{"id":24473,"date":"2020-02-23T15:26:10","date_gmt":"2020-02-23T20:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordontennis.com\/?p=24473"},"modified":"2020-02-23T16:34:25","modified_gmt":"2020-02-23T21:34:25","slug":"doha-day-2-predictions-svitolina-anisimova","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2020\/02\/23\/doha-day-2-predictions-svitolina-anisimova\/","title":{"rendered":"WTA Doha Day 2 Predictions \u2013 Including Elina Svitolina vs Amanda Anisimova"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Day 1 at the WTA Qatar Total Open in Doha saw defending champion Elise Mertens win her opening round against China\u2019s Wang Qiang. Garbine Muguruza outlasted Russia\u2019s Daria Kasatkina in a three set bout. Amanda Anisimova dug deep to win the second set tiebreak and bounce Ekaterina Alexandrova. Ons Jabeur\u2019s solid form continues with a win over Katarina Siniakova.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re here to predict Day 2 in Doha. This set of predictions features four matches, including Elina Svitolina vs Amanda Anisimova. We have two <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordontennis.com\/2020\/02\/23\/wta-doha-day-2-predictions-rybakina-cirstea\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">other sets<\/a> for you <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordontennis.com\/2020\/02\/23\/wta-doha-day-2-predictions-bertens-muchova\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">as well<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Doha Day 2 Predictions<\/h2>\n<h4><strong>Carla Suarez Navarro vs Zhang Shuai<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head to head: <\/strong>Suarez Navarro 3-0 Zhang<\/p>\n<p>Zhang Shuai sits nearly 20 ranking spots above her opponent, Carla Suarez Navarro. However, the Chinese star has yet to find a way to win against the Spaniard. Certainly, you can never count out Suarez Navarro, who fights in each and every match. Yet, it\u2019s surprising that Zhang\u2019s clinically perfect groundstrokes and stellar defense has yet to dent Suarez Navarro\u2019s armor. Perhaps someday Zhang will win, and the oddsmakers favor that outcome here. But I doubt it will be done in Doha.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Suarez Navarro in 3 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"oN3hJysSRQJccsS5Wr8Ztg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1199493768\" 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:'oN3hJysSRQJccsS5Wr8Ztg',sig:'MQwd_QltAVHx0dz0IHwzLrSgwAL-GaQWfDr5q-tloZA=',w:'404px',h:'594px',items:'1199493768',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Vera Zvonareva vs Hsieh Su-Wei<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head to head: <\/strong>Zvonareva 1-0 Hsieh<\/p>\n<p>Vera Zvonareva post-maternity campaigns have met with little success. While the Russian did reach two semifinals in 2019, she had far more early exits including four tournaments where she lost in qualifying rounds. The 2018 BNP Paribas champion is certainly capable, but as Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka will agree, it\u2019s a difficult task for mothers to reach their competitive best.<\/p>\n<p>Hsieh Su-Wei is never an easy opponent. Zvonareva may have the win in their only meet-up, but Hsieh has been in good touch and should see the second round.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Hsieh in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"4rydfW02SX5HJv-0a6pvAQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1167191754\" 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:'4rydfW02SX5HJv-0a6pvAQ',sig:'B5FnS4qN74gaFvUNNA19WmpXYy7iEVsgciTikS79eHM=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1167191754',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Petra Martic vs Barbora Strycova<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head to head: <\/strong>Martic 4-1 Strycova<\/p>\n<p>Petra Martic had an impressive run in Dubai where she reached the semifinals. In fact, the Croat knocked out Barbora Strycova in the second round of Dubai last week. Martic will feel confident that she can repeat last week\u2019s success. I tend to agree.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Martic in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"rGI9enF1TpdXYyTdocQiZg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1207754315\" 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:'rGI9enF1TpdXYyTdocQiZg',sig:'JEAy8rYq9ntoxxpbdXoFXi-2KEWz_w3dGqePGUEYHgA=',w:'442px',h:'594px',items:'1207754315',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Elina Svitolina vs Amanda Anisimova<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head to head: <\/strong>Svitolina 1-0 Anisimova<\/p>\n<p>It seems Amanda Anisimova\u2019s success comes in fits and starts. Perhaps she hasn\u2019t fully mentally recovered from <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordontennis.com\/2019\/12\/15\/amanda-anisimova-bittersweet-2019\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">last season<\/a>&#8216;s unfortunate events. There is no doubt the American teen is abundantly talented. Yet, she suffered first round losses to Barbora Strycova in Dubai and Zarina Diyas in Melbourne \u2013 both losses not indicative of Anisimova\u2019s capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>Elina Svitolina was handed a surprising loss in Dubai, where American Jen Brady bounced the seed, 6-2 6-1. Certainly not the expected outcome for the World #6. If the form Anisimova showed in Auckland returns, it will challenge the Svitolina game. Yet, I am not confident Anisimova will rise to that level.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Svitolina in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo from Getty.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Day 1 at the WTA Qatar Total Open in Doha saw defending champion Elise Mertens win her opening round against China\u2019s Wang Qiang. Garbine Muguruza outlasted Russia\u2019s Daria Kasatkina in a three set bout. Amanda Anisimova dug deep to win the second set tiebreak and bounce Ekaterina Alexandrova. Ons Jabeur\u2019s solid form continues with a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1838,"featured_media":20501,"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":[11041,2746,637,11039,80,394,11040,2507,10952,4680,11038,2373,2369,1736,11037,6218],"class_list":["post-24473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wta","category-predictions","tag-2020-wta-doha","tag-amanda-anisimova","tag-barbora-strycova","tag-carla-suarez-navarro-vs-zhang-shuai-prediction","tag-carla-suarez-navarro","tag-elina-svitolina","tag-elina-svitolina-vs-amanda-anisimova-prediction","tag-petra-martic","tag-petra-martic-vs-barbora-strycova-prediction","tag-qatar-open-predictions","tag-shieh-su-wei","tag-tennis-picks","tag-tennis-predictions","tag-vera-zvonareva","tag-vera-zvonareva-vs-hsieh-su-wei-prediction","tag-zhang-shuai"],"modified_by":"Yesh Ginsburg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24473","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\/1838"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24473\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}