{"id":50518,"date":"2022-06-27T13:00:45","date_gmt":"2022-06-27T17:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=50518"},"modified":"2022-08-27T08:48:52","modified_gmt":"2022-08-27T12:48:52","slug":"wimbledon-day-2-womens-predictions-swiatek-fett","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2022\/06\/27\/wimbledon-day-2-womens-predictions-swiatek-fett\/","title":{"rendered":"Wimbledon Day 2 Women&#8217;s Predictions Including Iga Swiatek vs Jana Fett"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Day 2 at Wimbledon will see 32 women&#8217;s matches. We&#8217;ll wrap up the first round (weather-permitting) and find out who&#8217;s moving on to Round 2. As always, we at LWOT will share our thoughts on all of the matches for you. We split up the 32 matches between eight articles. The other articles feature <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2022\/06\/27\/wimbledon-day-2-womens-predictions-gauff-ruse\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Coco Gauff vs Elena-Gabriela Ruse<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2022\/06\/27\/wimbledon-day-2-womens-predictions-serena-williams-tan\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Serena Williams vs Harmony Tan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2022\/06\/27\/wimbledon-day-2-womens-predictions-muguruza-minnen\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Garbine Muguruza vs Greet Minnen<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2022\/06\/27\/wimbledon-day-2-womens-predictions-pegula-vekic\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Jessica Pegula vs Donna Vekic<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2022\/06\/27\/wimbledon-day-2-womens-predictions-badoa-chirico\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Paula Badoa vs Louisa Chirico<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2022\/06\/27\/wimbledon-day-2-womens-predictions-kvitova-paolini\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Petra Kvitova vs Jasmine Paolini<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2022\/06\/27\/wimbledon-day-2-womens-predictions-halep-muchova\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Simona Halep vs Karolina Muchova<\/a>. Predicting today&#8217;s articles are Fraser Learmonth, Jakub Bobro, and Jim Smith.<\/p>\n<h2>Wimbledon Day 2 Women&#8217;s Predictions<\/h2>\n<h4>Kristina Kucova vs Laura Pigossi<\/h4>\n<p><em>Fraser:<\/em><br \/>\nTough match to call with neither player having played on grass yet this year. Kucova appears to have a slightly higher ceiling than Pigossi and more experience in these situations. With that in mind, she\u2019s my pick to edge out what looks to be a coin toss of a match.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Kucova in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Jakub:<\/em><br \/>\nOne of the lower-quality match-ups here. Kucova is struggling this season, 7-16 on the year, and 7-15 on grass in her career, opting not to play any grass lead-ups this season. Pigossi has never played on grass before though and since bad experience is better than no experience at all, I will go with Kucova here.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Kucova in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Jim:<\/em><br \/>\nIt\u2019s been an indifferent few months for Kucova, but she has been handed what looks like a winnable first-round match here. Pigossi is having a career-best season, but she has very little experience on the grass and has never been ranked inside the top 100.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Kucova in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"aKkqGTefSupBcJ8neYczjg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1398856926\" target=\"_blank\" 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:'aKkqGTefSupBcJ8neYczjg',sig:'VHKl8Zxd8L4dctM6bQoaNfGp7FhYDWFKnr-SvQhZyRM=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1398856926',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Mihaela Buzarnescu vs Nastasja Schunk<\/h4>\n<p><em>Fraser:<\/em><br \/>\nSchunk looks a great young talent who may well be ready for the big leagues after some of the tennis she\u2019s put on display this year. This is a perfect opportunity to start doing exactly that and I expect we\u2019ll see the German in round 2.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Schunk in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Jakub:<\/em><br \/>\nBuzarnescu has not played since she retired from her Surbiton quarterfinal match three weeks ago so the Romanian is tough to predict. 18-year-old Schunk ripped through qualifying without dropping a set, so I feel comfortable picking the young German here.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Schunk in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Jim:<\/em><br \/>\nThis match could probably go either way. But Buzarnescu is not exactly known for her grass-court prowess, whilst Schunk will surely be full of confidence after an impressive run through the qualifying. It won\u2019t be easy for the German, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2018\/06\/24\/the-story-of-mihaela-buzarnescu-from-the-brink-of-retirement-to-the-worlds-top-30\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Buzarnescu is too experienced a player<\/a> for that, but expect Schunk to have the edge.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Schunk in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"6ATGenANRcdmQYIEERxeMw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1240885652\" target=\"_blank\" 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:'6ATGenANRcdmQYIEERxeMw',sig:'aTZv0npfBxcSNjH6fsbueLL7yrrbdmKyZMi2lG_LnPw=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1240885652',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Christina McHale vs Sara Sorribes Tormo<\/h4>\n<p><em>Fraser:<\/em><br \/>\nSorribes Tormo hasn\u2019t been as red hot this year as she was in 2021. However, the Spaniard is still and immense defender with great heart. However, grass courts tend to reward aggression and McHale has that in spades, particularly off the forehand wing. Back the American to move on here.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: McHale in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Jakub:<\/em><br \/>\nMcHale, who is a former Top 25 player, has dropped out of the Top 250 with a steep decline over the past two seasons. The American has made just one third round here in ten previous appearances, which is why her qualifying wins over Viktoria Kuzmova and Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove came as a bit of a surprise. Sorribes Tormo is at her most dangerous on clay but the Spaniard has been able to get wins on grass in the past, so I do not see a reason why she should not beat McHale.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Sorribes Tormo in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Jim:<\/em><br \/>\nA tough first-round draw for both, this looks that much tougher for McHale. Sorribes Tormo got some valuable miles in her legs last week in Eastbourne having been out of action since May and her greater affinity for grass-court tennis should make up for any lack of match sharpness.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Sorribes Tormo in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"w_Y1ES90RdpOxJPfFO1_YA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1395393288\" target=\"_blank\" 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:'w_Y1ES90RdpOxJPfFO1_YA',sig:'ZWVVfKzGa6OG3Nr8gK9bPkzUrIHjEnAyc_BAXM31YbY=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1395393288',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Iga Swiatek vs Jana Fett<\/h4>\n<p><em>Fraser:<\/em><br \/>\nSwiatek has to be the predicted winner in <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2022\/06\/26\/2022-wimbledon-womens-singles-roundtable-predictions-champion-dark-horse-early-exit\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">every match she plays<\/a> until she loses. The Pole has been that good that I just don\u2019t see anyone beating her any time soon. Even if I were to take a stab at who it might be that ends her run, it wouldn\u2019t be Fett and it wouldn\u2019t be now.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Swiatek in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Jakub:<\/em><br \/>\nSwiatek\u2019s dominance this season has been something to behold with a 44-3 record and more than 4000 points lead over the World No. 2. The Pole chose not to play any lead-ups after winning Roland Garros and looked very good in the first three rounds here last year, losing to Ons Jabeur. Fett has had a decent grass season, qualifying after coming back from a set down against Mariam Bolkvadze and Katarina Zavatska. The Croat does not really have anything to hurt Swiatek, so I expect the No. 1 to cruise.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Swiatek in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Jim:<\/em><br \/>\nSwiatek might be a little undercooked having not yet played on the grass this season, but the way the Pole has been playing over the last few months it\u2019s hard to see any outcome here other than a Swiatek victory. And probably a comfortable one.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Swiatek in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo from Getty.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Day 2 at Wimbledon will see 32 women&#8217;s matches. We&#8217;ll wrap up the first round (weather-permitting) and find out who&#8217;s moving on to Round 2. As always, we at LWOT will share our thoughts on all of the matches for you. We split up the 32 matches between eight articles. 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