World number 48 Tatjana Maria will be up against the 129th-ranked Zhuoxuan Bai in the second round of the 2023 Guangzhou Open on Wednesday, September 20. Get the predictions and odds of this Tatjana Maria v Zhuoxuan Bai match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here.
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Tatjana Maria v Zhuoxuan Bai Head to Head
No previous meetings have been had between Maria and Bai.
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Maria Crushes Eala
Alexandra Eala is just 18 years old but has already moved up to her career-best ranking of 191st in the world. And while she was up against a player ranked way higher than her in Maria, one thought she had a chance to put up a fight.
The experience of Maria, however, ensured nothing of that sort happened.
Maria needed an hour and 20 minutes but once she had quelled Eala’s first set resistance, she made it past her opponent with some ease. In a match in which Maria did not face a single break-point, she broke Eala four times.
The first time she broke Eala was in the eighth game of the opening set which led to an immediate serving out of the set. This was followed by three successive breaks to end the opponent’s stay in the competition in a jiffy.
Maria was on a three-match losing streak before this, so a win like this should boost her morale a bit. She will now start a 2/5 favourite with bet365 in this match.
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Bai Eases Past Papamichail
While Bai has never been ranked in the top 100 of the WTA charts, she had started off a 7/20 favourite against the 190th-ranked Despina Papamichail. And Bai lived up to those odds by cruising to a straight-set win over Papamichail and sealing off her second round berth for the first time since Wimbledon.
Bai was on court for an hour and 58 minutes though as she navigated through some tricky times before winning 6-3, 7-5 to clinch her place next to Maria.
The first set was a straightforward one for Bai as she broke her opponent twice to take the lead, but it looked like things had ceased to go to script in the second when Papamichail broke her Chinese opponent two times as well.
Down 1-4, Bai fought back to level things out at 5-5 after having saved two break-points before clinching the win off her fourth match-point to grab a place in the second.
She will be a 2/1 underdog here with bet365.
Maria v Bai Prediction and Tip
Maria shouldn’t have a lot of difficulties here in clinching her place in the quarterfinal with a straight-set win looking par for the course here.
Tips:
- Low Risk Tip: Maria to win: 2/5 (with bet365)
- Moderate Risk Tip: Maria to win in straight sets: 1/1 (with bet365)
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