{"id":54736,"date":"2023-02-07T15:44:39","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T20:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=54736"},"modified":"2023-02-07T15:44:39","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T20:44:39","slug":"wta-abu-dhabi-day-3-predictions-kontaveit-rogers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2023\/02\/07\/wta-abu-dhabi-day-3-predictions-kontaveit-rogers\/","title":{"rendered":"WTA Abu Dhabi Day 3 Predictions Including Anett Kontaveit vs Shelby Rogers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Day 3 at the WTA event in Abu Dhabi promises a lot of exciting action and very tight matches. It&#8217;s a very strong draw for a tournament with this category, featuring three top 10 players including the recent Australian Open finalist and reigning Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina.<\/p>\n<h2>WTA Abu Dhabi Day 3 Predictions<\/h2>\n<h4>Qinwen Zheng vs Jelena Ostapenko<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head:<\/strong> Zheng 1-0 Ostapenko<\/p>\n<p>Zheng&#8217;s win came at the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/us-open\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">US Open<\/a> last year in a very tight matchup and a similarly tightly-contested one is to be expected here. Zheng was very disappointing at the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/australian-open\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Australian Open<\/a>, while Ostapenko had a good run to the quarterfinals, showing very decent form, making her a slight favorite here.<br \/>\n<strong>Prediction:<\/strong> Ostapenko in 3<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"2R2Su5xYTwJHCa7ZCAqZHg\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1463508599\" 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:'2R2Su5xYTwJHCa7ZCAqZHg',sig:'5Cb1QJ5StKMcfhqUXFhXDdHy5NbstgpCxfhoj07n0Yk=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1463508599',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Veronika Kudermetova vs Elise Mertens<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head:<\/strong> Mertens 3-1 Kudermetova<\/p>\n<p>Both players didn&#8217;t go as far as they would have hoped in Australia, even if Mertens was only beaten by eventual champion Aryna Sabalenka. Kudermetova is on the cusp of the top 10 and a strong run here this week would go a long way towards that. If she can negotiate this tricky match against Mertens, she might just be able to pull if off.<br \/>\n<strong>Prediction:<\/strong> Kudermetova in 3<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"OecLSMcPRjtehuvGZQh9zg\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1246352478\" 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:'OecLSMcPRjtehuvGZQh9zg',sig:'NhI5lTXGXqJMoWYpXRKz6Ld9CFm6vqisAohgLWsuV_E=',w:'594px',h:'379px',items:'1246352478',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Marta Kostyuk vs Belinda Bencic<\/h4>\n<p>Head-to-head: Bencic 1-0 Kostyuk<\/p>\n<p>Bencic won in very straightforward fashion, dropping only four games in the process, when the pair faced at Miami last year and she&#8217;s once again a clear favourite here. She displayed a very good level at the Australian Open and was only stopped by the eventual champion Aryna Sabalanka. She seems ready to have another very strong season in 2023 after a great 2022.<br \/>\n<strong>Prediction:<\/strong> Bencic in 2<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"GFIEgUOvTyNjN1Nm_lB-Bg\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1246464097\" 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:'GFIEgUOvTyNjN1Nm_lB-Bg',sig:'d0S7w9-SAx2wdMdjVNgtJtz8IQvb2owMBz4lYRmAnVg=',w:'594px',h:'353px',items:'1246464097',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Anett Kontaveit vs Shelby Rogers<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head:<\/strong> Kontaveit 2-1 Rogers<\/p>\n<p>Kontaveit has been struggling lately; after <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2022\/01\/05\/anett-kontaveit-2021-reveiw\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">peaking at #2 in the WTA rankings<\/a> last June, she is now down to #18 and will be desperately looking to get some momentum back and rise back up the rankings. This won&#8217;t be an easy match for her, but she should have just enough to pull through.<br \/>\n<strong>Prediction:<\/strong> Kontaveit in 3<\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo from Getty.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Day 3 at the WTA event in Abu Dhabi promises a lot of exciting action and very tight matches. It&#8217;s a very strong draw for a tournament with this category, featuring three top 10 players including the recent Australian Open finalist and reigning Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina. WTA Abu Dhabi Day 3 Predictions Qinwen Zheng [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1742,"featured_media":54666,"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":[887,15528,266,15465,1412,15540,473,15564,2372,15534,16942,16943,545,15420,2373,2369,18600,5398,13453],"class_list":["post-54736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-predictions","tag-anett-kontaveit","tag-anett-kontaveit-predictions","tag-belinda-bencic","tag-belinda-bencic-predictions","tag-elise-mertens","tag-elise-mertens-predictions","tag-jelena-ostapenko","tag-jelena-ostapenko-predictions","tag-marta-kostyuk","tag-marta-kostyuk-predictions","tag-qinwen-zheng","tag-qinwen-zheng-predictions","tag-shelby-rogers","tag-shelby-rogers-predictions","tag-tennis-picks","tag-tennis-predictions","tag-veronica-kudermetova-predictions","tag-veronika-kudermetova","tag-wta-abu-dhabi-predictions"],"modified_by":"Yesh Ginsburg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54736","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=54736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54736\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}