World number 14 and Madrid Open runnerup Jessica Pegula will face Russian and 26th-ranked Ludmilla Samsonova in the first round of the 2022 WTA Rome Open on Monday, May 9. Get the live streaming options of this Jessica Pegula v Ludmilla Samsonova match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here.
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Jessica Pegula v Ludmilla Samsonova Head to Head
There have been two previous matches between these players and both have won one apiece.
Pegula took a 1-0 lead in the 2020 Cincinnati Open qualifiers before Samsonova levelled things out at Wimbledon last season. They are yet to face off on clay.
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Pegula Coming off Madrid Final
It was a fighting encounter before Pegula went down in three sets to Ons Jabeur in the Madrid Open final but she looked to have done enough in the leadup to make her a serious contender here.
Pegula had some sterling opponents she needed to navigate through to make it to the title-decider and she did so with aplomb.
The American overcame a sticky Camila Giorgi in the first round, and eased past Kaia Kanepi, Bianca Andreescu, Sara Sorribes Tormo and Jil Teichmann in the leadup to the championship match – all the last four wins coming in straight sets.
This came on the back of a third round exit in Charleston to Coco Vandeweghe who was 5/1 going into that match – a defeat which would have pined Pegula hard.
Can she continue her solid run here though or will the turnaround be short for her?
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Samsonova at Career-Best Ranking
She might have lost in the first round at Madrid last week but that hasn’t stopped Samsonova from gaining one spot on the WTA Rankings to move to 25th in the world. And that is her career-best ranking, something she would like to build on.
What’s got her there is probably a bit of help from the revamped ranking system because her results this season, barring one solid showing in Stuttgart, having been much to write home about.
In fact other than that semifinal appearance in Germany, Samsonova has won just five of her 12 matches for the year.
What’s interesting to note is Samsonova has never qualified for this event in the past, falling at the qualification hurdle in both the previous editions of the Italian Open.
Even a first round appearance here should improve her ranking points but if she can conjure up some magic, the sort which had seen her get past Karolina Pliskova in Stuttgart, Samsonova could see a bump up in the rankings yet again.
Pegula v Samsonova Prediction and Tip
Pegula starts off a 9/20 favourite to win this and while we believe exhaustion could play a part here, a win looks very likely for the American.
Tip: Pegula to win: 9/20 (Click Here to Bet with bet365)
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The 2022 WTA Rome Open will be played from May 9 to 15. You can watch & bet on these matches here. Get your latest premium tennis predictions here.
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