{"id":12594,"date":"2019-03-06T12:16:19","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T17:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=12594"},"modified":"2019-03-06T12:16:19","modified_gmt":"2019-03-06T17:16:19","slug":"wta-indian-wells-day-1-predictions-including-victoria-azarenka-vs-vera-lapko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2019\/03\/06\/wta-indian-wells-day-1-predictions-including-victoria-azarenka-vs-vera-lapko\/","title":{"rendered":"WTA Indian Wells Day 1 Predictions Including Victoria Azarenka vs Vera Lapko"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Main draw action at Indian Wells begins today. Rainy weather will threatening play but desert storms pass quickly. So if you\u2019re heading out to the courts, bring an umbrella and some sunscreen.<\/p>\n<h2>WTA Indian Wells Day 1<\/h2>\n<h3>Daria Gavrilova vs Dayana Yastremska<\/h3>\n<p>No history<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian teenager Dayana Yastremska is a fierce competitor who\u2019s skyrocketing up the rankings, thanks in part to winning the Thailand Open in February. Currently holding World #37, she is a fearless player capable of creating winners. Across the net will be Daria Gavrilova whose 2019 is anything but great. She hasn\u2019t won a match in her last six attempts, and probably won\u2019t win today.<\/p>\n<p><em>Prediction: Yastremska in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"hfpG7SLGSlh0BU4i9fbzGg\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1130307542\" 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:'hfpG7SLGSlh0BU4i9fbzGg',sig:'JU3XQZs668vQa-qp6PBg8eXC-JqNkmWxg-uFRqywAz4=',w:'594px',h:'394px',items:'1130307542',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Anna Schmiedlova vs Lauren Davis<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Head to head: <\/strong>Schmiedlova 0-1 Davis<\/p>\n<p>Anna Schmiedlova will be hoping to avoid a repeat of her 2015 meet-up with Lauren Davis.\u00a0 Four years ago, Lauren Davis had an amazing run in Indian Wells and easily moved Schmiedlova out other path with a 6-2 6-2 victory. I don\u2019t expect the same outcome today. The 24-year-old Slovakian is capable of great tennis, but has lacked the ability to consistently put all of the pieces together. When it happens, Schmiedlova is a player who can beat anyone. American Lauren Davis, standing at a petite 5\u20192\u201d, is a feisty and contemplative player with good movement, but she lacks the big weapons. Davis may make Schmiedlova uncomfortable from time to time, but those moments will be fleeting, and the World #63 Schmiedlova should be able to exit Lauren Davis\u2019 run in a straight sets victory.<\/p>\n<p><em>Prediction: Schmiedlova in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"sq4RQzE8R99LUZntw2660w\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1092558162\" 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:'sq4RQzE8R99LUZntw2660w',sig:'BNns-yTQV21kVdbN2UuJ7K9YZXRXKBPP74gUrHPlBhg=',w:'436px',h:'594px',items:'1092558162',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Vera Lapko vs Victoria Azarenka<\/h3>\n<p>No history<\/p>\n<p>Vera Lapko and Victoria Azarenka will meet on Stadium 1 in the BNP Paribas Main Draw first round. While Azarenka is the oddsmakers\u2019 favorite, this match-up is no easy go for her. Lapko has a powerful forehand and can take this match if she plays aggressive, first-strike tennis. To date, Lapko\u2019s biggest win came in Hobart where Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova fell 6-1 6-4 to the World #62. Unless Lapko can take control of the points, Azarenka will exploit Lapko\u2019s subpar movement. Any strategy to draw Lapko wide will open the court for Azarenka to end the point. Lapko\u2019s power will then be negated by her challenged movement. Azarenka is rebuilding the form which landed her at World #1. Her time spent in courtrooms versus on court, when she battled for custody, dropped her far down in the rankings. But, she was World #1 for a reason \u2013 she has the talent, the weapons and now distraction-free, the desire.<\/p>\n<p><em>Prediction: Azarenka in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"1jqihNfrTKF4ARFNnEPWlA\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1091509282\" 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:'1jqihNfrTKF4ARFNnEPWlA',sig:'FwQy2DLqutocMrBj2cFEmLU4sAyshzhQpfGfQnKRZvI=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1091509282',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>Main draw action at Indian Wells begins today. Rainy weather will threatening play but desert storms pass quickly. So if you\u2019re heading out to the courts, bring an umbrella and some sunscreen. WTA Indian Wells Day 1 Daria Gavrilova vs Dayana Yastremska No history Ukrainian teenager Dayana Yastremska is a fierce competitor who\u2019s skyrocketing up [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1838,"featured_media":12597,"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":[69,4],"tags":[4951,4947,927,2754,408,3193,490,4945,393,15,4936,4935],"class_list":["post-12594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-predictions","category-wta","tag-2019-bnp-paribas-open","tag-anna-schmiedlova","tag-bnp-paribas","tag-bnp-paribas-open-predictions","tag-daria-gavrilova","tag-dayana-yastremska","tag-lauren-davis","tag-vera-lapko","tag-victoria-azarenka","tag-wta","tag-wta-indian-wells-predictions","tag-wta-predictions"],"modified_by":"Yesh Ginsburg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12594","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\/1838"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12594\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}