{"id":56276,"date":"2023-04-25T16:15:14","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T20:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=56276"},"modified":"2023-04-25T16:15:14","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T20:15:14","slug":"wta-madrid-day-2-predictions-svitolina-sasnovich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2023\/04\/25\/wta-madrid-day-2-predictions-svitolina-sasnovich\/","title":{"rendered":"WTA Madrid Day 2 Predictions Including Elina Svitolina vs Aliaksandra Sasnovich"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The WTA 1000 in Madrid promises some great matches on only Day 2 of main draw play. To name a couple, both Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Elina Svitolina are continuing their comebacks against Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva and Aliaksandra Sasnovich, respectively. We&#8217;ve tried to predict the outcomes of these first rounds and others on Day 2. We&#8217;ve split all the day&#8217;s matches between three articles. The other two articles feature <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2023\/04\/25\/wta-madrid-day-2-predictions-fernandez-andreeva\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Leylah Fernandez vs Mirra Andreeva<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2023\/04\/25\/wta-madrid-day-2-predictions-raducanu-tomova\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Emma Raducanu vs Viktoriya Tomova<\/a>. Who do you think will advance?<\/p>\n<h2>WTA Madrid Day 2 Predictions<\/h2>\n<h4>Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva<\/h4>\n<h4>Head-to-head: First meeting<\/h4>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a good chance for Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova to pick up some momentum. Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva is a young player with a tough game to play on clay but she can absolutely be overpowered. The former French Open finalist has shown she still has plenty of weight behind her shots&#8211;she&#8217;s just been struggling to put it altogether for the entirety of a match.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re not completely ruling out Jimenez Kasintseva but Pavlyuchenkova has shown enough promise this year that she should be considered the favourite.<br \/>\nPrediction:\u00a0<em>Pavlyuchenkova in 3.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"VF9FkDgBRsBsMAy101O_ZA\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1467928748\" 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:'VF9FkDgBRsBsMAy101O_ZA',sig:'mnJb6KguaVGMTNIGt-2b4kYeMOrGPHjiZZWyJimHyxQ=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1467928748',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Amanda Anisimova vs Arantxa Rus<\/h4>\n<h4>Head-to-head: First meeting<\/h4>\n<p>Safe to say Amanda Anisimova would be a fairly heavy favorite at her best. There&#8217;s been a lack of confidence recently though that&#8217;s seen her lose six of her eight main draw matches this year.<\/p>\n<p>Can Arantxa Rus take advantage? She&#8217;s put together plenty of wins recently but she hasn&#8217;t faced a returner like Anisimova. We just don&#8217;t think the American will have the confidence to execute that spectacular brand of first-strike tennis. This is a good chance for Rus.<br \/>\nPrediction:\u00a0<em>Rus in 3.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"tVKnJ6MYRyhw43ptaUTKHA\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1399062871\" 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:'tVKnJ6MYRyhw43ptaUTKHA',sig:'aVORcRPzFrXpUEXrPhNUZMKFNeZwHKOUp3Rta4hfaCI=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1399062871',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Brenda Fruhvirtova vs Anna Kalinskaya<\/h4>\n<h4>Head-to-head: First meeting<\/h4>\n<p>It&#8217;s tough to rule out <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2022\/03\/31\/francisco-cerundolo-linda-fruhvirtova-sibling\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Brenda Fruhvirtova<\/a> even if her serve isn&#8217;t a weapon at this stage in her career. The conditions in Madrid allows players to shorten points if they&#8217;ve got the capabilities but she&#8217;s just so solid from the back, so technically sound, that she&#8217;ll probably be able to impose her own style of game regardless.<\/p>\n<p>Does Anna Kalinskaya have the power game to defeat the talented 16-year-old? In short, yes&#8211;the Russian is a cut in quality above the opponents Fruhvirtova has regularly been defeating on the ITF circuit. It won&#8217;t be easy but she should find a way through.<br \/>\nPrediction:\u00a0<em>Kalinskaya in 3.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"EXsRhZzMSpx_wtdKT2Ovbw\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1480341536\" 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:'EXsRhZzMSpx_wtdKT2Ovbw',sig:'b48_hW1PCHBa0PZbPUj7QkkyLfbBA2y3JEYaB6Vud3s=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1480341536',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Elina Svitolina vs Aliaksandra Sasnovich<\/h4>\n<h4>Head-to-head: 1-1<\/h4>\n<p>Elina Svitolina&#8217;s had some tight matches in 2023 and will probably show plenty of grit in this match but Aliaksandra Sasnovich hits a mean ball. It&#8217;ll be tough for the Ukranian to find her rhythm in these conditions against such a big hitter. It&#8217;s really just too early in the Elina Svitolina comeback to expect much<br \/>\nPrediction:\u00a0<em>Sasnovich in 2.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo Credit: Susan Mullane-USA TODAY Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The WTA 1000 in Madrid promises some great matches on only Day 2 of main draw play. To name a couple, both Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Elina Svitolina are continuing their comebacks against Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva and Aliaksandra Sasnovich, respectively. We&#8217;ve tried to predict the outcomes of these first rounds and others on Day 2. 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