{"id":49383,"date":"2022-05-15T15:06:13","date_gmt":"2022-05-15T19:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=49383"},"modified":"2022-05-15T15:06:13","modified_gmt":"2022-05-15T19:06:13","slug":"wta-strasbourg-day-2-predictions-including-ana-konjuh-vs-oceane-dodin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2022\/05\/15\/wta-strasbourg-day-2-predictions-including-ana-konjuh-vs-oceane-dodin\/","title":{"rendered":"WTA Strasbourg Day 2 Predictions Including Ana Konjuh vs Oceane Dodin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The WTA event in Strasbourg this week hasn&#8217;t exactly attracted the top players in the world, but it should still provide plenty of exciting matches, with many players who&#8217;d otherwise not have much of a chance of getting wins at WTA level eager to make a run this week given the theoretically weak draw. It will even feature a player ranked outside the top 700 in the world.<\/p>\n<h2>WTA Strasbourg Day 2 Predictions<\/h2>\n<h4>Kaja Juvan vs Lina Glushko<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head:<\/strong> first meeting<\/p>\n<p>Juvan hasn&#8217;t been having a good season so far, but this should be a great opportunity for the young Slovenian to get some momentum going with an easy opening round win. Glushko seems to be a bit out of her depth at this level and in normal conditions shouldn&#8217;t put up much resistance against a much higher ranked opponent.<br \/>\n<strong>Prediction:<\/strong> Juvan in 2<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"tHnTJZ5URO5Vn8Mq5HGcLg\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1394035748\" 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:'tHnTJZ5URO5Vn8Mq5HGcLg',sig:'5Ft9XiiFy3KFMRxqMYmj5cKYo2QxIJrpz4Y2mdK1TXM=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1394035748',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Julie Gervais vs Aliaksandra Sasnovich<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head:<\/strong> first meeting<\/p>\n<p>This match is likely to be one of the biggest mismatches of the entire season. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2022\/01\/08\/wta-melbourne-summer-set-2-final-prediction-anisimova-sasnovich\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Sasnovich<\/a> is ranked #50 and even reached a WTA final this year already in Melbourne, while Gervais is ranked #727 at 30 years of age. Any result other than a comfortable Sasnovich win would most definitely be one of the biggest upsets of the season. It&#8217;s not very common to see players outside the top 700 in WTA tournaments, let alone winning matches.<br \/>\n<strong>Prediction:<\/strong> Sasnovich in 2<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"rnaIBReLTEpQ_O9CkR76ZQ\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1240566274\" 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:'rnaIBReLTEpQ_O9CkR76ZQ',sig:'Ck-7I0UAj4t1gcR6y8jHDHIH0t8Wz0pmYQgiBDYlEf8=',w:'594px',h:'365px',items:'1240566274',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Ana Konjuh vs Oceane Dodin<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head:<\/strong> Dodin 1-0 Konjuh<\/p>\n<p>Their one previous meeting was in 2014, so it won&#8217;t have any bearing on what will happen Monday. Both players have been having rough seasons and generally struggling to string wins, though Dodin did reach a semifinal in Marbella. Dodin will be trying to get some momentum playing at home and she might just have enough to get it done although a very close match is to be expected here.<br \/>\n<strong>Prediction:<\/strong> Dodin in 3<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"1ltCW7U_Qqp40sa7tX5HwQ\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1394389055\" 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:'1ltCW7U_Qqp40sa7tX5HwQ',sig:'423OD3AG_U3Szy7EeJJYtke6JGHey6-erIErt4yBbLg=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1394389055',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The WTA event in Strasbourg this week hasn&#8217;t exactly attracted the top players in the world, but it should still provide plenty of exciting matches, with many players who&#8217;d otherwise not have much of a chance of getting wins at WTA level eager to make a run this week given the theoretically weak draw. 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