Magda Linette of Poland will play Zhang Shuai of China in the first round of the 2021 Cleveland Open on Monday, August 23. Get the live streaming options of this Magda Linette v Zhang Shuai match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here.
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Magda Linette v Zhang Shuai Head to Head
Linette and Shuai have been involved in as many as five career, head-to-head meetings till date, with the Chinese holding a commanding 5-0 lead over the Pole. Their last meeting was in the third-round of the hard court event in Shenzen, China last year, Zhang won in straight sets.
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Linette Went Down Fighting to Halep at Cincinnati
Coming into the Canadian Open on the back of a quarter-final finish at the Silicon Valley Classic, Linette opened her campaign against Argentine Nadia Podoroska.
However, the Pole, currently ranked inside the Top-50 in singles, was no match for the industrious Argentine on the day.
In a match that she dominated from the get-go till the last point was called, Podoroska was all over Linette and had little trouble in coming away with an emphatic 6-1, 6-2 win.
Eyeing a better harvest at the Cincinnati Masters, the 29-year-old Pole ran into two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep in her opening match.
After going down tamely in the opening set, Linette engineered a spirited fightback to win the second set and take the match into a deciding set.
However, the class of the seasoned Romanian told on the Pole in the decider, as Halep breezed through to a 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 win.
The Cleveland opener against Zhang Shuai gives Linette an opportunity to make amends for her Masters exit. However, she won’t find going easy against the Chinese, who at 32, is a veteran of many battles and has had the proverbial woods on her in head-to-head clashes.
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Zhang Coming off a Putintseva Defeat
After an impressive run to the quarter-finals at the Silicon Valley Classic, Zhang arrived at the Canadian Open in the hope of a title-run.
However, her hopes of making it to the business-end of the tournament were dashed as, opening her campaign against veteran British star Johanna Konta, she was leading by a set before an unfortunate injury forced her to concede the tie.
Zhang, who had clinched the opening set 6-4, was trailing 2-5 in the second when she pulled out of the contest.
While her Canadian sojourn ended in disappointment, the 32-year-old recovered well to clear the qualifiers and earn a deserved ticket to the main draw at the Cincinnati Masters.
Sadly however, the Chinese couldn’t progress beyond the opening round, losing 2-6, 0-6 to Kazakh star Yulia Putintseva.
Zhang would be keen to get her Cleveland campaign off to a winning start against a relatively lightweight opponent she has had the better off in all the matches they have played before.
However, she could ill-afford to be complacent against Linette as the Pole would be itching to get one past her.
Linette v Zhang Prediction and Tip
The head-to-head record makes Zhang an overwhelming favorite in this first-round clash. But after five straight defeats to the Chinese, Linette could have a surprise up her sleeves this time.
Tip: Linette to win in three sets: 3/1 (Click Here to Bet with bet365)
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The 2021 Cleveland Open will be played from August 23 to 28. You can watch & bet on these matches here. Get your latest premium tennis predictions here.
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