World No. 6 Elina Svitolina will face the Frenchwoman Fiona Ferro in the second round of the 2021 Chicago Open on Tuesday, August 24. Get the live streaming options of this Elina Svitolina v Fiona Ferro match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here.
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Elina Svitolina v Fiona Ferro Head to Head
This will be the first meeting between the two players on the WTA Tour.
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Svitolina Seeking Revival in Chicago
Elina Svitolina’s form over the last few tournaments has been heavily underwhelming, to say the least.
Since her third-round stint in the French Open, the Ukrainian has lost in the early rounds in the WTA Berlin, Eastbourne International, Wimbledon, Canadian Open, and Cincinnati Open. In fact, in the last two events, Svitolina had lost her opening matches respectively to Johanna Konta and Angelique Kerber.
That said, she did bag the bronze medal in the Tokyo Olympics but otherwise, her quest for a singles title this season still continues.
In the Chicago Open, she is starting as the top seed and theoretically, she is the strongest player in the field. But given her recent form woes, anything can happen.
In the first round against Clara Burel, Svitolina had to stage a comeback from a set down to take the match 5-7, 6-1, 2-0 (Burel retired in the final set).
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Ferro Survives Sutjiadi
Fiona Ferro started her Chicago campaign with a 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 win against the Indonesian Aldila Sutjiadi. The match lasted for well over two and a half hours and saw Ferro fight fiercely to earn that victory.
This is only the second time in recent weeks that Ferro has made it this far in a WTA event. Her last such run came in the Canadian Open where the World No. 80 got a walkover into the second round after her opponent Ajla Tomljanovic retired in that opening match.
Ferro had a good start to her 2021 season with a third-round appearance in the Australian Open and a semifinal run in WTA Lyon. Unfortunately, she couldn’t build on this consistency and ended up losing in the early rounds in a majority of her subsequent tournaments.
Her best run in the recent weeks came in the Ladies Open Lausanne where she succumbed in the quarterfinals to Burel.
Svitolina v Ferro Prediction and Tip
Svitolina boasts of an impressive pedigree comprising four WTA 1000 titles, two Grand Slam semifinals, and 11 singles trophies. She is clearly superior to Ferro in every aspect but given her recent trysts with form, an upset is certainly on the cards here.
Whether that can happen depends entirely on Ferro who herself hasn’t been that great this season. Expect an intriguing game of tennis where Svitolina, in all likelihood, should come out on the top.
Tip: Svitolina to win 2-1 (Click Here to Bet with bet365)
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The 2021 Chicago 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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