{"id":46985,"date":"2022-02-20T22:24:32","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T03:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=46985"},"modified":"2022-02-20T22:24:32","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T03:24:32","slug":"wta-guadalajara-day-1-predictions-stephens-fruhvirtova","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2022\/02\/20\/wta-guadalajara-day-1-predictions-stephens-fruhvirtova\/","title":{"rendered":"WTA Guadalajara Day 1 Predictions Including Sloane Stephens vs Brenda Fruhvirtova"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s Day 1 of the Abierto Akron Zapopan in Guadalajara, the first of back-to-back WTA 250 level tournaments played in Mexico. An open draw presents chances to many different players in the draw this week, it will be interesting to see who steps up and makes the most of the opportunity. One of the most intriguing matchups on day 1 sees the sixth seeded Sloane Stephens take on 14-year-old qualifier Brenda Fruhvirtova. We also predict the day&#8217;s four other matches <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2022\/02\/20\/wta-guadalajara-day-1-predictions-keys-tan\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">in a separate article<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>WTA Guadalajara Day 1 Predictions<\/h2>\n<h4>Nuria Parrizas Diaz vs Anna Karolina Schmiedlova<\/h4>\n<h5>H2H: First meeting.<\/h5>\n<p>Nuria Parrizas-Diaz is currently at a career high ranking of #47. The Spaniard is definitely the weakest player in the top 50 and doesn\u2019t really have the game to back up her ranking. The 30-year-old was lucky at the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/australian-open\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Australian Open<\/a>; she drew Irina Bara, then received a walkover to reach the third round of a Major for the first time. Schmiedlova has had little luck in recent times but is still a good player with the ability to rise up the rankings. I\u2019ll side with Schmiedlova here, she has more to her game and should enjoy the conditions in Guadalajara.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Schmiedlova in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"AOmP6eEpTK9ByPiOLrfgUA\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1321141750\" 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:'AOmP6eEpTK9ByPiOLrfgUA',sig:'2lHbxrfBpQOlNvEp-45vID6YJV8bdCc6p-XuAkEoDqo=',w:'594px',h:'406px',items:'1321141750',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Caty McNally vs Lucia Bronzetti<\/h4>\n<h5>H2H: First meeting.<\/h5>\n<p>Caty McNally is struggling to make her mark on the WTA Tour. The American is having success at the ITF level and at the qualifying stages of WTA events, but main draw wins are a rarity. This looks like a good opportunity for the 20-year-old to get a win at this level. Bronzetti\u2019s hard court form is streaky, she\u2019s successfully qualified for the main draw this week so she\u2019s seemingly playing some decent tennis. This one could go either way, I\u2019m not convinced by McNally at this level, Bronzetti makes live tough for her opponents and will probably be favoured by the slower conditions in this matchup.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Bronzetti in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"guUIULxqRiZ4zroUFVL6AA\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1363914633\" 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:'guUIULxqRiZ4zroUFVL6AA',sig:'quD-K4BGwYGirvrExvCm1mveiJvM5U7i9r9xq1oRYLo=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1363914633',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Misaki Doi vs Marie Bouzkova<\/h4>\n<h5>H2H: Doi 1-0<\/h5>\n<p>Doi defeated Bouzkova 6-3 6-7 6-3 in the only previous meeting between the pair on the hard courts of Chicago last year. Expect another similarly close contest on this occasion. Doi might seem like the logical choice here, the Japanese player has generally displayed better form over the last 6 months and won their previous meeting. However, Bouzkova is probably more likely to win in this matchup more often than not, especially on a slower hard court. Bouzkova\u2019s movement and consistent style probably prevails on this occasion.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Bouzkova in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"FKX-xZNyQEd_LG7v2jp7Yw\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1362321233\" 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:'FKX-xZNyQEd_LG7v2jp7Yw',sig:'C0qMenC_InHwiu3FJeGFQsz_WUfQo7qCTcwH78A5x8U=',w:'594px',h:'412px',items:'1362321233',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Sloane Stephens vs Brenda Fruhvirtova<\/h4>\n<p>Sloane Stephens is notoriously vulnerable when she\u2019s rusty, especially at lower level events where her effort is often questionable. That\u2019s the scenario we\u2019ve got here. Stephens has only played one match in 2022, a opening round loss to Emma Raducanu at the Australian Open. The former US Open champion hasn\u2019t won a match since Indian Wells in last year. There were generally better signs for Stephens in the latter half of last season, signs that she is capable of climbing back up the rankings with her unquestionable talent.<\/p>\n<p>Brenda Fruhvirtova will become the first player born in 2007 to make her debut in a WTA main draw. The 14-year-old Czech progressed through the qualifying draw in Guadalajara with wins over Sara Errani (7-6 3-6 6-2) and Leonie Kung (6-2 6-1). Fruhvirtova won back-to-back ITF titles in Argentina on clay earlier this year, clearly, she\u2019s very advanced for her age.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s no excuses for Stephens here. There\u2019s no doubt that she should be winning this match. However, it wouldn\u2019t be a surprise to see her throw in a lame effort. I\u2019ll give Stephens the benefit of the doubt, surely she will win.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Stephens in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo from Getty.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s Day 1 of the Abierto Akron Zapopan in Guadalajara, the first of back-to-back WTA 250 level tournaments played in Mexico. An open draw presents chances to many different players in the draw this week, it will be interesting to see who steps up and makes the most of the opportunity. One of the most [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3921,"featured_media":37078,"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":[17350,4947,16332,17354,17355,3245,15801,16301,16302,6173,16589,428,15644,16715,15196,463,3168,2373,2369,17351,14659],"class_list":["post-46985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-predictions","tag-abierto-akron-zapopan","tag-anna-schmiedlova","tag-anna-schmiedlova-predictions","tag-brenda-fruhvirtova","tag-brenda-fruhvirtova-predictions","tag-caty-mcnally","tag-caty-mcnally-predictions","tag-lucia-bronzetti","tag-lucia-bronzetti-predictions","tag-marie-bouzkova","tag-marie-bouzkova-predicitons","tag-misaki-doi","tag-misaki-doi-predictions","tag-nuria-parrizas-dias-predictions","tag-nuria-parrizas-diaz","tag-sloane-stephens","tag-sloane-stephens-predictions","tag-tennis-picks","tag-tennis-predictions","tag-wta-guadalajara-2022","tag-wta-guadalajara-predictions"],"modified_by":"Yesh Ginsburg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46985","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\/3921"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46985\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}