{"id":66949,"date":"2024-05-09T21:46:04","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T01:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=66949"},"modified":"2024-05-10T07:06:31","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T11:06:31","slug":"wta-rome-day-4-predictions-rybakina-begu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2024\/05\/09\/wta-rome-day-4-predictions-rybakina-begu\/","title":{"rendered":"WTA Rome Day 4 Predictions Including Elena Rybakina vs Irina-Camelia Begu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The second round of the WTA Masters event in Rome ends on Day 4. All of the best women in the world will be looking to advance in the last big event before the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/category\/french-open\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">French Open<\/a> arrives. Will we see any upsets? As always, we here at LWOT share our thoughts on all the matches. We split Friday&#8217;s 16 matches between four articles, including this one. The other three articles feature <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2024\/05\/09\/wta-rome-day-4-predictions-jabeur-kenin\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Ons Jabeur vs Sofia Kenin<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2024\/05\/09\/wta-rome-day-4-predictions-sakkari-gracheva\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Maria Sakkari vs Varvara Gracheva<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2024\/05\/09\/wta-rome-day-4-predictions-sabalenka-volynets\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Aryna Sabalenka vs Katie Volynets<\/a>. Who do you think will win in the Italian capital?<\/p>\n<h2>WTA Rome Day 4 Predictions<\/h2>\n<h4>Elina Svitolina vs Sara Errani<\/h4>\n<p>Errani is in the twilight of her career, thought hat twilight seems to be lasting quite a while. Still, she should be completely outclassed by Elina Svitolina, who has looked stronger than ever since coming back from a maternity hiatus last year.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Svitolina in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[tgdcta items=&#8221;1&#8243; id=&#8221;170476&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h4>Victoria Azarenka vs Magda Linette<\/h4>\n<p>Azarenka, unlike Svitolina, has never quite been the same since she took her maternity break. This should be a fun battle between two powerful ballstrikers. Ultimately, I think Azarenka has the better game, though her inconsistency at times makes it tough to rely on her.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Azarenka in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"GxCrA7lyR-5WWcZG-QIn_A\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/2149536172\" 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:'GxCrA7lyR-5WWcZG-QIn_A',sig:'8uyJBzOFl3PwDTJ0AgKeSds-kZyYgavLwV1NzECPs0k=',w:'594px',h:'372px',items:'2149536172',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs Sara Sorribes Tormo<\/h4>\n<p>Pavlyuchenkova finally found her breakthrough <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2021\/06\/08\/anastasia-pavlyuchenkova\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">in 2021<\/a>, when she reached the French Open final. Since then, she hasn&#8217;t replicated that success. It will likely never come for the Russian, but her game is capable of being the best in the world at any time.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Pavlychenkova in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"R6EK1cliSTVh3hyy5pIHOQ\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/2150079567\" 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:'R6EK1cliSTVh3hyy5pIHOQ',sig:'hF0Mr2a1RQ-oEDbtlkctvA5Y6oQ99YZDeH0QcTbJYNQ=',w:'594px',h:'378px',items:'2150079567',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Elena Rybakina vs Irina-Camelia Begu<\/h4>\n<p><em>Editor&#8217;s Note: After publication of this article, Rybakina withdrew due to illness. She was replaced by Lucky Loser Oceane Dodin.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Rybakina is a Grand Slam champion and perhaps the best ballstriker on Tour. There is nothing in Begu&#8217;s expansive repertoire that can deal with her power. Rybakina should win easily.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Rybakina in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[tgdcta items=&#8221;1&#8243; id=&#8221;180848&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo Credit: Susan Mullane-USA TODAY Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The second round of the WTA Masters event in Rome ends on Day 4. All of the best women in the world will be looking to advance in the last big event before the French Open arrives. Will we see any upsets? As always, we here at LWOT share our thoughts on all the matches. 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