{"id":28187,"date":"2020-09-14T16:26:07","date_gmt":"2020-09-14T20:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=28187"},"modified":"2020-09-14T20:48:03","modified_gmt":"2020-09-15T00:48:03","slug":"wta-italian-open-day-2-predictions-venus-williams-azarenka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2020\/09\/14\/wta-italian-open-day-2-predictions-venus-williams-azarenka\/","title":{"rendered":"WTA Italian Open Day 2 Predictions Including Venus Williams vs Victoria Azarenka"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s Day 2 at the WTA Italian Open. Players continue to find their footing in Rome during the abbreviated clay court season. It’s the last tournament to gain momentum going into the French Open. We at LWOT will be predicting all of the Day 2 matches–four in this article, plus two<\/a> other articles<\/a>.<\/p>\n

WTA Italian Open Day 2 Predictions<\/h2>\n

Bernarda Pera vs Svetlana Kuznetsova\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Head to Head<\/strong>:\u00a0First Meeting<\/p>\n

Thanks to player withdrawals from Italian Open, Bernarda Pera is a straight entry into the main draw. The American tends to play well on clay; she reached the semifinals in Prague, Lausanne, and Jurmala in 2019. It\u2019s a surface on which the lefty can excel and create problems for Svetlana Kuznetsova.<\/p>\n

The veteran Russian is coming off the losing end of a\u00a0three hour\u00a0battle on clay in Istanbul. While it\u2019s a surprising upset, credit goes to Genie Bouchard<\/a> who fought for this win. Kuznetsova will be challenged again \u2013 this time with the flat ball-striking off the Pera racquet. Expect some difficulty in Kuznetsova\u2019s return game off the lefty spin. This match will be won by the smallest margins with the cleaner player moving through.
\nPrediciton: Pera in 3<\/em><\/p>\n

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