Russia’s Anna Blinkova takes on China’s Shuai Zhang in the first round of the 2023 WTA Canadian Open on Monday, August 7. Get the predictions and odds of this Anna Blinkova v Shuai Zhang match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here.
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Anna Blinkova v Shuai Zhang Head to Head
They played three times and Zhang leads 2-1.
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Blinkova Eyeing First Win Since Wimbledon
Anna Blinkova last won at Wimbledon which wasn’t that long ago but her return to hard courts didn’t go that well. Playing in Washington, the Russian was stunned by Clervie Ngounoue in the qualifiers 6-3 6-2.
It was a rather shocking loss for Blinkova who generally likes to play in conditions like these where she can be quite aggressive. Generally, it’s been an okay year for her with 24 wins and 19 losses with her hard court record now standing at 9-7.
Both indoors and clay are stronger surfaces in terms of career winning percentage but she’s expected to win these matchups. The matchup against Zhang is another one and mostly it’s because the Chinese player has been struggling herself.
She beat her once so far in her career but lost twice as well. Their last match was in 2021 so a lot changed since then, Blinkova being higher ranked for example.
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Zhang Continues to Struggle
Shuai Zhang is not having a very good year as she’s only 4-18 on the year which is probably one of the weakest records on WTA Tour. It’s been mostly mental for her as she’s dealing with some issues off the courts that make it very hard for her to focus on tennis.
Recent matches include losses to Tereza Martincova 7-6(3) 6-4 in Warsaw as well as Yuan Yue 6-2 6-2 in Prague. It’s not been looking good as she’s making far too many mistakes from the baseline not being able to keep the ball in play.
She’s simply a player who looks distracted on a tennis court lacking much focus and that’s exactly what is going on. With that it’s pretty hard to image that things will change magically in Montreal.
Winning any match takes a lot of effort from her side, effort she most of the times doesn’t have in her.
Blinkova v Zhang Prediction and Tip
This one is pretty simple. I expect Blinkova to win and if she doesn’t that would be a major shocker.
Tips:
- Low Risk Tip: Blinkova to win: 1/2
The 2023 WTA Canadian Open in Montreal will be played from August 7 to 13. 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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