{"id":60561,"date":"2023-10-02T15:50:25","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T19:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=60561"},"modified":"2023-10-02T16:23:31","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T20:23:31","slug":"wta-beijing-day-4-predictions-including-coco-gauff-vs-petra-martic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2023\/10\/02\/wta-beijing-day-4-predictions-including-coco-gauff-vs-petra-martic\/","title":{"rendered":"WTA Beijing Day 4 Predictions Including Coco Gauff vs Petra Martic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are onto Day 4 of the WTA Beijing Open. This 1000-level event has welcomed some of the best WTA players in the world to its grounds. We have a loaded Day 4 slate, including prediction pieces that include <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2023\/10\/02\/wta-beijing-day-4-predictions-sabalenka-boulter\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Aryna Sabalenka vs. Katie Boulter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2023\/10\/02\/wta-beijing-day-4-predictions-swiatek-gracheva\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Iga Swiatek vs. Varvara Gracheva.<\/a> In this set of predictions, we look at some other star-studded matches, including <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2023\/09\/05\/coco-gauff-biggest-obstacle-us-open-title\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">2023 US Open Champion Coco Gauff<\/a> vs. Petra Martic. But who do you think will advance?<\/p>\n<h2>WTA Beijing Day 4 Predictions<\/h2>\n<h4>Elena Rybakina vs Tatjana Maria<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-Head:<\/strong> first meeting<\/p>\n<p>No. 1 seed Elena Rybakina picked up a dominant 6-1 6-2 Round 1 victory over Chinese No.1 Qinwen Zheng. Her power was finding the corners, as Zheng could never get on the front foot. 36-year-old Tatjana Maria will have those same problems. I do not believe the German has the firepower or the defensive skills to hang with a fully in-form Rybakina. Look for the Kazach to hunt for winners early and often.<\/p>\n<p><em>Prediction: Rybakina in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"3SW4jooSRXlSsGGQHNE_bw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1713301867\" target=\"_blank\" 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:'3SW4jooSRXlSsGGQHNE_bw',sig:'VQYHxz7YkHCU_NKFEJ3hgJ9jGOjM2sH9nifFbhoJ1bA=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1713301867',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 Linda Fruhvirtova<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-Head:<\/strong> first meeting<\/p>\n<p>Maria Sakkari followed up her title in Guadalajara with a run to the Tokyo semifinals. She desperately needs another great result as she fights to make the WTA Finals. Sakkari takes on Linda Fruhvirtova in Beijing&#8217;s second round. The 18-year-old Czech has had an up-and-down season that includes a ten-match losing streak over the summer. She regained some form last week with a run to the Ningbo semifinals, but I still do not trust her against the best players in the world. Sakkari&#8217;s consistency from the ground will be the difference.<\/p>\n<p><em>Prediction: Sakkari in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[cta id=4013 type=cta]<\/p>\n<h4>Coco Gauff vs Petra Martic<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-Head:<\/strong> Gauff 1-0 Martic<\/p>\n<p>This is Coco Gauff&#8217;s first event since her historic 2023 US Open title. She opened her WTA Beijing campaign with a 7-5 6-3 win over Ekaterina Alexandrova. Gauff looks motivated and ready to play, a tough sign for opponents on her half of the draw. Petra Martic squeaked out a win over Sorana Cirstea in Round 1. She has had an inconsistent 2023 season, and I doubt she brings anywhere near a high enough level to beat Gauff. The 19-year-old American is 19-1 since Wimbledon.<\/p>\n<p><em>Prediction: Gauff in 2<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are onto Day 4 of the WTA Beijing Open. This 1000-level event has welcomed some of the best WTA players in the world to its grounds. We have a loaded Day 4 slate, including prediction pieces that include Aryna Sabalenka vs. Katie Boulter and Iga Swiatek vs. Varvara Gracheva. In this set of predictions, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4067,"featured_media":0,"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":[2747,15732,5595,15653,11658,15424,305,15468,2507,15438,2255,17463,9010,41611],"class_list":["post-60561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-predictions","tag-coco-gauff","tag-coco-gauff-predictions","tag-elena-rybakina","tag-elena-rybakina-predictions","tag-linda-fruhvirtova","tag-linda-fruhvirtova-predictions","tag-maria-sakkari","tag-maria-sakkari-predictions","tag-petra-martic","tag-petra-martic-predictions","tag-tatjana-maria","tag-tatjana-maria-predictions","tag-wta-beijing","tag-wta-beijing-predictions"],"modified_by":"Shane Black","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60561","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\/4067"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60561\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}