{"id":49662,"date":"2022-05-23T14:33:46","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T18:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=49662"},"modified":"2022-05-23T14:28:19","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T18:28:19","slug":"french-open-day-3-womens-predictions-badosa-ferro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2022\/05\/23\/french-open-day-3-womens-predictions-badosa-ferro\/","title":{"rendered":"French Open Day 3 Women’s Predictions Including Paula Badosa vs Fiona Ferro"},"content":{"rendered":"

Day 3 at the French Open sees the conclusion of the first round in both the women’s and men’s draws. There are 20 matches (each) scheduled for Tuesday, and as always, we’re here to predict them all for you. We split the 20 women’s matches between five articles. In addition to this article we have four others–featuring Aryna Sabalenka vs Chloe Paquet<\/a>, Karolina Pliskova vs Tessah Andrianjafitrimo<\/a>, Danielle Collins vs Viktoriya Tomova<\/a>, and Simona Halep vs Nastasja Mariana Schunk<\/a>. Predicting these matches are Fraser Learmonth, Johnny Connell, and Jim Smith. Who do you think will win?<\/p>\n

French Open Day 3 Women’s Predictions<\/h2>\n

Claire Liu vs Tamara Zidansek<\/h4>\n

Fraser:<\/em>
\nAnother big upset opportunity here. Claire Liu has won nine of her last ten matcheson clay. She is also in the midst of a career year. However, Zidansek was a semifinalist here last year and has played good tennis without reaping the rewards for it in recent weeks. I think she makes another good run here in Paris. That mean\u2019s Liu, one of the in-form players on the tour at the moment, goes home early.
\nPrediction: Zidansek in 2<\/em><\/p>\n

Johnny:<\/em>
\nClaire Liu has had a big couple of weeks before arriving for Roland Garros. Liu won the Paris WTA125<\/a> event before reaching the final in Rabat. Zidansek\u2019s form is less impressive, but perhaps a return to the scene of her greatest career achievement 12 months ago when she reached the semifinals will prove inspirational for the Slovenian. I\u2019ll side with Zidansek. Fatigue may be an issue for Liu after a long couple of weeks, Zidansek will be desperate to avoid an early exit and a big ranking drop.
\nPrediction: Zidansek in 3<\/em><\/p>\n

Jim:<\/em>
\nIt will be interesting to see how Tamara Zidansek copes with the pressure of defending semifinal points at the French Open<\/a>. It looked to have been a breakthrough run for the Slovenian, but she has struggled to kick on since and comes into this year\u2019s tournament with just one win in four on the clay in 2022. But Claire Liu may struggle to take advantage, having had little turnaround time since her run to the final in Rabat.
\nPrediction: Zidansek in 3<\/em><\/p>\n

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