World no. 61, Jasmine Paolini of Italy, will take on Shuai Zhang of China, the world number 36, and the number three seed, in the second round of the 2022 WTA Palermo Open on Wednesday, July 20. Get the live streaming options of this Jasmine Paolini v Shuai Zhang match along with its preview, head-to-head, and tips here.
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Jasmine Paolini v Shuai Zhang Head to Head
The pair have played each other before three times before, and Zhang has won on each occasion.
Two of those meetings were in 2018, on the hard courts of Acapulco, and the clay of Prague, and the third a year later, back on hard courts in Tokyo, Paolini has never yet taken a set off Zhang previously.
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Paolini Enjoys Encouraging Victory
Paolini had been struggling for any kind of form on her favourite surface of clay coming into this tournament, but she had an encouraging first round win over Anna-Karolina Schmeidlova of Slovakia, the world number 76, a woman she had a good record against previously.
She began the match badly, though, dropping her opening service game, but she hit back with two successive breaks of her own, and she was able to serve out for the first set from there.
Schmeidlova then dropped her own two service games of the second set, and, from that point on, there was only one winner. A further service break enabled Paolini to wrap up the match without any fuss.
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Zhang Made to Work Her Passage
Third seed Zhang was handed an easy looking first round draw against the Spanish qualifier, Rebeka Masarova, the world number 173.
She got through, but not before working a lot harder than she might have wanted.
Both women had already saved break points in the first set before Zhang became the first to drop her serve. She responded immediately with a break of her own, and she would go on to win the subsequent tie-break.
When Zhang went two breaks down at the start of the second set, it looked like the Spaniard was about to mount a comeback. But she surrendered one of the breaks straight away, and then Zhang clawed the other back, and, ultimately that meant another tie-break,
Masarova had a set point, could not make it count, and Zhang finally got the job done with her second match point.
Paolini v Zhang Prediction and Tip
Although Zhang has a 100% record in previous matches against Paolini, the Italian will be confident that, playing in home conditions, she can offset the weight of history.
Tip: Paolini to win: 14/19 (Click Here to Bet with bet365)
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The 2022 WTA Palermo Open will be played from July 18 to 24. You can watch & bet on these matches here. Get your latest premium tennis predictions here.
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