{"id":18949,"date":"2019-08-21T09:56:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-21T13:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordontennis.com\/?p=18949"},"modified":"2019-09-21T00:48:19","modified_gmt":"2019-09-21T04:48:19","slug":"wta-bronx-open-day-4-predictions-including-karolina-muchova-vs-kristie-ahn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2019\/08\/21\/wta-bronx-open-day-4-predictions-including-karolina-muchova-vs-kristie-ahn\/","title":{"rendered":"WTA Bronx Open Day 4 Predictions &#8211; Including Karolina Muchova vs Kristie Ahn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The round of 16 at the Bronx Open promises some exciting match ups including a first ever meeting between American Kristie Ahn and Czech Karolina Muchova.<\/p>\n<h2>WTA Bronx Open Day 4 Predictions<\/h2>\n<h4><strong>Magda Linette vs Aliaksandra Sasnovich<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Magda Linette and Aliaksandra Sasnovich have played each other five times with Sasnovich winning each, though not always comfortably. At Indian Wells in 2018, their most recent meeting, they played three tight sets with Sasnovich narrowly losing the third and only claiming the match by keeping her nerve in two tiebreaks. The biggest difference between the two heading into this match is that Linette had to play through qualifiers to reach the round of 16 making today\u2019s match her fifth in five days. Linette would need every advantage to defeat Sasnovich and the fatigue of her previous matches \u2013 though all were straight sets \u2013 will be a hinderance.<\/p>\n<p><em>Sasnovich in 2.<\/em><\/p>\n<h4><a id=\"SF6lrxTXSnZeQF4BeBBzzA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1156984253\" 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:'SF6lrxTXSnZeQF4BeBBzzA',sig:'NjnY9CoFCR-RxH9NLlcZsyI7kEaNaZJEm1Q2ASegOfo=',w:'594px',h:'395px',items:'1156984253',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>Wang Qiang vs Fiona Ferro<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Wang Qiang and Fiona Ferro\u2019s previous matches have all come in the last year. They have met three times since September 2018 with Wang winning the first two matches and Ferro their most recent contest in France. Both of Wang\u2019s victories were relatively comfortable while Ferro\u2019s was a monumental, come-from-behind struggle. Ferro\u2019s record at the New York Open so far is impressive. Other than a three set battle against Elizabeth Mandlik in the final round of qualifying she has won comfortably in straight sets. If Ferro\u2019s good form holds, the match could be a close one.<\/p>\n<p><em>Wang in 3.<\/em><\/p>\n<h4><a id=\"aHOHz6pZSb9yjhvMRQ_OKA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1153035596\" 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:'aHOHz6pZSb9yjhvMRQ_OKA',sig:'QLo3FWW6AkwQfQ1Hpvpw4DjO_XZSViWZn2ivs1x8rOo=',w:'594px',h:'395px',items:'1153035596',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>Mihaela Buzarnescu vs Anna Blinkova<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Mihaela Buzarnesc and Anna Blinkova have only played once. Buzarnescu claimed an easy 6-2, 6-1 victory then and is likely to find little trouble dispatching Blinkova in New York. Blinkova has played well and her commanding defeat of Coco Vandeweghe would usually count for more, but Vandeweghe is returning from injury and appeared well short of her best on Monday. The extra day of rest will have been a blessing for Blinkova who had to struggle through qualifying and is in the main draw of New York as a lucky loser but Buzarnescu will likely be too strong to overcome.<\/p>\n<p><em>Buzarnescu in 2.<\/em><\/p>\n<h4><a id=\"00gW7VshSwpWNebSMgwNbw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1154868664\" 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:'00gW7VshSwpWNebSMgwNbw',sig:'cmeI8fKWwUm2hlzplsmo152HV3Ml-Ok4ebRNklJXNPI=',w:'594px',h:'388px',items:'1154868664',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>Karolina Muchova vs Kristie Ahn<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Karolina Muchova and Kristie Ahn have never met on the WTA tour. The Czech has claimed major victories in the past. In 2018 she defeated Garbine Muguruza at the US Open so she also has a history of good performances in the United States. Ahn, an American wildcard, will have the advantage of playing on home turf. She is a four years older than Muchova and has never been inside the top 100. Muchova is the all-around stronger player and should win fairly comfortable.<\/p>\n<p><em>Muchova in 2.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Main image:<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"A_1UfSlSTV5sktdiOflQjQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1159415075\" 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:'A_1UfSlSTV5sktdiOflQjQ',sig:'tWmlLDlwG8nxxUXDj6HlFQYyYdPZ2sJEn4LOZts4DIw=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1159415075',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 round of 16 at the Bronx Open promises some exciting match ups including a first ever meeting between American Kristie Ahn and Czech Karolina Muchova. WTA Bronx Open Day 4 Predictions Magda Linette vs Aliaksandra Sasnovich Magda Linette and Aliaksandra Sasnovich have played each other five times with Sasnovich winning each, though not always [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2515,"featured_media":18952,"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":[888,1763,5332,3716,8177,1228,3541,8174,3224,8175,2373,2369,5019,8176,8132,8133],"class_list":["post-18949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-predictions","category-wta","tag-aliaksandra-sasnovich","tag-anna-blinkova","tag-fiona-ferro","tag-karolina-muchova","tag-karolina-muchova-vs-kristie-ahn-prediction","tag-kristie-ahn","tag-magda-linette","tag-magda-linette-vs-aliaksandra-sasnovich-prediction","tag-mihaela-buzarnescu","tag-mihaela-buzarnescu-vs-anna-blinkova-prediction","tag-tennis-picks","tag-tennis-predictions","tag-wang-qiang","tag-wang-qiang-vs-fiona-ferro-prediction","tag-wta-bronx-open","tag-wta-bronx-open-predictions"],"modified_by":"Ben Kerr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18949","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\/2515"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}