{"id":36113,"date":"2021-05-19T01:05:04","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T05:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=36113"},"modified":"2021-05-19T01:05:04","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T05:05:04","slug":"wta-serbia-open-day-4-predictions-tomljanovic-peterson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2021\/05\/19\/wta-serbia-open-day-4-predictions-tomljanovic-peterson\/","title":{"rendered":"WTA Serbia Open Day 4 Predictions Including \u00a0Ajla Tomljanovic vs Rebecca Peterson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The WTA Serbia Open in Belgrade represents the last opportunity to build momentum going into the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/french-open\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">French Open<\/a>. It\u2019s been exciting play with some very unexpected upsets. Looking for a spot in the quarterfinal should bring about some competitive matches. Who\u2019ll punch their ticket and who will end their title quest in Belgrade? We also predict the rest of the day&#8217;s matches <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2021\/05\/19\/wta-belgrade-day-4-predictions-konjuh-putintseva\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">in a separate article<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>WTA Serbia Open Day 4 Predictions<\/h2>\n<h4><strong>Ajla Tomljanovic vs Rebecca Peterson<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head to head: <\/strong>Tomljanovic 4-1 Peterson<\/p>\n<p>Both Ajla Tomljanovic and Rebecca Peterson had a good start to their Belgrade campaign. However, it was clearly Tomljanovic who commanded in her opener. The Aussie won 74% behind her first serve and brought in a remarkable 63% on her second delivery. Her aggressive return game allowed her to break Ivana Jorovic on five occasions. I think Tomljanovic is ready for this one, leading the head to head against Rebecca Peterson.<\/p>\n<p>Peterson is the seventh seed and a capable clay courter. I expect she\u2019ll be outplayed in this encounter.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Tomljanovic in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"cXH6ip61QVxbpVJPEb1MtQ\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1311530939\" 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:'cXH6ip61QVxbpVJPEb1MtQ',sig:'7iYQkYZ3ifprBLkekmJdfg2XvP5frsCche0L1tmlHQU=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1311530939',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Kamila Rakhimova vs Maria Camila Osorio Serrano<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head to head: <\/strong>First meeting<\/p>\n<p>Which teen will triumph? Colombia\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2019\/04\/12\/maria-camila-osorio-serrano-here-to-stay\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Maria Camila Osorio Serrano<\/a> will square off against Russia\u2019s Kamila Rakhimova. Osorio Serrano had a strong start to her Serbia Open campaign shocking third seed Zhang Shuai in a three set clash. It\u2019s been an impressive run for the Columbian. Osorio Serrano found her form in Charleston, where she reached the semifinals. She hit her stride in Bogota and clinched her first WTA title. Expect Osorio Serrano to reach her third successive quarterfinal in a straight sets win over Rakhimova.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Osorio Serrano in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"fBWYSmkqQ3Nw_EShZ3LhcQ\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1175445918\" 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:'fBWYSmkqQ3Nw_EShZ3LhcQ',sig:'e6XlHcA_0lid-5pkx2mGfiEtJiHnRN8eMLlTT8XE1PA=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1175445918',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Viktoriya Tomova vs Leylah Fernandez<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head to head: <\/strong>First meeting<\/p>\n<p>Both Viktoriya Tomova and Leylah Fernandez scored nice wins in their opening matches in Belgrade. \u00a0Both enjoyed straight sets wins. It\u2019s a boost for Fernandez, as the Canadian snapped a run of two consecutive first round losses. It seems the teen is finally finding her footing on the clay &#8211; and, none too soon. The lefty needs to build some momentum in advance of the French Open. And, it looks like she may just find it.<\/p>\n<p>Tomova lost in qualifying rounds to Ana Konjuh but found a spot in the main draw as a Lucky Loser. Making the most of her second chance, the Bulgarian won her opener. Now, she\u2019s making a bid for a quarterfinal berth. Yet, it\u2019s not going to be an easy day at the office. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2020\/04\/11\/leylah-annie-fernandez-on-the-rise\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Fernandez is building momentum<\/a> and finding some good form. The teen never fails to surprise, and I expect Fernandez will prove too big a challenge for Tomova.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Fernandez in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo from Getty.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The WTA Serbia Open in Belgrade represents the last opportunity to build momentum going into the French Open. It\u2019s been exciting play with some very unexpected upsets. Looking for a spot in the quarterfinal should bring about some competitive matches. Who\u2019ll punch their ticket and who will end their title quest in Belgrade? We also [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1838,"featured_media":33728,"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":[4130,15654,15537,15533,3551,15818,5374,15423,3502,15725,15451,8604,15844,15819],"class_list":["post-36113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-predictions","tag-ajla-tomljanovic","tag-ajla-tomljanovic-predictions","tag-kamila-rakhimova","tag-kamila-rakhimova-predictions","tag-leylah-fernandez","tag-leylah-fernandez-predictions","tag-maria-camila-osorio-serrano","tag-maria-camila-osorio-serrano-predictions","tag-rebecca-peterson","tag-rebecca-peterson-predictions","tag-serbia-open-predictions","tag-viktoriya-tomova","tag-viktoriya-tomova-predicitons","tag-wta-belgrade-predictions"],"modified_by":"Yesh Ginsburg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36113","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=36113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36113\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}