{"id":57126,"date":"2023-06-05T12:31:31","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T16:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=57126"},"modified":"2023-06-05T13:00:50","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T17:00:50","slug":"french-open-womens-quarterfinal-predictions-sabalenka-svitolina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2023\/06\/05\/french-open-womens-quarterfinal-predictions-sabalenka-svitolina\/","title":{"rendered":"French Open Women’s Quarterfinal Predictions Including Aryna Sabalenka vs Elina Svitolina"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Tuesday, we get to see the first two women’s quarterfinal matches at the French Open<\/a>. Can Elina Svitolina’s fairy tale comeback continue? Is Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova back to her top form? As always, our writers share their thoughts on the matches. Predicting Tuesday’s matches are Damian Kust, Jack Edward, and Andreas Pelekis. Who do you think will win?<\/p>\n

French Open Women’s Quarterfinal Predictions<\/h2>\n

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs Karolina Muchova<\/h4>\n

Damian:<\/em>
\nMuchova was a popular dark horse contender and found herself in a great section despite the opening round against Sakkari, but Pavlyuchenkova making it this deep is a lot more surprising. However, the Russian made the final here two years ago and suddenly found that form again. She\u2019s coming off some long matches though and Muchova has the wide skillset to diffuse her power, which gives her a bit of an edge.
\nPrediction: Muchova in 3<\/em><\/p>\n

Jack:<\/em>
\nI don\u2019t want to throw shade on Karolina Muchova\u2019s achievement so far but she seemed the clear pick to progress to the quarterfinals when the draw was first released. She came through her previous four rounds including Sakkari and Begu relatively unperturbed\u2014now that she\u2019s here, she has a real test in the 2021 French Open finalist Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova<\/a>. The Russian\u2019s level is as high as it\u2019s ever been and she likely has the potential to dictate the outcome of this one. Muchova is a fantastic player with the variety to keep things incredibly close but, in these conditions, there is a power disparity that has me leaning towards Pavlyuchenkova\u2019s game.
\nPrediction: Pavlyuchenkova in 3<\/em><\/p>\n

Andreas:<\/em>
\nThis is an intriguing matchup featuring variety against power. Both players are certainly playing like seeds despite their ranking, and they’ve been deep in majors before. Giving the edge to Muchova, who’s played more tennis recently and will be able to neutralize pace from her opponent. This could be a close three-setter.
\nPrediction: Muchova in 3<\/em><\/p>\n

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