: Dolehide 3
Maria Sakkari vs kamilla rakhimova
Head to head: Sakkari 1-0 Rakhimova
Sakkari is far from what she once made her a top 10 player, but she is still struggling to get back to her best. Although she is the lower ranking player in this game, her overall certificate is obviously excellent and the outcome of this game should be largely dependent on what level she can bring here. If she can play anywhere at the best level, she should move forward here.
prophecy: Sakkari 3
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