World number 20 Simona Halep will be up against the 116th-ranked Lesia Tsurenko in the first round of the 2022 WTA Birmingham on Monday, June 13. Get the live streaming options of this Simona Halep v Lesia Tsurenko match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here.
Looking to watch the 2022 WTA Birmingham live streaming online?
- For tennis fans in the Europe & elsewhere go to bet365 > Tennis > Live Streaming here* to watch & bet on the ATP & WTA tennis live.
- Also get all your other WTA Birmingham 2022 live streaming & TV options here
*Live streaming T&Cs:
You can watch live sport on your mobile, tablet or desktop including Soccer, Tennis and Basketball. All you need is a funded account or to have placed a bet in the last 24 hours to qualify.
[the_ad id=”43630″]
Simona Halep v Lesia Tsurenko Head to Head
There have been six previous meetings between these two players at this level and Halep has won every single time. Add two more from the ITF circuit and Halep’s win-loss record against Tsurenko reads a whopping 8-0. Two of these wins have come on grass.
[the_ad id=”68302″]
Also Read:
Halep in Her First Grass Match in Three Years
The last time Halep stepped on to grass for a competitive match, she was facing Serena Williams in the 2019 Wimbledon final. Halep gave Williams a sound thrashing to lift the title, her last Grand Slam tournament win.
Grass court competitions weren’t held in 2020 due to the pandemic while in 2021, Halep opted out of them because of fitness concerns.
She now returns to the grass courts with a reasonable start to the season, having won 20 of the 27 matches she has featured in, in 2022. This includes one title which came all the way back in January in Melbourne but since then she would have liked to do a lot better.
A fourth round appearance at the Australian Open and a second round exit at the French Open would specially rankle. Can she turn things around on grass though?
[the_ad id=”30344″]
Tsurenko Eases Through the Qualifiers
Once ranked 23rd in the world, Tsurenko has fallen to outside the top 100 on the WTA circuit and had had to make it through the Birmingham qualifiers to enter round one. The good news for Tsurenko is she did that with great aplomb, winning both her matches in straight sets.
Having gotten knocked out in the first round at French Open, Tsurenko overcame Emily Appleton and Fernanda Contreras Gomez to seal her berth here.
This comes on the back of Tsurenko having won just one main draw match all season – it came at the WTA Istanbul where she got past Anna Karolina Schmiedlova before losing in the second round.
With that kind of a record all season, expecting her to usurp someone of the pedigree of Halep would be expecting a lot.
Halep v Tsurenko Prediction and Tip
Halep starts off 1/9 to win this and despite the rustiness, we expect her to storm into the second round. Straight-set win expected here.
Tip: Halep to win in straight sets: 1/3 (Click Here to Bet with bet365)
[the_ad id=”30513″]
The 2022 WTA Birmingham will be played from June 13 to 19. You can watch & bet on these matches here. Get your latest premium tennis predictions here.
Be the first to comment