{"id":27910,"date":"2020-09-09T14:35:55","date_gmt":"2020-09-09T18:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=27910"},"modified":"2020-09-09T21:49:19","modified_gmt":"2020-09-10T01:49:19","slug":"wta-istanbul-thursday-predictions-kuznetsova-bouchard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2020\/09\/09\/wta-istanbul-thursday-predictions-kuznetsova-bouchard\/","title":{"rendered":"WTA Istanbul Thursday Predictions Including Svetlana Kuznetsova vs Eugenie Bouchard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re into the second round of the 2020 WTA Istanbul Cup. Some players coming back from the States managed to smoothly adapt to the change of surface. Will they be able to fend off the players who stayed in Europe and got more clay court practice? We also have <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2020\/09\/09\/wta-istanbul-thursday-predictions-including-rebecca-peterson-vs-margarita-gasparyan\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">predictions for matches<\/a> featuring Caroline Garcia and Polona Hercog.<\/p>\n<h2>WTA Istanbul Thursday Predictions<\/h2>\n<h4><strong>Danka Kovinic &#8211; Alison van Uytvanck<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Head-to-head:<\/strong> First meeting<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was a decent <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordontennis.com\/us-open\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">US Open<\/a> run for Danka Kovinic, who managed to take Magda Linette to a third set tie-break, playing better than the seeded Pole in the latter parts of the match. Alison van Uytvanck was yet to win a single match after the restart before this week, as she finally managed to get one against Viktoria Kuzmova. Kovinic managed to grab a solid win too, defeating Kateryna Bondarenko in straight sets. The Montenegro-native has been playing better tennis recently and should feel good about her chances to edge this tight game. Expect a close one.<\/span><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prediction: Kovinic in 3<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"8XDj1DRISGJY2cKX3rj_3Q\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1155392137\" 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:'8XDj1DRISGJY2cKX3rj_3Q',sig:'nq5e15lr9aoKkIsJ6enTJ_TcZf7cWo-gVsA1knAbh6E=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1155392137',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Paula Badosa Gibert vs Sara Sorribes Tormo<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Head-to-head:<\/strong> Sorribes Tormo 2-1<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both players came back from the States, but Paula Badosa Gibert finished her US Open campaign five days earlier. This advantage in clay court practice might be very important this early after the restart. She also got a full match in against Katarina Zavatska, although is a very quick and decisive victory. Sara Sorribes Tormo, meanwhile, played just five games against Heather Watson before the Brit was forced to retire. While they both feel very good on clay, they never faced each other on the surface before. With no past reference to how their games will match up on the dirt, getting more preparation should be a big asset for Badosa.<\/span><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prediction: Badosa Gibert in 3<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"uiHBTt2jR4Rlf1vlOy9Wtw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1195284921\" 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:'uiHBTt2jR4Rlf1vlOy9Wtw',sig:'owGX2PmfplMp777i_2BPvHCMzzmejHoVKKJB-KEZqNY=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1195284921',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 &#8211; Patricia Maria Tig\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Head-to-head:<\/strong> First meeting<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another meeting between two players that lost early enough at the US Open to come back in time for Istanbul. Misaki Doi took a set off Naomi Osaka, who\u2019s still in the tournament and currently in the semifinals. Patricia Maria Tig lost to Donna Vekic in the second round. Tig was quicker to adapt to clay in her first-round match, defeating Olga Danilovic in straight sets. Doi lost an opener to Ellen Perez but recovered just in time to take the win. Tig\u2019s game is better suited to clay and she\u2019s been playing more on that surface recently. Her transition went really smoothly and she should be able to get the win here.<\/span><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prediction: Tig in 3<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"O_KzrpepTOBztjEbsCYx9w\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/657475652\" 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:'O_KzrpepTOBztjEbsCYx9w',sig:'Phr-R1bbuRrvaCpe73OttcSAryqTuzmSOim7azGBILY=',w:'594px',h:'414px',items:'657475652',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Svetlana Kuznetsova &#8211; Eugenie Bouchard\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Head-to-head:<\/strong> Kuznetsova 3-0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s been a long time since you could realistically expect anything from <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2020\/07\/26\/rise-fall-eugenie-bouchard\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Eugenie Bouchard<\/a>. The Canadian is only a shadow of his 2014 self, back when she reached three Grand Slam semifinals and finished runner-up at Wimbledon. However, her form has been pretty solid this week. Bouchard had to go through the qualifying draw as has already picked up three straight-set wins. For Svetlana Kuznetsova, this will be a first match since February. The Russian veteran used to be extremely good on clay though (former Roland Garros champion, 11 years ago) and leads Bouchard 2-0 on the dirt. While she will surely feel the rest, her early 2020 disposition suggested she is still not ready to say goodbye to tennis. Expect her to play herself into form in time.<\/span><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prediction: Kuznetsova in 3<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo from Getty.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Thoughts on our WTA Istanbul predictions? As always, feel free to share them in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re into the second round of the 2020 WTA Istanbul Cup. Some players coming back from the States managed to smoothly adapt to the change of surface. Will they be able to fend off the players who stayed in Europe and got more clay court practice? We also have predictions for matches featuring Caroline Garcia [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2968,"featured_media":13388,"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":[69,11519],"tags":[12200,3446,8537,12230,291,428,12228,7302,6629,12229,4122,179,12227,2373,2369,5546],"class_list":["post-27910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-predictions","category-tennis","tag-2020-istanbul-cup","tag-alison-van-uytvanck","tag-danka-kovinic","tag-danka-kovinic-vs-alison-van-uytvanck-prediction","tag-eugenie-bouchard","tag-misaki-doi","tag-misaki-doi-vs-patricia-maria-tig-prediction","tag-patricia-maria-tig","tag-paula-badosa-gibert","tag-paula-badosa-gibert-vs-sara-sorribes-tormo-prediction","tag-sara-sorribes-tormo","tag-svetlana-kuznetsova","tag-svetlana-kuznetsova-vs-eugenie-bouchard-prediction","tag-tennis-picks","tag-tennis-predictions","tag-wta-istanbul-predictions"],"modified_by":"Steen Kirby","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27910","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\/2968"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27910\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}