{"id":21073,"date":"2019-10-16T17:20:43","date_gmt":"2019-10-16T21:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordontennis.com\/?p=21073"},"modified":"2019-10-16T17:20:43","modified_gmt":"2019-10-16T21:20:43","slug":"wta-luxembourg-day-4-predictions-ostapenko-mertens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2019\/10\/16\/wta-luxembourg-day-4-predictions-ostapenko-mertens\/","title":{"rendered":"WTA Luxembourg Day 4 Predictions Including Jelena Ostapenko vs Elise Mertens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Day 4 in Luxembourg should be good as the WTA season winds down. Find out who we think moves on to the quarterfinals in Luxembourg.<\/p>\n<h2>WTA Luxembourg Day 4 Predictions<\/h2>\n<h4><strong>Monica Puig vs Kristyna Pliskova<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>H2H- 1-1<\/strong><br \/>\nMonica Puig has been a rhythm player throughout her career, and her first-round win over Fiona Ferro showed that she looks to be in good form right now. Puig got past Ferro 6-1 6-0 in under an hour. It shouldn&#8217;t be that easy against Kristyna Pliskova who advanced to the second round with a win over Aliona Bolsova. Pliskova has the game to hit any opponent off the court, but I think Puig in her current form should win here.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Puig in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"rOClUC_-TfZsQ2bcFEkKqw\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1171573616\" 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:'rOClUC_-TfZsQ2bcFEkKqw',sig:'Hy9RYmApWMF_ivO_KCoIKUxd2CTTG6SmjP1XrxCdq_s=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1171573616',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Tatjana Maria vs Anna Blinkova<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>H2H- 1-1<\/strong><br \/>\nAnna Blinkova played well in her first-round win over Coco Gauff. Although Gauff looked to be <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordontennis.com\/2019\/10\/13\/cori-gauff-wins-first-wta-title-linz\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a little fatigued<\/a>, Blinkova still had to handle business on her side of the net to come up with a 6-4 6-0 win over the future star. Tatjana Maria survived a tough first-round match against American Shelby Rogers coming back from a break down in the third set to pick up the win. These two met last year in Luxembourg with Blinkova winning in straight sets, and I think the result will be the same this year.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Blinkova in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"GEsAdVHOSX90vEGakwHBxQ\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1169833170\" 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:'GEsAdVHOSX90vEGakwHBxQ',sig:'Zz2vNjYNr7nSvZI8eNZnzpyIsJXZnmWRr9LCkxZON1U=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1169833170',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 Julia Goerges<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>H2H- 2-2<\/strong><br \/>\nDefending Luxembourg champion Julia Goerges got off to a rough start, dropping the opening set to Misaki Doi before turning it around to win in three sets. Goerges won&#8217;t be able to get away with a slow start tomorrow against a player in Cirstea who is coming in full of confidence after a finals appearance in Tashkent a couple of weeks ago. Goerges is expected to win this one, but I think Cirstea just might pull off the upset.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Cirstea in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"jBscux5IRjFLOAPi0pwQpg\" 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:'jBscux5IRjFLOAPi0pwQpg',sig:'z63_q90Qa2YI8p8OeBJDpVQBsx7sAc-s6GO0W0PHZdY=',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>Antonia Lottner vs Andrea Petkovic<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>H2H- Lottner leads 1-0<\/strong><br \/>\nAndrea Petkovic started the season off terribly but has found some form as of late. The German reached the semifinals in Linz and got a past a tricky opponent in Camila Giorgia yesterday after dropping the opening set 6-0. Lottner also looks good right now after coming through qualifying and winning her opening round match. Look for the more experienced player in Petkovic to get the win here.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Petkovic in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"ML89oH0FR3BFjj02l-Ogew\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1174746326\" 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:'ML89oH0FR3BFjj02l-Ogew',sig:'j4yIeORoKvGWwue2J5H_M7OB7r5oORwJUQu9jVmxEVg=',w:'403px',h:'594px',items:'1174746326',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Jelena Ostapenko vs Elise Mertens<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>H2H- First Meeting<\/strong><br \/>\nI thought Jelena Ostapenko would put up a similar performance as we saw from Coco Gauff, but credit to the Latvian for not looking fatigued at all in her straight-set win over American Caty McNally. It doesn&#8217;t get any easier with a matchup against #1 seed Elise Mertens. Mertens had no trouble in her opening round against lucky loser Bibiane Schoofs winning 6-0 6-3. The quality of this match should be high for a second-round match at a WTA International level event, but I think the #1 seed gets through here.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Mertens in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo from Getty.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Day 4 in Luxembourg should be good as the WTA season winds down. Find out who we think moves on to the quarterfinals in Luxembourg. WTA Luxembourg Day 4 Predictions Monica Puig vs Kristyna Pliskova H2H- 1-1 Monica Puig has been a rhythm player throughout her career, and her first-round win over Fiona Ferro showed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2115,"featured_media":19307,"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":"1","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[69,4],"tags":[593,1763,5328,9385,1412,473,9386,491,2432,461,9382,602,9384,2255,9383,2369,9282,9292,4935],"class_list":["post-21073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-predictions","category-wta","tag-andrea-petkovic","tag-anna-blinkova","tag-antonia-lottner","tag-antonia-lottner-vs-andrea-petkovic-prediction","tag-elise-mertens","tag-jelena-ostapenko","tag-jelena-ostapenko-vs-elise-mertens-prediction","tag-julia-goerges","tag-kristyna-pliskova","tag-monica-puig","tag-monica-puig-vs-kristyna-pliskova-prediction","tag-sorana-cirstea","tag-sorana-cirstea-vs-julia-goerges-prediction","tag-tatjana-maria","tag-tatjana-maria-vs-anna-blinkova-prediction","tag-tennis-predictions","tag-wta-luxembourg","tag-wta-luxembourg-predictions","tag-wta-predictions"],"modified_by":"Yesh Ginsburg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21073","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\/2115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}