{"id":39182,"date":"2021-07-18T16:01:46","date_gmt":"2021-07-18T20:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=39182"},"modified":"2021-07-18T18:31:13","modified_gmt":"2021-07-18T22:31:13","slug":"wta-gdynia-day-1-predictions-kozlova-vs-volynets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2021\/07\/18\/wta-gdynia-day-1-predictions-kozlova-vs-volynets\/","title":{"rendered":"WTA Gdynia Day 1 Predictions Including Kateryna Kozlova vs Katie Volynets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The WTA Gdynia in Poland on clay gets underway Monday with match action featuring Kateryna Kozlova vs Katie Volynets and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2021\/07\/18\/wta-gdynia-day-1-predictions-blinkova-schmiedlova\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Anna Blinkova vs Anna Karolina Schmiedlova<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>WTA Gdynia Predictions<\/h2>\n<h4>Kateryna Kozlova vs Katie Volynets<\/h4>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1233298696\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 66.66667% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/1233298696?et=wpoyJ53wTHxoPafWavEy-A&amp;tld=com&amp;sig=SKTeMBIUe8975nUPm00qJQVwgIL37mypfdzXBchuREg=&amp;caption=true&amp;ver=1\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Kozlova reached the quarterfinals in Budapest and is gaining some momentum, Volynets has struggled at the WTA tour level this year and that looks unlikely to change. Kozlova looks set to get off to a good start. <strong>Kozlova in 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Anna Bondar vs Valeriya Olyanovskaya<\/h3>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1128322151\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 65.15151% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/1128322151?et=_M-xE16aRHVFJSph94DrgA&amp;tld=com&amp;sig=unN1eZa1JlA4mcYT57iAkYeIu0g81CNZVwV8W2or4AM=&amp;caption=true&amp;ver=1\" width=\"594\" height=\"387\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Bastad quarterfinalist Bondar has had a great season at the ITF level, Olyanovskaya is a wild card who is 15-8 with two finals on the ITF circuit this season, but no WTA experience. This match is somewhat difficult to predict but Bondar&#8217;s recent form is promising. <strong>Bondar in 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Weronika Falkowska vs Kateryna Bondarenko<\/h3>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1198432718\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 72.22222% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/1198432718?et=_QTZz6XmQWpa8bH0OXW5Vg&amp;tld=com&amp;sig=3aCC9axsjLumiodpGksMFOC735X4Yox1wuw5T88I6Ho=&amp;caption=true&amp;ver=1\" width=\"594\" height=\"429\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The former top 30 Bondarenko has struggled to find any consistency this season, Falkowska is at a career high ranking and has an incredible 27-5 ITF level record this season four ITF titles. Falkowska is a player to watch in the future and looks set to get her first ever WTA main draw win playing at home in Poland. <strong>Falkowska in 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1323337770\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 66.66667% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/1323337770?et=ofJ2W-zhSC1cvnPLpT7gpw&amp;tld=com&amp;sig=3qlfclpA__NIPFB3UWt8lRgjlnA8F1ZfDpZi3jE4Tng=&amp;caption=true&amp;ver=1\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The WTA Gdynia in Poland on clay gets underway Monday with match action featuring Kateryna Kozlova vs Katie Volynets and Anna Blinkova vs Anna Karolina Schmiedlova. WTA Gdynia Predictions Kateryna Kozlova vs Katie Volynets Embed from Getty Images Kozlova reached the quarterfinals in Budapest and is gaining some momentum, Volynets has struggled at the WTA [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1442,"featured_media":39184,"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":[69,4],"tags":[13445,16358,1748,16355,5233,15446,8293,16170,2373,2369,16359,16360,16356,16357,16353,16354,2374,4935],"class_list":["post-39182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-predictions","category-wta","tag-anna-bondar","tag-anna-bondar-predictions","tag-kateryna-bondarenko","tag-kateryna-bondarenko-predictions","tag-kateryna-kozlova","tag-kateryna-kozlova-predictions","tag-katie-volynets","tag-katie-volynets-predictions","tag-tennis-picks","tag-tennis-predictions","tag-valeriya-olyanovskaya","tag-valeriya-olyanovskaya-predictions","tag-weronika-falkowska","tag-weronika-falkowska-predictions","tag-wta-gdynia","tag-wta-gdynia-predictions","tag-wta-picks","tag-wta-predictions"],"modified_by":"Jim Smith","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39182","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\/1442"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39182\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}