The vastly-improved and 43rd-ranked Mayar Sherif will face the world number 73 Anna Blinkova in the first round of the 2023 WTA Rome Open on Wednesday, May 10. Get the predictions and odds of this Mayar Sherif v Anna Blinkova match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here.
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Mayar Sherif v Anna Blinkova Head to Head
Their only previous meeting came at the 2022 Marbella Open and Sherif had won that in two sets.
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Sherif Makes Madrid Quarterfinals
Clay has been Sherif’s go-to surface in her career and in what turned out to be her best showing ever, she reached the quarterfinal of the Madrid Open last week.
It wasn’t just about making it to the last eight either. In doing so, she had to overcome some of the top players in the world, including Caroline Garcia and Elise Mertens, but what made it even more superlative was Sherif actually had a chance to overcome Aryna Sabalenka.
The Egyptian number took the first set against Sabalenka before the eventual title winner clawed back to carve out the inevitable win.
Still, Sherif will enter this tournament in Rome for the first time with the confidence of knowing what she can achieve and with a career-best ranking of 43rd in the world. A couple of wins here could help her get into the 30s.
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Blinkova Struggling Since Hobart Semifinals
A qualifier at the Hobart International, Blinkova had managed to go all the way to the semifinal in that tournament. Since then, however, Blinkova’s form has wavered and she has won just four main draw matches.
That’s right, three matches won in one tournament and four spread across the following four months makes for a contrasting reading.
That’s been Blinkova’s problem though as she has barely managed to trouble some of the top-50 players and as a result of that, her own ranking has fallen to 73rd in the world.
More recently, Blinkova was forced to feature in a WTA 125 tournament in Reus after falling in the Madrid Open opener to Nuria Parrizas Diaz. She edged past Kamila Rakhimova in the opener before losing to Dayana Yastremska there.
It doesn’t seem like things are going to get any easier for her here.
Sherif v Blinkova Prediction and Tip
Sherif can be expected to come through here but we think she might do a lot better than that and win this in straight sets.
Tips:
- Low Risk Tip: Sherif to win: 1/2
- Moderate Risk Tip: Sherif to win in straight sets: 6/5
The 2023 WTA Rome Open will be played from May 9 to 21. You can get all the tennis betting news with our tennis betting blog here. Also get rest of the tennis match previews here.
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