After a great tournament in Beijing won by Coco Gauff Sunday, we have another WTA 1000 starting already in Wuhan. It promises to be another very exciting tournament from Day 1, even if the top players won’t be in action on Monday yet. There’s still a very nice mix of home players and dark horses looking to start a big run.
WTA Wuhan Day 1 Predictions
Dayana Yastremska vs Erika Andreeva
Head-to-head: Yastremska 2-0 Andreeva
Yastremska is on a terrible six match losing streak and should be quite low on confidence at a moment. In a matchup as tight as this one is on paper, that might be enough to make the difference, but Andreeva herself hasn’t been playing very well and is in fact only in this main draw as a lucky loser. It should be a very tight match, with both players desperate for a much-needed win to gain some momentum going forward.
Prediction: Yastermska in 3
Diane Parry vs Hailey Baptiste
Head-to-head: Parry 1-0 Baptiste
This is another very tight matchup, one that could genuinely go either way. Baptiste had a hard-fought run through qualifying to get to the main draw, one that might give her the necessary confidence boost to pull through here. In such a tight matchup as this one, that might well make the difference, even if it should be a very close match either way.
Prediction: Baptiste in 3
