{"id":46666,"date":"2022-02-14T17:35:18","date_gmt":"2022-02-14T22:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=46666"},"modified":"2022-02-14T17:35:18","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T22:35:18","slug":"wta-dubai-day-2-predictions-kenin-ostapenko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2022\/02\/14\/wta-dubai-day-2-predictions-kenin-ostapenko\/","title":{"rendered":"WTA Dubai Day 2 Predictions Including Sofia Kenin vs Jelena Ostapenko"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Day 2 of the WTA Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships features a whole load of former Grand Slam champions including Victoria Azarenka, Garbine Muguruza, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2017\/06\/11\/after-boom-boom-becker-its-omg-ostapenko\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Jelena Ostapenko<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2020\/12\/09\/sofia-kenin-wta-player-of-the-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Sofia Kenin<\/a>. Who do you think will win?<\/p>\n<h2>WTA Dubai Day 2 Predictions<\/h2>\n<h4>Vera Zvonareva vs Ons Jabeur<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head: 1-1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It feels like Vera Zvonareva has been around forever and it\u2019s hard not to forget just how good she was back in the day when she made back-to-back Grand Slam finals. She\u2019s obviously nowhere near the player she once was, as highlighted by being ranked outside the world\u2019s top 100 as well as being on a three-match losing streak. Looking at that alone you would think top tenner Ons Jabeur would win this routinely but there are many concerns about her body. Not only did the Tunisian withdraw to end 2021 at the WTA Finals but also retired in Sydney before pulling out of the Australian Open as well. If she\u2019s fit here this should be routine but if she\u2019s nowhere near the level she was for most of 2021, this might be the Russian\u2019s best chance in quite a while to scalp a Top 10 win.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Jabeur in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"HjCM96xzR9JX5zmelm37kg\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1364307131\" 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:'HjCM96xzR9JX5zmelm37kg',sig:'x5-y3qAQgxHa2rTT3hvrW3l0bO4kEjpHOt7PgfjL3A8=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1364307131',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Katerina Siniakova vs Garbine Muguruza<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head: Siniakova 2-1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fourth seed Muguruza has a tricky start to her campaign in Dubai. It\u2019s strangely because Siniakova has won their last two meetings, including one just six months ago in Montreal. This is where things get a bit weird however, Siniakova has breezed through qualifying to make it into the main draw but before that had lost five matches in a row, the last four without even winning a single set. On the other hand the Spaniard ended 2021 so strongly with the title at the WTA Finals in Guadalajara but has struggled with just two wins this season thus far. It\u2019s easy to see why Siniakova\u2019s game can cause Muguruza problems but realistically this is a matchup always in the world #7\u2019s hands.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Muguruza in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"g2agj1MRSLlRBhhhdbyQKA\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1365746168\" 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:'g2agj1MRSLlRBhhhdbyQKA',sig:'j5Ixpeu5Orqr6yB9QSmvNJJTuAgvreTx135WqhsWdao=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1365746168',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Aryna Sabalenka vs Marta Kostyuk<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head: 0-0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You would be forgiven for forgetting Sabalenka is still indeed the second best player in the world purely just because her results in the biggest events don\u2019t show a player of that quality at all. Being just 23 years old, however, there\u2019s no doubt time for that to change. Coming off a disappointing loss to Kanepi at the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/australian-open\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Australian Open<\/a>, it will be a good test to see where the Belarusian is at, especially given Kostyuk is a top 50 player who has got three good qualifying wins under her belt. Sabalenka\u2019s game should be too big for the Ukrainian, but you never know when a bad performance is around the corner with her.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Sabalenka in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"LOxbpW5vSsdT7mWu1tN8hA\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1238408447\" 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:'LOxbpW5vSsdT7mWu1tN8hA',sig:'fz5_lGQiyriWd8eh3YSjBVaAP5m0JD3v-hom64o3nd4=',w:'594px',h:'358px',items:'1238408447',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Sofia Kenin vs Jelena Ostapenko<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head: 1-1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s hard to believe that this match isn\u2019t even on the main court in Dubai. It\u2019s perhaps even harder to imagine both women have won Grand Slams in the past five years given they\u2019re now both ranked outside the Top 20. In Kenin\u2019s defense, the American has had a fair bit of injury struggles whilst the Latvian has severely struggled with her game since winning Roland Garros. As erratic as Ostapenko can be, she\u2019s still got a fair few wins under her belt in 2022 so far&#8211;whilst her opponent hasn\u2019t won a single set in her last three matches on tour. It would be nice to see the real Kenin back in action, but I feel it\u2019s too soon for that.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Ostapenko in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo from Getty.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Day 2 of the WTA Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships features a whole load of former Grand Slam champions including Victoria Azarenka, Garbine Muguruza, Jelena Ostapenko, and Sofia Kenin. Who do you think will win? WTA Dubai Day 2 Predictions Vera Zvonareva vs Ons Jabeur Head-to-head: 1-1 It feels like Vera Zvonareva has been around [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":666,"featured_media":41141,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[1766,15523,10870,200,15636,473,15564,2254,15431,2372,15534,1096,15426,1900,15570,2373,2369,1736,15542,4724,17306,4723],"class_list":["post-46666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-predictions","tag-aryna-sabalenka","tag-aryna-sabalenka-predictions","tag-dubai-duty-free-tennis-championships-predictions","tag-garbine-muguruza","tag-garbine-muguruza-predictions","tag-jelena-ostapenko","tag-jelena-ostapenko-predictions","tag-katerina-siniakova","tag-katerina-siniakova-predictions","tag-marta-kostyuk","tag-marta-kostyuk-predictions","tag-ons-jabeur","tag-ons-jabeur-predictions","tag-sofia-kenin","tag-sofia-kenin-predictions","tag-tennis-picks","tag-tennis-predictions","tag-vera-zvonareva","tag-vera-zvonareva-predictions","tag-wta-dubai","tag-wta-dubai-duty-free-tennis-championships","tag-wta-dubai-predictions"],"modified_by":"Yesh Ginsburg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46666","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\/666"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46666\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}