{"id":11963,"date":"2019-01-31T12:26:18","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T17:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=11963"},"modified":"2019-01-31T22:11:10","modified_gmt":"2019-02-01T03:11:10","slug":"wta-st-petersburg-quarterfinals-predictions-including-petra-kvitova-vs-donna-vekic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2019\/01\/31\/wta-st-petersburg-quarterfinals-predictions-including-petra-kvitova-vs-donna-vekic\/","title":{"rendered":"WTA St. Petersburg Quarterfinals Predictions&#8211;Including Petra Kvitova vs Donna Vekic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The quarterfinals of St. Petersburg are set! Even though it\u2019s just the week after the <a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordontennis.com\/australian-open\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Australian Open<\/a>, we still have three top 10 players, four Russians, and a few very interesting matchups. Let\u2019s see who likely to win them:<\/p>\n<h2>WTA St. Petersburg Quarterfinals Predictions<\/h2>\n<h3>Ekaterina Alexandrova vs Aryna Sabelenka<\/h3>\n<p>The qualifier has had a great run but this should simply be a step too far. Including her qualifying matches, she\u2019s only played one top 100 player (Katie Boulter, #88), with the others all outside the top 140. Jumping from those players to the likes of a top 10 player in Sabalenka will be too much of an ask. The Belorussian also looked impressive against Alison Van Uytvanck and looks on course for already her second title of the year. Ironically, in her other 2019 title win, Sabalenka also beat Alexandrova, routinely 6-3 6-3 I may add. I would be shocked if Alexandrova can put up a much better fight here.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Sabalenka in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"I3uZc55mQg5InltYHw40AA\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1091840186\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'I3uZc55mQg5InltYHw40AA',sig:'6QV2pp-aXK5RDFZoZiJ1Rru3LddtuTsCQRkM1e0wbik=',w:'594px',h:'398px',items:'1091840186',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Anastasia Pavlychenkova vs Kiki Bertens<\/h3>\n<p>On paper, this is by far the hardest match to call. While Bertens leads the head-to-head 3-2, she\u2019s lost the last two meetings, including one in a final set just two weeks ago at the Australian Open. This could really go either way but I think the Russian will just edge the top 10 player again. She\u2019s simply in much better form and looking good enough again to beat almost anyone.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Pavlychenkova in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"OWReoRZkQEJB8RvsD37G6A\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1091924946\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'OWReoRZkQEJB8RvsD37G6A',sig:'SZoZXJbXE7cF1-6OTC9zhtRUwRAvXrYGzxbyq_1I5rk=',w:'594px',h:'395px',items:'1091924946',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Daria Kasatkina vs Vera Zvonareva<\/h3>\n<p>The former World #2 has had an impressive tournament so far, beating the likes of Ekaterina Makarova and Julia Goerges, but it won\u2019t get any easier against fellow Russian and World #12 Kasatkina. Zvonareva\u2019s comeback to many has already been better than expected and maybe it could get even better this week. Her younger compatriot has lost her last four matches, just winning a single set. If there\u2019s a time to play the talented Kasatkina&#8211;who made two Grand Slam quarterfinals last year&#8211;it\u2019s now.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Zvonareva in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"-N2LYAEYSQd1sci20TaCig\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1077045334\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'-N2LYAEYSQd1sci20TaCig',sig:'5Yxe3GkF8_9miNOhjjeXMNVACEWnSJgkuHRG1-6qWqY=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1077045334',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Petra Kvitova vs Donna Vekic<\/h3>\n<p>Like everyone, I was also astonished the Australian Open finalist didn\u2019t pull out of the event, given how much she has played lately. What\u2019s more impressive though is how good the Czech looked in her first match against former World #1 Victoria Azarenka, albeit with a few hiccups. The World #30 Vekic could pose a threat in their first meeting but if Kvitova keeps playing anywhere near the level she\u2019s shown so far this year she won\u2019t lose.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Kvitova in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"1w2qQC5QSe1echoXWEDcAw\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1091509372\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'1w2qQC5QSe1echoXWEDcAw',sig:'b6eFiUOMUrjCAX14CFqNoBGFq-vkXa1me6TndKuhXow=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1091509372',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The quarterfinals of St. Petersburg are set! Even though it\u2019s just the week after the Australian Open, we still have three top 10 players, four Russians, and a few very interesting matchups. Let\u2019s see who likely to win them: WTA St. Petersburg Quarterfinals Predictions Ekaterina Alexandrova vs Aryna Sabelenka The qualifier has had a great [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":666,"featured_media":11964,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_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":[4,69],"tags":[4567,4572,416,1248,4184,101,4552,2373,2369,1736,4551],"class_list":["post-11963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wta","category-predictions","tag-anastasia-pavlychenkova","tag-aryna-sabelenka","tag-daria-kasatkina","tag-donna-vekic","tag-ekaterina-alexandrova","tag-petra-kvitova","tag-st-petersburg-ladies-trophy-predictions","tag-tennis-picks","tag-tennis-predictions","tag-vera-zvonareva","tag-wta-st-petersburg-predictions"],"modified_by":"Yesh Ginsburg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11963","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\/666"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}