{"id":52857,"date":"2022-10-11T21:29:55","date_gmt":"2022-10-12T01:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=52857"},"modified":"2022-10-11T21:29:55","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T01:29:55","slug":"wta-cluj-day-3-predictions-linette-wang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2022\/10\/11\/wta-cluj-day-3-predictions-linette-wang\/","title":{"rendered":"WTA Cluj-Napoca Day 3 Predictions Including Magda Linette vs Xinyu Wang"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Day 3 at the WTA event in Cluj won&#8217;t feature any Top 50 players, but it should feature plenty of exciting matches between players looking to take advantage of a theoretically weaker draw than usual to make a deep run and maybe even aim for a title here in Romania.<\/p>\n<h2>WTA Cluj Day 3 Predictions<\/h2>\n<h4>Lucia Bronzetti vs Dalma Galfi<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head:<\/strong> Bronzetti 1-1 Galfi<\/p>\n<p>Bronzetti comes into this match on a five-match losing streak and she lost to Galfi earlier this year at Indian Wells too. Galfi is clearly in better form and even made the third round at the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/us-open\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">US Open<\/a>, she should theoretically have the edge here and give Bronzetti her sixth consecutive loss.<br \/>\n<strong>Prediction:<\/strong> Galfi in 2<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"q5aeFqSiS5VWpdXEjAe4RA\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1420202048\" 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:'q5aeFqSiS5VWpdXEjAe4RA',sig:'RWfDCl-wDUq6i3Vvtd6z3FAyvkPSyoDIrInQ5UzEpGU=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1420202048',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Anna Bondar vs Harriet Dart<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head:<\/strong> first meeting<\/p>\n<p>Bondar has lost in the first round in 15 of her last 17 tournaments and all of her last eight tournaments. Dart isn&#8217;t exactly having a good season either, but both players had very straightforward first round wins and will have a great opportunity to make a rare quarterfinal appearance at WTA level. It should be a very tight match decided by small details.<br \/>\n<strong>Prediction:<\/strong> Bondar in 3<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"iHnJ6C1XS3562FA14esV-Q\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1242411695\" 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:'iHnJ6C1XS3562FA14esV-Q',sig:'iBptE_ME12j-hhVPOVJ1uFqAnMF0yTfhKQy_9pfOYb4=',w:'396px',h:'594px',items:'1242411695',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Dayana Yastremska vs Jasmine Paolini<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head:<\/strong> Paolini 3-1 Yastremska<\/p>\n<p>Paolini might be 3-1 up in the head-to-head but Yastremska won their only meeting in 2022, indoors in Lyon. She&#8217;ll come into this match extremely motivated too after surviving a 3-6 2-5 deficit in the first round and that might just give her the slight edge in a matchup where there&#8217;s very little to pick between the two players.<br \/>\n<strong>Predictions:<\/strong> Yastremska in 2<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"A5LZVuKlQpB1nksQUF8wIA\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1242809103\" 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:'A5LZVuKlQpB1nksQUF8wIA',sig:'HLgp09QxOlsBeWJUlhWXoM0KyUQFG2RGVHaMZshjpMk=',w:'594px',h:'351px',items:'1242809103',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Jule Niemeier vs Kamilla Rakhimova<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head:<\/strong> first meeting<\/p>\n<p>Rakhimova has been on fire so far in Cluj, winning all six sets in qualifying and the first round. Niemeier, however, was also impressive in her first round and she&#8217;s been playing well in general lately, being one of only two players to take a set off Iga Swiatek at the US Open. She should be able to prevail here.<br \/>\n<strong>Prediction:<\/strong> Niemeier in 2<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"ARDS2rL4TBJGXVKHXBjkwA\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1243882444\" 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:'ARDS2rL4TBJGXVKHXBjkwA',sig:'tSQF1G3LJ6hjrxr8ZvYboV445AtVMni2SKnquyl9Rbo=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1243882444',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Magda Linette vs Xinyu Wang<\/h4>\n<p>Head-to-head: first meeting<\/p>\n<p>Linette is the highest ranked player featured Wednesday and a very clear favorite here. Wang is having a very rough season, with a 5-17 overall record and only one win in her last eight matches while Linette is looking to break into the Top 50 and even reached the final in Chennai recently.<br \/>\n<strong>Prediction:<\/strong> Linette in 2<\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo from Getty.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Day 3 at the WTA event in Cluj won&#8217;t feature any Top 50 players, but it should feature plenty of exciting matches between players looking to take advantage of a theoretically weaker draw than usual to make a deep run and maybe even aim for a title here in Romania. 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