World number 43 Jasmine Paolini will be up against the 77th-ranked Magdalena Frech in the first round of the 2023 WTA Cleveland Open on Monday, August 21. Get the predictions and odds of this Jasmine Paolini v Magdalena Frech match along with its preview, head-to-head, and tips here.
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Jasmine Paolini v Magdalena Frech Head to Head
There has been one previous meeting between these two players and that came in the Madrid Open played earlier this year. Frech had clinched that opening round match in straight sets.
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Paolini in Good Form
Jasmine Paolini of Italy will start the week inside the top 40 with a career-best singles ranking. The 27-year-old achieved this feat following a historic quarterfinal showing in the Cincinnati Masters.
Paolini, who has always been somewhat of a clay-court specialist, rose to the occasion in the WTA 1000 event as a qualifier. After clearing the opening matches with ease – which may also be due to a comfortable draw – she faced her first real test in the round of 16 when she met Elena Rybakina.
Lady luck, however, continued to favour Jasmine; Rybakina retired in the match at 6-4, 2-5, giving the Italian a walkover into the final eight. Facing the 7th seed Coco Gauff, the match ended in a straight-set loss for Paolini at 3-6, 2-6.
All in all, her season tally now stands at 29-22. Paolini’s highlights came on clay courts – notably by reaching the final in WTA Palermo and Makarska Challenger and winning the title in Florence 125.
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Frech Makes it Through the Qualifiers
The last time Frech made it past the opening round of a competition was nearly two months back when she came through as a qualifier to overcome Barbora Strycova and Sorana Cirstea to make it to the quarterfinal.
Since then, Frech has featured in five tournaments, losing in the first round of four of them and failing to make past the qualifiers in the fifth.
It was at the Cincinnati Open last week she lost to Linda Noskova to bow out in the qualifiers. She has now made it to the main draw with wins over Guillermina Naya and Tamara Korpatsch, losing a mere seven games spread across those two matches in the process.
Speaking of Frech’s form in hardcourt competitions this season, it had taken her seven tournaments at the start of 2023 to make it to round one even. And then at both, the Indian Wells Open and Miami Open, she made the main draw as a lucky loser before winning a round.
Clearly, it’s not been her most preferred surface this season.
Paolini v Frech Prediction and Tip
Paolini can be expected to come through here with a straight-set win most likely here.
Tips:
- Low-Risk Tip: Paolini to win: 1/2 (with bet365)
- Moderate Risk Tip: Paolini to win in straight sets: 6/5 (with bet365)
The 2023 WTA Cleveland Open will be played from August 20 to 26. You can get all the tennis betting news with our tennis betting blog here. Also, get the rest of the tennis match previews here.
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