{"id":108782,"date":"2026-07-20T16:09:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T20:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=108782"},"modified":"2026-07-20T16:09:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T20:09:18","slug":"wta-hamburg-day-2-predictions-avanesyan-vs-rus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2026\/07\/20\/wta-hamburg-day-2-predictions-avanesyan-vs-rus\/","title":{"rendered":"WTA Hamburg Day 2 Predictions Including Elina Avanesyan vs Arantxa Rus"},"content":{"rendered":"

Elina Avanesyan faces former champion Arantxa Rus in what promises to be an entertaining first-round match at the WTA Hamburg<\/a> Open. That is one of 11 matches<\/a> scheduled on Day 2 of the event. Who will advance?<\/p>\n

WTA Hamburg Day 2 Predictions<\/h2>\n

Leyre Romero Gormaz vs Veronika Erjavec<\/h4>\n

Head-to-head: Erjavec 3-0 Romero Gormaz<\/p>\n

Erjavec’s exit at the 125K tournament in Kitzbuhel was her third semifinal defeat of the season. The Slovenian is still looking to win her first title of the season after a series of near-misses. But this should be a favorable matchup to bounce back. She owns a 3-0 lead against Romero Gormaz, including two wins on clay. Romero Gormaz generates tremendous depth with that lefty forehand and uses the slice effectively to neutralize points in defensive positions, but her serve remains a weak spot. If Erjavec gets decent purchase off the return, she’ll have the edge.<\/p>\n

Prediction: Erjavec in 3<\/em><\/p>\n

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Maria Lourdes Carle vs Jule Niemeier<\/h4>\n

Head-to-head: Niemeier 1-0 Carle<\/p>\n

This will be an all-qualifier battle. Both players have posted negative win-loss records ahead of this match. But Niemeier should fancy her chances on home soil. She has reached the semifinals in Hamburg in the past and beat Carle on clay in their only clash. When she’s serving well and takes the ball early, I think Niemeier can easily flatten out the wings and limit Carle from dictating this match.<\/p>\n

Prediction: Niemeier in 3<\/em><\/p>\n

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Sara Sorribes Tormo vs Alina Charaeva<\/h4>\n

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Head-to-head: first meeting<\/p>\n

Sorribes Tormo is slowly regaining her confidence on clay. Her current ranking does not reflect her level, but context matters. The Spaniard had to relaunch her career after mental health struggles in the second half of last season. Charaeva is having a breakout season and currently sits at No. 117 in the WTA rankings, which is her best ranking. The Russian is a decent ball striker, but she is still learning to finish points consistently.<\/p>\n

Prediction: Sorribes Tormo in 3<\/em><\/p>\n

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Elina Avanesyan vs Arantxa Rus<\/h4>\n

Head-to-head: Rus 2-0 Avanesyan<\/p>\n

Avanesyan is set for her Hamburg main draw debut. And winning two qualifying matches should leave her well-adjusted to the Hamburg clay. Rus needed little time to settle as she breezed through qualifying. Rus knows what it takes to win matches in this tournament. She reached back-to-back finals a couple of seasons ago (won the title in 2023). But at 35, the Dutchwoman’s movement has declined. That will make it significantly harder to withstand a barrage of heavy hitting from the Armenian.<\/p>\n

Prediction: Avanesyan in 2<\/em><\/p>\n

Main Photo Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Elina Avanesyan faces former champion Arantxa Rus in what promises to be an entertaining first-round match at the WTA Hamburg Open. That is one of 11 matches scheduled on Day 2 of the event. Who will advance? WTA Hamburg Day 2 Predictions Leyre Romero Gormaz vs Veronika Erjavec Head-to-head: Erjavec 3-0 Romero Gormaz Erjavec’s exit […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2341,"featured_media":58308,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[43380,43379,5300,15703,17491,17492,6009,15889,42683,42684,18453,18454,4122,15734,2373,2369,42724,42725,17923,17913],"class_list":["post-108782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-predictions","tag-alina-charaeva","tag-alina-charaeva-predictions","tag-arantxa-rus","tag-arantxa-rus-predictions","tag-elina-avanesyan","tag-elina-avanesyan-predictions","tag-jule-niemeier","tag-jule-niemeier-predictions","tag-leyre-romero-gormaz","tag-leyre-romero-gormaz-predictions","tag-maria-lourdes-carle","tag-maria-lourdes-carle-predictions","tag-sara-sorribes-tormo","tag-sara-sorribes-tormo-predictions","tag-tennis-picks","tag-tennis-predictions","tag-veronika-erjavec","tag-veronika-erjavec-predictions","tag-wta-hamburg","tag-wta-hamburg-predictions"],"modified_by":"Steen Kirby","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2341"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108782"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108813,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108782\/revisions\/108813"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}