{"id":18058,"date":"2019-07-29T17:42:52","date_gmt":"2019-07-29T21:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=18058"},"modified":"2019-07-29T18:51:13","modified_gmt":"2019-07-29T22:51:13","slug":"wta-washington-open-day-2-predictions-including-coco-gauff-vs-zarina-diyas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2019\/07\/29\/wta-washington-open-day-2-predictions-including-coco-gauff-vs-zarina-diyas\/","title":{"rendered":"WTA Washington Open Day 2 Predictions Including Coco Gauff vs Zarina Diyas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Day 2 at here the Washington Open (The Citi Open for sponsorship reasons) includes a mixture of both exciting and young players for the fans to watch. The likes of Su-Wei Hsieh, who is always a fan favourite with her unique style of play, and the teenage sensation, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2019\/07\/02\/whats-next-coco-gauff\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Coco Gauff<\/a>, are all going to be on court, as Day 2 promises to be an action-packed day for the fans.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>WTA Washington Open\u00a0Day 2 Predictions<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h4><strong>Su-Wei Hsieh vs Kirsten Flipkens<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Head-to-head: 2-2 tied<\/p>\n<p>Flipkens has had a decent season with mixed results here and there, but can be inconsistent at times with her game. Meanwhile, the 32-year-old Taiwanese player has had a resurgence in her singles career this year and is very close to reaching her career-high ranking of 23 and is playing excellent both on the singles and doubles court.<\/p>\n<p>Their head-to-head is currently tied. But Hsieh actually beat Flipkens just a few weeks at Wimbledon in straight sets so this could give an insight to who could win here at Washington.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Hsieh in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"zdN0gcQyR1tA6EhgOwbvzA\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1143131714\" 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:'zdN0gcQyR1tA6EhgOwbvzA',sig:'cxct1a5XHZkDSXE8i1AFTUOLCsje5eNXSWpHKckY_8s=',w:'594px',h:'395px',items:'1143131714',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Kristina Mladenovic vs Shelby Rogers<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Head-to-head: 1-1 tied<\/p>\n<p>Like Hsieh, Mladenovic is also having a resurgence in her singles career ever since deciding to hire Sascha Bajin as her full-time coach. The Frenchwoman has gone on to reach the deep stages at some big tournaments such as Rome and Nottingham under Bajin&#8217;s guidance.<\/p>\n<p>Combining both factors such as <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2019\/02\/20\/kiki-mladenovic-shocks-world-number-1-naomi-osaka\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Mladenovic&#8217;s rising confidence<\/a> on the singles court and Rogers&#8217; inconsistency with results the past few months,\u00a0the 26-year-old Frenchwoman should go on to win this match.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Mladenovic in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"JPTXp932RT1hu5mZXoa69A\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1144268146\" 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:'JPTXp932RT1hu5mZXoa69A',sig:'KabKEy6K9aP1XpKlsiD3zPD73xnBt-oL3pLOhlji7zU=',w:'594px',h:'473px',items:'1144268146',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Sachia Vickery vs Camila Giorgi<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Head-to-head: Giorgi leads 1-0<\/p>\n<p>Neither player is playing great at the moment. For Giorgi, she has yet to win a singles match since the Australian Open in January. Vickery, meanwhile, is on a 4-10 win-loss deficit this season.<\/p>\n<p>This win would mean a lot to both players, but Vickery, having come through qualifying has already won some matches earlier in the week. This should give her a lot of confidence coming in this match and could prove decisive.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Vickery in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"tCuEXEtmQV5KPDkEEutFqw\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1142096860\" 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:'tCuEXEtmQV5KPDkEEutFqw',sig:'tG56ZhJOnIg6kGWiw2pTS7V4mOt2JwPS8gufaJr2fAg=',w:'594px',h:'438px',items:'1142096860',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Coco Gauff vs Zarina Diyas<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Head-to-head: First meeting<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2019\/06\/27\/coco-gauff-youngest-qualify-wimbledon\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">teenage sensation<\/a> continues to impress the tennis world. She did not drop a set in qualifying to make her way in the main draw here. It will be a fascinating match to see if Gauff can handle the pressure playing at home and also against an experienced opponent like Diyas.<\/p>\n<p>However, take nothing away from Diyas, but the 15-year-old is simply playing sublime tennis at the moment to lose here in the first round.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Gauff in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"6JSO-afKTsR9VpgQ9S7kTw\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1164808708\" 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:'6JSO-afKTsR9VpgQ9S7kTw',sig:'x6--6KLwXMOsthncctAJyI2x1vyUpLzNwk9gR9OWLwQ=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1164808708',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>Day 2 at here the Washington Open (The Citi Open for sponsorship reasons) includes a mixture of both exciting and young players for the fans to watch. The likes of Su-Wei Hsieh, who is always a fan favourite with her unique style of play, and the teenage sensation, Coco Gauff, are all going to be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2661,"featured_media":18065,"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":[7624,251,2747,7681,4123,472,7683,2761,7682,545,2511,7680,2373,2369,7623,3531,3119],"class_list":["post-18058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wta","category-predictions","tag-2019-wta-washington","tag-camila-giorgi","tag-coco-gauff","tag-coco-gauff-vs-zarina-diyas-prediction","tag-kirsten-flipkens","tag-kristina-mladenovic","tag-kristina-mladenovic-vs-shelby-rogers-prediction","tag-sachia-vickery","tag-sachia-vickery-vs-camila-giorgi-prediction","tag-shelby-rogers","tag-su-wei-hsieh","tag-su-wei-hsieh-vs-kirsten-flipkens-prediction","tag-tennis-picks","tag-tennis-predictions","tag-washington-open-predictions","tag-wta-washington","tag-zarina-diyas"],"modified_by":"Yesh Ginsburg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18058","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\/2661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18058\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}