{"id":34697,"date":"2021-04-05T20:59:53","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T00:59:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=34697"},"modified":"2021-04-06T12:17:56","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T16:17:56","slug":"wta-charleston-day-2-predictions-frech-muguruza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2021\/04\/05\/wta-charleston-day-2-predictions-frech-muguruza\/","title":{"rendered":"WTA Charleston Day 2 Predictions Including Magdalena Frech vs Garbine Muguruza"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are up to Day 2 of the WTA Volvo Car Open in Charleston, South Carolina. Tuesday will see a mix of first- and second-round matches, with some great ones on deck. We predict all 13 of the day&#8217;s matches between three articles. In addition to this one, we have other articles featuring <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2021\/04\/05\/wta-https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2016\/09\/Top-Shelf-Prospects.jpgton-day-2-predictions-kvitova-sanders\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Petra Kvitova vs Storm Sanders<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2021\/04\/05\/wta-https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2016\/09\/Top-Shelf-Prospects.jpgton-day-2-predictions-gauff-pironkova\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Coco Gauff vs Tsvetana Pironkova<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>WTA Charleston Day 2 Predictions<\/h2>\n<h4>Kristina Mladenovic vs Shelby Rogers<\/h4>\n<p>The Frenchwoman has been a bit up and down recently, though we often see glimmers of her best self. Mladenovic was a Top 10 player four years ago, though <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2017\/10\/18\/kristina-mladenovic-to-make-top-10-debut-despite-being-on-a-ten-match-losing-streak\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">her form really fell<\/a> off for a while after that. Her ceiling is higher than Rogers&#8217;, and her game is slowly but surely improving, so she&#8217;s the safer pick here, especially on clay. With the pair separated by just three ranking spots, though, expect a tight match.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Mladenovic in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"lrXa-eWfSEVm5DlPxUTfwg\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1231753031\" 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:'lrXa-eWfSEVm5DlPxUTfwg',sig:'dGJcW-9ZbZ6HOw5W-5vN3nkM4-GhVvPu0ZH1r4Wv4qY=',w:'594px',h:'395px',items:'1231753031',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Anastasia Potapova vs Anastasija Sevastova<\/h4>\n<p>This battle of the Anastasi(j)as has the potential to be a good one, though I&#8217;m not so confident. Sevastova was close to cracking the Top 10 a few years ago, though her form has regressed rapidly since then. Potapova, meanwhile, is improving every match. Both have similar recent results, but I just like Potapova to keep getting good wins as her career advances.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Potapova in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"9_Qv2feNQih4KSsn7xHVvg\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1200850462\" 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:'9_Qv2feNQih4KSsn7xHVvg',sig:'0zH2XPT1bL8szd03dRtdG3xUSnfUlzFTiber1Kc2_Ps=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1200850462',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Emma Navarro vs Renata Zarazua<\/h4>\n<p>Navarro is underrated here. Don&#8217;t let her ranking of #481 confuse you. She&#8217;s a strong NCAA player, currently undefeated this year and ranked #6 among women&#8217;s college players. If this match was on a hard court, I would take her straight for the upset. Even though Navarro was better on clay as a junior, she spends her whole competitive NCAA season on hard courts, so there will be a bit of an adjustment back to hard courts. On clay, I favor Zarazua. Barely.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Zarazua in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"pPgIYS0KSW1ZAMhZldjikw\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1286107431\" 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:'pPgIYS0KSW1ZAMhZldjikw',sig:'nvime5NOaCGCN4oItiBrainJcNurt6Ihp31-scW-XWI=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1286107431',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Magdalena Frech vs Garbine Muguruza<\/h4>\n<p>Frech has not lost a set in her three matches in Charleston so far&#8211;two in qualifying and a first-round win. None of those matches, though, were against a player of Muguruza&#8217;s caliber. The Spaniard might not be at her <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2021\/03\/16\/garbine-muguruza-spanish-superstar\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Slam-winning peak<\/a> right now, but she&#8217;s improving and getting closer to returning to that level. As we transition back to clay, expect Muguruza&#8217;s improvements to continue.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Muguruza in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo from Getty.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are up to Day 2 of the WTA Volvo Car Open in Charleston, South Carolina. Tuesday will see a mix of first- and second-round matches, with some great ones on deck. We predict all 13 of the day&#8217;s matches between three articles. In addition to this one, we have other articles featuring Petra Kvitova [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1601,"featured_media":15009,"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],"tags":[1526,15247,119,11223,15248,200,472,7683,4594,15246,11115,545,2373,2369,15172,5217],"class_list":["post-34697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-predictions","tag-anastasia-potapova","tag-anastasia-potapova-vs-anastasija-sevastova-prediction","tag-anastasija-sevastova","tag-emma-navarro","tag-emma-navarro-vs-renata-zarazua-prediction","tag-garbine-muguruza","tag-kristina-mladenovic","tag-kristina-mladenovic-vs-shelby-rogers-prediction","tag-magdalena-frech","tag-magdalena-frech-vs-garbine-muguruza-prediction","tag-renata-zarazua","tag-shelby-rogers","tag-tennis-picks","tag-tennis-predictions","tag-volvo-car-open-predictions","tag-wta-charleston-predictions"],"modified_by":"Yesh Ginsburg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34697","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=34697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34697\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}