{"id":56362,"date":"2023-04-28T14:01:09","date_gmt":"2023-04-28T18:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=56362"},"modified":"2023-04-28T16:13:44","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T20:13:44","slug":"wta-madrid-day-5-predictions-sabalenka-osorio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2023\/04\/28\/wta-madrid-day-5-predictions-sabalenka-osorio\/","title":{"rendered":"WTA Madrid Day 5 Predictions Including Aryna Sabalenka vs Camila Osorio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The third round of the WTA half of Madrid begins on Saturday, Day 5 of play, with a very exciting slate of matches ahead of us. Aryna Sabalenka won this event two years ago and the next obstacle she&#8217;s going to face in her attempt to regain that crown will be <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2019\/04\/12\/maria-camila-osorio-serrano-here-to-stay\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Camila Osorio<\/a>. We also predict the rest of the day&#8217;s matches in <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2023\/04\/28\/wta-madrid-day-5-predictions-gauff-badosa\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">a separate article<\/a>. Who do you think will come out on top?<\/p>\n<h2>WTA Madrid Day 5 Predictions<\/h2>\n<h4>Shelby Rogers vs Irina-Camelia Begu<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head: <\/strong>Rogers 2-1<\/p>\n<p>This one looks quite unclear. Irina-Camelia Begu used to enjoy this event a lot with back-to-back quarterfinals in 2015\/2016, but it&#8217;s been years since she found another run in the Spanish capital. She&#8217;s generally the better clay court player, but Shelby Rogers has had a few of her career highlights on the surface as well. If the altitude in Madrid suits anyone in this matchup, it should actually be the American, but it&#8217;s more or less a coin toss.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Rogers in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"ZixXKb2lQiBOkgvJM304ZQ\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1480408508\" 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:'ZixXKb2lQiBOkgvJM304ZQ',sig:'mGFH2NjZq-mU6Qw8B2TVeC_kIoSCrm3_hdB6N6Xq6-A=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1480408508',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Elise Mertens vs Jule Niemeier<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head: <\/strong>First meeting<\/p>\n<p>It seems like there is no middle ground with Jule Niemeier&#8211;either she looks like an amazing prospect or is in the middle of a losing streak. Her past four matches were some of the best she&#8217;s played all year, though. Especially in the faster clay conditions in Madrid, she could prove a worthy foe to Elise Mertens. The Belgian&#8217;s extremely consistent but if Niemeier&#8217;s weapons will be firing, she might not find the response.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Niemeier in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"1cxMGpo2TtZ4HD7cAkZZDQ\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1252233226\" 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:'1cxMGpo2TtZ4HD7cAkZZDQ',sig:'wjBNbSFi0_53qPffnjF66I9l0HQF1HdIKl7X8p_nbGI=',w:'594px',h:'363px',items:'1252233226',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Maria Sakkari vs Rebeka Masarova<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head: <\/strong>First meeting<\/p>\n<p>Quietly in some very decent form this year is Rebeka Masarova, who was the runner-up at the WTA 250 in Auckland and an extremely stacked ITF 100K in Oeiras last week. The Spaniard also posted a big win over Donna Vekic this week already. Maria Sakkari is a bit of a step up, but she can sometimes be vulnerable to upsets. It&#8217;s possible that she&#8217;ll have her hands full with the in-form Masarova.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Sakkari in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"TIHth3FRRNdVWtJMvOHAug\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1485736352\" 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:'TIHth3FRRNdVWtJMvOHAug',sig:'t3I_LWXdefkhVYuohwAwcjS2bJStc3qpRlwiXo8RpEQ=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1485736352',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Aryna Sabalenka vs Camila Osorio<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head: <\/strong>Sabalenka 1-0<\/p>\n<p>Aryna Sabalenka had a very tough second-round draw against Sorana Cirstea, who recently impressed during the Sunshine Double, including a win over the Belarusian. She dealt with her comfortably this time around. The conditions in Madrid are somewhat similar to the ones in Stuttgart last week and the 24-year-old should love them (won here in 2021 after all). Can Camila Osorio prove to be difficult for her? It&#8217;s unlikely.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Sabalenka in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The third round of the WTA half of Madrid begins on Saturday, Day 5 of play, with a very exciting slate of matches ahead of us. Aryna Sabalenka won this event two years ago and the next obstacle she&#8217;s going to face in her attempt to regain that crown will be Camila Osorio. 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