{"id":48538,"date":"2022-04-06T23:07:53","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T03:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=48538"},"modified":"2022-04-06T23:07:53","modified_gmt":"2022-04-07T03:07:53","slug":"wta-charleston-day-4-predictions-bencic-keys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2022\/04\/06\/wta-charleston-day-4-predictions-bencic-keys\/","title":{"rendered":"WTA Charleston Day 4 Predictions Including Belinda Bencic vs Madison Keys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Day 4 at the WTA event in Charleston promises to be full of exciting action, including a matchup between two former Top 10 players. Former <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2017\/07\/11\/karolina-pliskova-is-the-new-world-no-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">#1 Karol\u00edna Pl\u00ed\u0161kov\u00e1<\/a> will also be featuring this Thursday in Charleston.<\/p>\n<h2>WTA Charleston Day 4 Predictions<\/h2>\n<h4>Karol\u00edna Pl\u00ed\u0161kov\u00e1 vs Ekaterina Alexandrova<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head:<\/strong> Pl\u00ed\u0161kov\u00e1 3-0 Alexandrova<\/p>\n<p>The former #1 finally got a win this season after her return to action in the Sunshine Double resulted in two defeats. Pl\u00ed\u0161kov\u00e1 was 5-7 3-5 down against Zavatska, but managed to turn it around and win, which will surely give her a lot of motivation coming into this match. She starts as a sound favorite here and should continue her run as she looks to find her best level again.<br \/>\n<strong>Prediction:<\/strong> Pl\u00ed\u0161kov\u00e1 in 2<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"tkd96LtfTGpQhRdJxl1tyw\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1389935826\" 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:'tkd96LtfTGpQhRdJxl1tyw',sig:'oEcXdTinMVypMcVMkPKbb0dBS5Iyr5sERsppvIxZwAo=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1389935826',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Alize Cornet vs Anhelina Kalinina<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head:<\/strong> first meeting<br \/>\nThis is another very tight match in prospect. Cornet had <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2022\/01\/25\/alize-cornet-finally-gets-her-slam-moment\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">a very good run<\/a> to the quarterfinals at the Australian Open but she hasn&#8217;t really managed to back it up since. Kalinina has been struggling so far this season and will be looking to get back on track as soon as possible. Cornet starts as a slight favorite, but this is another match that&#8217;s almost impossible to pick.<br \/>\n<strong>Prediction:<\/strong> Cornet in 3<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"dRIWUMH9Tet2KwcuOlbbZg\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1389943239\" 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:'dRIWUMH9Tet2KwcuOlbbZg',sig:'cihDLWtq2uGkgkqRy-NmzTR_5Kb_Sys3aF28V3pm3Os=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1389943239',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Jessica Pegula vs Coco Vandeweghe<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head:<\/strong> first meeting<\/p>\n<p>Pegula is having an absolutely incredible season; she reached the quarters in Australia and the semis in Miami, only losing to the eventual champions in both occasions. She looks like she might be headed for the best season of her career and should be able to prevail with relative ease here.<br \/>\n<strong>Prediction:<\/strong> Pegula in 2<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"u-HFb1m1Rb53unB73WEISg\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1389939428\" 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:'u-HFb1m1Rb53unB73WEISg',sig:'FaV2bdL4D9fXnbeOHXBwjAWlA_VieI1AUpjr0fcd28w=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1389939428',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Belinda Bencic vs Madison Keys<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head:<\/strong> Keys 2-1 Bencic<\/p>\n<p>This match features two former Top 10 players who are currently far from their best. That said, both have had good runs so far this year: Bencic is fresh off a semifinal in Miami, where she lost to Naomi Osaka. Keys reached the semifinals at the Australian Open and was only stopped by the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2022\/04\/02\/what-is-ashleigh-bartys-legacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">now-retired Ash Barty<\/a>, who&#8217;d end up winning the tournament. Both players have shown signs that they might get back to the heights they previously reached and will be looking to have a strong week here. This promises to be a very tight match, one that is very hard to predict and could go either way.<br \/>\n<strong>Prediction:<\/strong> Keys in 3<\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo from Getty.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Day 4 at the WTA event in Charleston promises to be full of exciting action, including a matchup between two former Top 10 players. Former #1 Karol\u00edna Pl\u00ed\u0161kov\u00e1 will also be featuring this Thursday in Charleston. WTA Charleston Day 4 Predictions Karol\u00edna Pl\u00ed\u0161kov\u00e1 vs Ekaterina Alexandrova Head-to-head: Pl\u00ed\u0161kov\u00e1 3-0 Alexandrova The former #1 finally got [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1742,"featured_media":36631,"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":[470,15690,7418,15925,266,15465,430,16040,4184,15526,3535,15652,147,15562,63,15645,2373,2369,15172,5217],"class_list":["post-48538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-predictions","tag-alize-cornet","tag-alize-cornet-predictions","tag-anhelina-kalinina","tag-anhelina-kalinina-predictions","tag-belinda-bencic","tag-belinda-bencic-predictions","tag-coco-vandeweghe","tag-coco-vandeweghe-predictions","tag-ekaterina-alexandrova","tag-ekaterina-alexandrova-predictions","tag-jessica-pegula","tag-jessica-pegula-predictions","tag-karolina-pliskova","tag-karolina-pliskova-predictions","tag-madison-keys","tag-madison-keys-predictions","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\/48538","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\/1742"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48538\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}