Eugenie Bouchard, ranked 142 in the world, will play Belarus’ Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the first round of the 2021 WTA Lyon Open on Monday, February 22. This match will be scheduled soon. Get the live streaming options of this Eugenie Bouchard v Aliaksandra Sasnovich match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here.
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Eugenie Bouchard v Aliaksandra Sasnovich Head to Head
Bouchard, who has gained entry into the tournament as a wildcard, has never played Sasnovich before this.
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Wildcard Bouchard Starts Season Proper
Eugenie Bouchard was knocked out in the second round of qualifying for the Australian Open by Chinese player Yuan Yue. Now ranked at no.142 in the world, these kind of defeats are no longer hard to stomach for a player who has been on free fall for the last five years.
Yue occupies a spot outside the top 200 and was 5/1 to beat the Canadian. Somehow Bouchard lost easily and she did not make the trip to Australia altogether, even to play at the makeshift events. It is the second straight year Bouchard has failed to reach the main draw of the year’s first Grand Slam.
Instead, the 27-year-old elected to play in Lyon where she has been granted a wildcard entry by the tournament organizers. Bouchard who celebrated her 27th birthday a few days ago, is completing a mandatory quarantine and it will be intriguing to see where her fitness level is at.
The 2014 Wimbledon finalist has had a series of injuries in the past, but her inconsistencies have been well documented too. While the wildcard may come as a surprise, the Canadian took time to express her gratitude and is looking to repay the tournament with good performances on the court.
Bouchard’s last tour level win came at the French Open last autumn.
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Sasnovich Stunned In Her Last Outing
Aliaksandra Sasnovich is yet to win back-to-back matches this year, but at the Phillip Island Trophy a fortnight ago she was an overwhelming favorite to win her second round match.
Sasnovich was playing world no.566 Gabriella Da Silva Fick from Australia, but incredibly, let slip a 5-3 lead in the third set and lost in a final set tiebreak. There were handful of upsets at the event, which begged the question as to whether majority of the top 100 players found any motivation to play a tournament in the middle of a Grand Slam.
The woman from Minsk had a woeful start to 2020 season, dropping out of the top 100 momentarily. But after a decent return of results (including three quarterfinal appearances) following tennis resumption, ensured she hauled herself back inside top 100.
There was also a third round showing at the US Open. And had it not been for the adjusted ranking system, the Belarusian could have quite easily been a top 60 player at the year end. She arrives in Lyon ranked at no.92 in the world, and is 4-4 for the season.
Bouchard v Sasnovich Prediction and Tip
Sasnovich has secured three match wins under her belt at this early season and is probably in good stead heading into Lyon. But if we read too much into her catastrophic loss at the Phillip Island Trophy, we should fancy Bouchard to post her first win of 2021.
Tip: Bouchard to win: 6/4 (bet365)
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The 2021 WTA Lyon Open will be played from March 1 to 7. You can watch & bet on the these matches here. Get your latest premium tennis predictions here.
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