World No. 63 Jasmine Paolini of Italy will meet World No. 161 Mai Hontama of Japan in the first round of the 2021 Indian Wells Open on Wednesday, October 6. Get the live streaming options of this Jasmine Paolini v Mai Hontama match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here.
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Jasmine Paolini v Mai Hontama Head to Head
They met once at an ITF tournament in Tokyo in 2019, and the Italian won that match in straight sets.
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Paolini Enters Main Draw as Lucky Loser
Seeded No. 1 in the qualifying rounds, Jasmine Paolini lost her second qualifying match to Ukraine’s Kateryna Kozlova 1-6, 3-6 on Tuesday. However, the Italian still made her way to the main draw as a lucky loser. Paolini had beaten Russia’s Natalia Vikhlyantseva 6-1, 6-4 in the first qualifying round on Monday.
Ranked No. 63 in the world, the 25-year-old Italian has made tremendous progress this season and has come to Indian Wells with a 26-20 season record, which includes her maiden WTA title that she claimed in Portoroz, Slovenia last month.
Paolini, who reached two WTA 125K finals this season, winning the title in Bol and finishing runner-up in Saint Malo, defeated higher-ranked players in Dayana Yastremska, Sorana Cirstea, Yulia Putintseva and Alison Riske on her way to capturing the Slovenian Open title.
She fell in the first round in Chicago last week to Hailey Baptiste, but will be hopping to start with a win at Indian Wells.
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Hontama Qualifies With Back-to-Back Straight Set Wins
Mai Hontama was terrific in Chicago last week, reaching the quarterfinals of the tournament in what was her main draw debut at the top level.
The Japanese player has now qualified for her second WTA event, with back-to-back straight set wins over the last two days.
Hontama defeated Hungary’s Panna Udvardy 7-5, 7-5 on Monday and then knocked out Slovakia’s Kristina Kucova 6-3, 6-4 in the second qualifying round on Tuesday.
The Japanese came into the tournament with a 39-13 record from all her matches this season with her breakthrough coming at the Chicago Fall Classic, where she qualified for the main draw with wins over Emina Bektas and Harriet Dart and then went on to beat Caroline Garcia and Shelby Rogers on her way to the last eight before falling to eventual champion Garbine Muguruza.
The 22-year-old has featured in four ITF finals this year, winning two and losing two.
Paolini v Hontama Prediction and Tip
Hontama is in red-hot form at the moment and could get another top 100 win and set-up a second round clash with 14th seed Elise Mertens who has a first-round bye.
Tip: Hontamna to win: 1/1 (Click Here to Bet with bet365)
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