Among the players in first round action at the 2021 WTA Budapest are local wildcards Reka Luka Jani and Panna Udvardy. Jani will face Elisabetta Cocciaretto of Italy, whilst Udvardy is up against Mayar Sherif of Egypt. Get the live streaming options for these matches along with Anna Kalinskaya v Anhelina Kalinina and Ivana Jorovic v Jaqueline Adina Christian.
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Reka Luka Jani v Elisabetta Cocciaretto Preview
Jani is currently the world number 186,although she was ranked as high as 147, at her peak nine years ago.
A clay court specialist, she has won 20 titles on that surface oi the ITF circuit, and appeared in a further 14 finals, although her most recent tournament success was on home soil in Baja two years ago. She has also enjoyed a great deal of success in doubles event in clay on the junior circuits, and has won two events this year, in Spain in May, and last month in Slovenia
This is a rare appearance for her in a senior WTA event, although she did make the third round in Belgrade after coming through qualifying.
20-year old Cocciaretto is now at a career high ranking of 112 in the world. The Italian has appeared in one senior singles final and another in doubles, both within a month of each other. Although she finished runner-up on both occasions, she has enjoyed success on the ITF tour, where she has won four clay court tournaments.
Her best result of the year to date came in Mexico in Guadalajara, where she came through qualifying to make the semi-finals, losing eventually to Eugenie Bouchard. She also qualified for the French Open for the first time, but was beaten in the first round y Ana Bogdan of Romania.
Jani v Cocciaretto Tip
Cocciaretto would appear to have the odds firmly stacked in her favour in this match, as she continues her steady rise up the world rankings. Jani will have home court advantage, but that is unlikely to be enough.
Cocciaretto to win: 5/7 (bet365)
Panna Udvardy v Mayer Sherif Preview
Ranked 204th in the world currently, Udvardy made her main draw debut at this event four years ago in the doubles, partnered by Anna Blinkova of Russia.
She spends the majority of her time on the ITF circuit, where she has appeared in 11 finals, all but one of them on clay, the surface on which she has enjoyed six tournament successes.
She is a player in form, having reached four finals already in 2021, winning in Napes and Pelham, USA in May, and finishing runner-up in Cordoba ion Argentina, and the Hague just last week.
With Ons Jabeur acting as a trailblazer for Arab women in tennis, it was only a matter of time before others followed in her footsteps and Sherif, the top Egyptian, now has her sights firmly set on the world’s top 100.
Sherif completed her education in the USA and played on the college circuit there, helping to hone her experience and ability to compete regularly.
Last week she lost in the final of an ITF tournament in Montpellier, beaten by the Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina.
.Udvardy v Sherif Tip
Sherif has the greater experience and form, and that should be more than enough for her to progress.
Sherif to win: 11/17 (bet365)
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Anna Kalinskaya v Anhelina Kalinina Preview
A winner as a junior of the Australian Open doubles in 2016, Kalinskaya has gone on to make three senior doubles finals, with partner Viktoria Kuzmova. The pair won the Prague Open in 2019, and finished runners up in the St. Petersburg Trophy in 2018 and earlier this year, at the Yarra Valley Classic in Melbourne.
She has not enjoyed the same degree of success in singles, although she does have seven ITF titles to her name, five of them in clay court events.
Currently ranked world number 110, her most successful month this year so far was March. That was when she had back to back third round appearances in Monterrey and Miami.
24-year old Kalinina, who is currently ranked 9 in the world is brim-full of confidence right now, having won two ITF tournaments already this month, both in France, lifting the trophies first in Montpellier and then in Contrexeville.
She also won two more ITF events in April, in Portugal and Croatia, making it 14 titles in all at that level.
Kalinina also had a distinguished junior career, finishing runner’s up in the girls’ singles at the US Open, in 2014, and winning the doubles at the Australian Open that same year.
Kalinskaya v Kalinina Tip
The Ukrainian Kalinina is in sparkling form right now, and it would be a major turn-up for the books if she did not win this match.
Kalinina to win: 5/19 (bet365)
Ivana Jorovic v Jaqueline Adina Christian Preview
As a junior, Jorovic was once the number one junior tennis player in the world, and was a finalist in girls’ doubles at the Australian Open and singles at the French Open in 2014.
That form though has never been replicated on the senior tour, although she was briefly a top 100 player two years ago.
Jorovic’s favourite surface is hard courts, as evidenced by the fact that ten or her 13 titles on the ITF circuit have been achieved on it.
This will be only her fifth match of the year.
Earlier this year Christian reached her highest ever career world rankings, although she has dropped
Ona little since then and is currently the world number 153.
On the senior tour, her best result came in home soil in doubles at the Bucharest Open in 2019, when she finished runner-up with partner Elena Gabriela Ruse.
However, she has achieved singles success on the ITF tours, winning 10 titles, most recently in Andrezieux-Boutheon, France in January.
Since then, she came through qualifying I St. Petersburg and knocked out Jelena Ostapenko on her way to the third round.
Jorovic v Christian Tip
Christian will begin the clear favourite to win against an opponent who is short of match practice.
Christian to win: 8/11 (bet365)
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