{"id":52153,"date":"2022-09-12T15:31:45","date_gmt":"2022-09-12T19:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=52153"},"modified":"2022-09-12T17:54:36","modified_gmt":"2022-09-12T21:54:36","slug":"wta-chennai-day-2-predictions-maria-raina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2022\/09\/12\/wta-chennai-day-2-predictions-maria-raina\/","title":{"rendered":"WTA Chennai Day 2 Predictions Including Tatjana Maria vs Ankita Raina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Day 2 at the WTA event in Chennai will feature plenty of players who you&#8217;d usually not find at this level. With several very low ranked players taking part in the main draw this week, the first seed is only ranked #23. A weakened field could be expected right after a Grand Slam, but this definitely presents an opportunity for a lot of players to make good runs and get career results. We also predict the rest of the day&#8217;s matches <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2022\/09\/12\/wta-chennai-day-2-predictions-riske-gasanova\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">in a separate article<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>WTA Chennai Day 2 Predictions<\/h2>\n<h4>Arianne Hartono vs Katie Swan<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head:<\/strong> first meeting<\/p>\n<p>Both players are ranked outside the top 150 and have a rare opportunity to score a tour level win. Hartono has been rising a lot this year, while Swan, a former junior #2, also got the biggest title of her career so far at W60 Lexington a month ago. A very tight match is to be expected and a lot will be decided by who manages to hold their nerve better and take this great chance to get a tour level win.<br \/>\n<strong>Prediction:<\/strong> Hartono in 3<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"DaF88Y4eRSVQE7HxrDZ4AA\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1242720076\" 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:'DaF88Y4eRSVQE7HxrDZ4AA',sig:'R5SYHJIH51tg8-i9f71z1CuL_1HPy-tlKTE01Vogkp8=',w:'594px',h:'353px',items:'1242720076',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Nadia Podoroska vs Kyoka Okamura<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head:<\/strong> first meeting<\/p>\n<p>Although they&#8217;re only separated by one ranking spot (297 vs 298), there&#8217;s a big difference in pedigree between both players. Podoroska peaked at #36 in the WTA rankings and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2020\/10\/07\/nadia-podoroska-grand-slam-final\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">reached the semifinals<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/french-open\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Roland Garros<\/a> 2020, with her very low ranking explained by a long 10-month hiatus post-<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/us-open\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">US Open<\/a> 2021. She&#8217;s clearly the favorite to prevail here despite the closeness in ranking.<br \/>\n<strong>Prediction:<\/strong> Podoroska in 2<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"ieZ6QpJjRdJSZysBPdOPIA\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1336328238\" 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:'ieZ6QpJjRdJSZysBPdOPIA',sig:'XU2vNs5ehDX2ozU_PAv6mbKy6sEPtiQX4-DvYizLfl8=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1336328238',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Mariia Tkacheva vs Varvara Gracheva<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head:<\/strong> first meeting<\/p>\n<p>Although she&#8217;s only ranked #366, Tkacheva has risen almost 500 spots this year and looks set to keep rising. That said, this will be her first ever career match against a Top 150 opponent, which might prove too much of a step up in level at this point. Gracheva should have the slight edge here.<br \/>\n<strong>Prediction:<\/strong> Gracheva in 3<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"VH1nwYr9T9Nic7u-B1GPJw\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1419410356\" 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:'VH1nwYr9T9Nic7u-B1GPJw',sig:'fdEc11w9hM6IN9Q0txbVo8FtsRHsp0XLE9-UFTnVAkc=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1419410356',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Tatjana Maria vs Ankita Raina<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head:<\/strong> first meeting<\/p>\n<p>Maria had a spectacular run to the semifinals at <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wimbledon\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Wimbledon<\/a> but has since completely gone off the boil. This seems like a good chance to try and get back on track, with a first round encounter against a player ranked outside the Top 300. Despite her poor recent form, she should still prevail here.<br \/>\n<strong>Prediction:<\/strong> Maria in 2<\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo from Getty.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Day 2 at the WTA event in Chennai will feature plenty of players who you&#8217;d usually not find at this level. With several very low ranked players taking part in the main draw this week, the first seed is only ranked #23. A weakened field could be expected right after a Grand Slam, but this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1742,"featured_media":19785,"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":[8587,16971,16784,16785,1226,16162,18159,18160,18157,18158,11607,15748,2255,17463,2373,2369,7666,15705,18147],"class_list":["post-52153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-predictions","tag-ankita-raina","tag-ankita-raina-predictions","tag-arianne-hartono","tag-arianne-hartono-predictions","tag-katie-swan","tag-katie-swan-predictions","tag-kyoka-okamura","tag-kyoka-okamura-predictions","tag-mariia-tkacheva","tag-mariia-tkacheva-predictions","tag-nadia-podoroska","tag-nadia-podoroska-predictions","tag-tatjana-maria","tag-tatjana-maria-predictions","tag-tennis-picks","tag-tennis-predictions","tag-varvara-gracheva","tag-varvara-gracheva-predictions","tag-wta-chennai-predictions"],"modified_by":"Yesh Ginsburg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52153","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=52153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52153\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}