{"id":19783,"date":"2019-09-09T18:48:20","date_gmt":"2019-09-09T22:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordontennis.com\/?p=19783"},"modified":"2019-09-09T18:48:20","modified_gmt":"2019-09-09T22:48:20","slug":"wta-hiroshima-day-2-predictions-including-kurumi-nara-vs-tatjana-maria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2019\/09\/09\/wta-hiroshima-day-2-predictions-including-kurumi-nara-vs-tatjana-maria\/","title":{"rendered":"WTA Hiroshima Day 2 Predictions Including Kurumi Nara vs Tatjana Maria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Who will advance on Tuesday at the Hana-cupid Japan Women&#8217;s Open in Hiroshima? We look at some of the day&#8217;s best matches and give you our thoughts. On top of that, we have predictions for <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordontennis.com\/2019\/09\/09\/wta-hiroshima-open-day-2-predictions-including-su-wei-hsieh-vs-risa-ozaki\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">four more<\/a> WTA Hiroshima Day 2 matches.<\/p>\n<h2>WTA Hiroshima Day 2 Predictions<\/h2>\n<h4><strong>Mihaela Buzarnescu vs Viktoriya Tomova<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>A few years ago, Buzarnescu was possibly the greatest story in tennis. She was battling injuries and winning, coming<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordontennis.com\/2018\/06\/24\/the-story-of-mihaela-buzarnescu-from-the-brink-of-retirement-to-the-worlds-top-30\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cracking the Top 30 after a career riddled with injuries<\/a>. Eventually, though, the consistent toll caught up to her, and she is now outside the Top 100. Tomova qualified here and looks in decent form, which is unfortunately all it takes to beat Buzarnescu these days.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Tomova in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"ciuY0cgHS-Jx9MXvWQQ8Xw\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1094374002\" 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:'ciuY0cgHS-Jx9MXvWQQ8Xw',sig:'Y_zrNOnihl8I-tKT6lq3iJvtFceQVI5x5Xlleim4QPc=',w:'413px',h:'594px',items:'1094374002',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Misaki Doi vs Junri Namigata<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Namigata is 37 years old and has never managed to crack the Top 100. She was impressive in qualifying here, and it&#8217;s truly a testament to her dedication to the sport. Unfortunately, the crowd will support her and fellow Japanese player Misaki Doi equally, and Doi is just a better player.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Doi in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"V_71DTNmT9RUpMaqOuYgdg\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1160105454\" 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:'V_71DTNmT9RUpMaqOuYgdg',sig:'I3KyucdFYj6IYl5rB7z0aQpR6TyHmgFHpLuDqDtwLuI=',w:'397px',h:'594px',items:'1160105454',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Sorana Cirstea vs Sara Sorribes Tormo<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>These players have never faced each other on hard courts or a tour-level match before. Sorribes Tormo won their only meeting, at a smaller event, on clay in 2016. Cirstea is coming off a solid run at the <a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordontennis.com\/us-open\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">US Open<\/a>, and Sorribes Tormo has struggled recently. I think the Romanian should be able to pull through this.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Cirstea in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"9a_uSAKBT25qotb1hAorcQ\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1171338996\" 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:'9a_uSAKBT25qotb1hAorcQ',sig:'OnGgiDTui1Vk3UUCtoJu2pnDEJi4STEh5UOJxN4X4Dc=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1171338996',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Kurumi Nara vs Tatjana Maria<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>This pair has never met at a tour-level event before, though Maria did win a matchup in a $100K (often referred to as a &#8220;WTA Challenger&#8221;) event three years ago. That doesn&#8217;t tell us much. What is far more telling is Nara&#8217;s ranking. She has struggled a lot recently. Even with the home crowd, her form just can&#8217;t match up with Maria at the moment.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Maria in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"_7jeKZWaRb96GrrowS8IYA\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1170562861\" 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:'_7jeKZWaRb96GrrowS8IYA',sig:'cXIz8GJxQ5a5vDHFwZvbnaVjHXAtPlLk_-r8beTARK4=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1170562861',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>Who will advance on Tuesday at the Hana-cupid Japan Women&#8217;s Open in Hiroshima? We look at some of the day&#8217;s best matches and give you our thoughts. On top of that, we have predictions for four more WTA Hiroshima Day 2 matches. WTA Hiroshima Day 2 Predictions Mihaela Buzarnescu vs Viktoriya Tomova A few years [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1601,"featured_media":19785,"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":[8601,8606,2819,8602,3224,8603,428,8605,4122,602,8607,2255,2373,2369,8604,8540],"class_list":["post-19783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wta","category-predictions","tag-japan-womens-open-predictions","tag-junri-namigata","tag-kurumi-nara","tag-kurumi-nara-vs-tatjana-maria-prediction","tag-mihaela-buzarnescu","tag-mihaela-buzarnescu-vs-viktoriya-tomova-prediction","tag-misaki-doi","tag-misaki-doi-vs-junri-namigata-prediction","tag-sara-sorribes-tormo","tag-sorana-cirstea","tag-sorana-cirstea-vs-sara-sorribes-tormo-prediction","tag-tatjana-maria","tag-tennis-picks","tag-tennis-predictions","tag-viktoriya-tomova","tag-wta-hiroshima-predictions"],"modified_by":"Yesh Ginsburg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19783","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\/1601"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19783\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}