{"id":14030,"date":"2019-05-07T15:18:09","date_gmt":"2019-05-07T19:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=14030"},"modified":"2019-05-14T12:47:14","modified_gmt":"2019-05-14T16:47:14","slug":"wta-mutua-madrid-open-day-5-predictions-including-petra-kvitova-vs-caroline-garcia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2019\/05\/07\/wta-mutua-madrid-open-day-5-predictions-including-petra-kvitova-vs-caroline-garcia\/","title":{"rendered":"WTA Mutua Madrid Open Day 5 Predictions Including Petra Kvitova vs Caroline Garcia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An exciting day of women&#8217;s tennis awaits at Day 5 at the 2019 Mutua Madrid Open. The current <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordontennis.com\/french-open\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Roland Garros<\/a> champion, the current World No.1, and the current\/defending champion of this tournament are just a few names that will be featured in Madrid on Wedbesday.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Mutua Madrid Open Day 5 Predictions<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Simona Halep vs Viktoria Kuzmova<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head record:<\/strong> First meeting<\/p>\n<p>Simona Halep beat Johanna Konta comfortably in her previous round &#8211; a match many thought Halep struggle with because Konta was starting to play well.<\/p>\n<p>Kuzmova may be unknown to most, but she has been a dark horse throughout the tournament. She has beaten the 13th seed, Julia Goerges, and home favourite Carla Suarez Navarro without dropping a set. Can she continue her form and beat one of the best female clay court players right now? Will be a big ask and Kuzmova will have to play even better than she has played this week.<\/p>\n<p>This is their first meeting, and it should be a walk in the park for Halep to advance to the next round.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction:\u00a0Halep in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"boCjDtOiS2V2BA_PZ8HiNA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1142022542\" target=\"_blank\" 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:'boCjDtOiS2V2BA_PZ8HiNA',sig:'nQN2MrIPi34Xvm7dhsY7AWUY5v8-6_9mVKPXcrhDU_U=',w:'446px',h:'594px',items:'1142022542',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Naomi Osaka vs Aliaksandra Sasnovich<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head record:<\/strong> Osaka leads 2-0<\/p>\n<p>Osaka struggled in her previous round and was pushed to three sets before eventually closing it out. Clay is not Osaka&#8217;s favorite surface to play on, and could be troubled here by Sasnovich, who beat the 14th seed Annett Kontaveit earlier here at Madrid. A possible upset alert here in this match if Sasnovich plays well, but Osaka is definitely still the favorite.<\/p>\n<p><em>Prediction:\u00a0Osaka in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"82zDZh3IR6hIyEmFjegtEA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1142098316\" target=\"_blank\" 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:'82zDZh3IR6hIyEmFjegtEA',sig:'WCpsvw3UKZotFMG4y21fTv8dv8MaByurS9A3AXZDebA=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1142098316',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Belinda Bencic vs Kateryna Kozlova<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head record:<\/strong> First meeting<\/p>\n<p>Kozlova had an impressive win by beating Karolina Pliskova in the previous round, but can she keep it up? She came through qualifying and is now on a four match winning streak. Bencic is the favorite coming into this match, but Kozlova definitely has more than half a chance to win this match.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction:\u00a0Kozlova in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"Toiyq8uiTY1OdJJaUAn73g\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1147591797\" target=\"_blank\" 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:'Toiyq8uiTY1OdJJaUAn73g',sig:'N0Y2cbk3xvi_-Nc8tvtjhB7Kh41xUIyns79K4JuGn5w=',w:'396px',h:'594px',items:'1147591797',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Petra Kvitova vs Caroline Garcia<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head record:<\/strong> Kvitova leads 4-3<\/p>\n<p>Arguably the most enticing match out of the lot. Garcia is a former top 5 player in the world, and Kvitova is the current world number 2. It will be interesting to see two excellent players battling it out for a place in the next round.<\/p>\n<p>Even though their head-to-head suggests a competitive rivalry, this will be their first meeting on clay- a surface Kvitova has played well on. Kvitova is looking for a seventh consecutive win here on clay, and has yet to drop a set throughout the tournament. Kvitova will be tested in this match, but should eventually come through.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction:\u00a0Kvitova in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo from Getty<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An exciting day of women&#8217;s tennis awaits at Day 5 at the 2019 Mutua Madrid Open. The current Roland Garros champion, the current World No.1, and the current\/defending champion of this tournament are just a few names that will be featured in Madrid on Wedbesday. 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