WTA Strasbourg Open 2021: Women’s Singles Draw Preview, Analysis and Prediction
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WTA Strasbourg Open 2021
WTA Strasbourg Open 2021 will be the final tournament for the players as the final Clay showdown of the French Open 2021 will begin immediately after the conclusion of the tournament. The tournament is set to begin from 23rd May till 29th May, 2021.
Canadian star World No. 7 Bianca Andreescu is the top seed followed by American Jessica Pegula who is ranked World No. 28. Former World No. 1 Venus Williams also participates in the tournament.
WTA Strasbourg Open 2021 : Preview
Top Half:
The top half includes the top seeded Bianca Andreescu along with 4th seeded Yulia Putintseva, 6th seeded Shuai Zhang and 8th seeded Magda Linette. Venus Williams and Krystina Pliskova are also in the top half.
Bianca will be playing for the first time after the Miami Open finals where she had to retire during the 2nd set of the finals because of her injury. This will be her Clay debut of the season as she looks to get some match time before the Grand Slam at Roland Garros.
While Bianca looks certain to qualify for the quarters, Venus is expected to win her first game and face most likely Shuai Zhang and will be a tough fight that will bring out the winner. However, given the current form Zhang looks to defeat the American.
Magda Linette will be expected to win her first match and and will meet Krystina Pliskova who also looks favourite to win her tie. Yulia is most likely to face Jil Teichman in the second round as both look favourites to win their opening matches.
1st Quarter-final Prediction: Bianca Andreescu (1) vs Shuai Zhang (6)
2nd Quarter-final Prediction: Yulia Putintseva (4) vs Magda Linette (8)
Bottom Half:
Jessica Pegula, Ekaterina Alexandrova, Barbora Krejcikova and Shelby Rogers are the remaining 4 seeds in the bottom half seeded 2,3,5,7 respectively.
While Barbora looks the favourite to win her 1st round match, Caroline Garcia could be a tough challenge for the Czech star as the Frenchwoman looks favourite in her first round clash. Alexandrova is certain to win her first match but the young in-form Clara Burel could be a big challenge for the Russian.
Shelby Rogers will be the favourite in both her matches and looks certain to play fellow American Jessica Pegula in the quarter-finals.
3rd Quarter-final Prediction: Caroline Garcia vs Clara Burel
4th Quarter-final Prediction: Shelby Rogers (7) vs Jessica Pegula (2)
WTA Strasbourg Open 2021 : Prediction
Quarter-Finals
Bianca would need to plan her match tactfully as she will be playing her first Clay tournament. But with the form she was in before her injury, she fairly looks certain to win the quarter-final as well. Similarly, Magda will need to play smart as Yulia comes in with a much better record into the clash.
Clara Burel looks to earn more attention towards herself as she looks favourite to win her quarter-final clash while Pegula looks certain to get another Clay win under her belt.
1st Semi-final Prediction: Bianca Andreescu (1) vs Yulia Putintseva (4)
2nd Semi-final Prediction: Jessica Pegula (2) vs Clara Burel
Semi-Finals
The first semi-final will surely be one of the biggest match of the tournament as two seeded players will go against each other. Clara Burel could well be a good match against Pegula with Clara having good record on Clay this season.
Final Prediction: Jessica Pegula (2) vs Yulia Putintseva (4)
WTA Strasbourg Open 2021 : Finals
Pegula’s improved form from the past 2 season on Clay will give her confidence coming into the finals while Yulia will be looking to play her strengths and get her second career title.
WTA Strasbourg Open 2021 Winner Prediction: Jessica Pegula
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