World number three Elena Rybakina will be up against the 75th-ranked Xiyu Wang in the first round of the 2023 WTA Eastbourne International on Monday, June 26. Get the predictions and odds of this Elena Rybakina v Xiyu Wang match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here.
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Elena Rybakina v Xiyu Wang Head to Head
Their only previous meeting came at the 2021 Abu Dhabi Open where Rybakina won in straight sets.
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Rybakina Surprised in Berlin
As a world number three and as a player coming into the grass swing having won the previous Wimbledon there is a definite sense of expectation on Rybakina’s shoulders. And at the Berlin Open last week, things did not go as well as those expectations might have been.
After having eased past Polina Kudermetova in the first round, Rybakina was set up to feature against Donna Vekic in the second and had gone in as a 1/5 favourite.
Those odds shortened considerably when Rybakina scooped up the first set but what followed would be a bit of a worry for Rybakina. She fell to a 6-3, 6-4 defeat in the next two sets to crash out of the tournament with a few question-marks around her form on grass.
The one mitigating factor is it was no different for Rybakina even last year. She had started off with a first round win at Rosmalen but lost in the second round there before crashing out of the Eastbourne International in the very first round.
And the Kazakh had then gone on to win Wimbledon.
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Wang Makes it Through the Qualifiers Again
At the highest level, Wang has won just one main draw match on grass in her her career. That had come in 2021 in Nottingham where she had defeated the unheralded Martina Di Giuseppe before crashing out in the next.
This year, she has had to come through the qualifiers at both the grass tournaments she has participated in – at Birmingham she overcame Emily Appleton and Viktoriya Tomova before losing to Rebecca Marino in a hard-fought three-setter.
Here, Wang has already overcome Dalma Galfi and the upcoming star and world number 57 Linda Fruhvirtova in the qualifiers. Unfortunately for her she has been drawn to take on a player who is difficult to overcome most times but even more so on grass.
Expect Wang to not go down without a fight but can she actually push Rybakina into a third?
Rybakina v Wang Prediction and Tip
We are looking at Rybakina to clinch a straight set win here with Wang showing some fight in one of the sets.
Tips:
- Low Risk Tip: Rybakina to win in straight sets: 4/7
The 2023 WTA Eastbourne International will be played from June 25 to July 1. 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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