World number 37 Yulia Putintseva will be up against 112th-ranked Irina Bara in the first round of the 2022 French Open on Sunday, May 22. Get the live streaming options of this Yulia Putintseva v Irina Bara match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here.
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Yulia Putintseva v Irina Bara Head to Head
No previous matches have been played between Putintseva and Bara before this.
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Putintseva Solid on Clay This Season
While Putintseva has had to struggle a tad in hard court tournaments this season, she has turned things around on clay heading into this year’s French Open.
The Kazakh eased her way through to the second round in Charleston to kick things off but her strongest showing came in Istanbul where she reached the semifinals. Wins over Magda Linette, Rebecca Peterson and Ajla Tomljanovic would have helped regain some of that confidence too.
At Madrid, Putintseva sent Shelby Rogers packing in the first round but couldn’t match up to Cori Gauff’s strength but most importantly got the better of Garbine Muguruza in Rome en route a third round appearance.
That showing in Rome, which also included a victory over Kaja Juvan came as a qualifier.
What Putintseva will now hope for is to kick-start this competition with a solid showing that helps her better her previous year’s French Open one – she had been knocked out in the first round last year.
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Bara Scrapes Through to Main Draw
When you have never been in the top 100 of the WTA rankings in your career, each qualification for the main draw of a Grand Slam event seems like a big deal. Having already made it to the first round at Australian Open earlier this year, Bara will now hope she can do one better than that – win that rare match at a Grand Slam.
That said, Bara’s best showing at a major came at Roland-Garros when she made it through to the third round of the 2020 edition.
Her performances in the qualifiers, however, would have left a lot to desire.
Bara needed three-setters against both Jesika Meleckova (ranked 257th in the world) and Selena Janicijevic (ranked 351st) before finally getting herself a straight-set, but another hard-fought win over Nao Hibino in the third round of qualifiers. In all three matches, Bara had gone in as a heavy favourite.
She will hope to put up a challenge against Putintseva here.
Putintseva v Bara Prediction and Tip
Putintseva’s the favourite and we back her to win this but not before Bara’s tenacity is on show. Three-setter expected.
Tip: Putintseva to win in three sets: 3/1 (Click Here to Bet with bet365)
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