{"id":68728,"date":"2024-06-18T15:12:57","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T19:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=68728"},"modified":"2024-06-18T15:12:57","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T19:12:57","slug":"wta-berlin-day-3-predictions-kasatkina-sabalenka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2024\/06\/18\/wta-berlin-day-3-predictions-kasatkina-sabalenka\/","title":{"rendered":"WTA Berlin Day 3 Predictions Including Aryna Sabalenka vs Daria Kasatkina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WTA Berlin Day 3 kicks off the second round matches. With a few surprises in the first round, will the second round be more of the same? Or will everything go to script? We look at the four matches on the card and offer our thoughts.<\/p>\n<h2>WTA Berlin Day 3<\/h2>\n<h4>Victoria Azarenka vs Zeynep Sonmez<\/h4>\n<p>Head to Head: First Meeting<\/p>\n<p>Victoria Azarenka eased through the first round against World #9 Maria Sakkari. The Belarussian is ten places lower in the ranking than her first round opponent, however, Azarenka has made the semifinal at Wimbledon before, so is always a force to be reckoned with. Zeynep Sonmez came through qualifying and defeated Aranxta Rus in the first round. Although a three set fight, the Turk overcame the higher ranked player.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Azarenka in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[tgdcta items=&#8221;1&#8243; id=&#8221;170466&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h4>Katerina Siniakova vs Qinwen Zheng<\/h4>\n<p>Head to Head: 1-1<\/p>\n<p>Katerina Siniakova eased through qualifying and the first round, the Czech is yet to drop a set. Qinwen Zheng needed three sets to defeat Naomi Osaka in the first round. The Chinese player will be favourite for this match, however, don&#8217;t discount Siniakova to pull off a surprise<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Siniakova in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"XySgRxm5QZleo4WmRmbSzA\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/2157081168\" 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:'XySgRxm5QZleo4WmRmbSzA',sig:'-9IjArfa6QZcaMJU4GXSEgvQe5MqJ7iRlfZRAbQvm5Q=',w:'594px',h:'391px',items:'2157081168',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Marketa Vondrousova vs Anna Kalinskaya<\/h4>\n<p>Head to Head: First Meeting<\/p>\n<p>Marketa Vondrousova had very little trouble in the first round. The Czech is seeded here and will be hoping for a good run in the lead up to <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/category\/wimbledon\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Wimbledon<\/a>. Anna Kalinskaya needed three sets to get to this stage. Neither have played on grass before coming here to Berlin. Vondrousova should have no problem getting by Kalinskaya here.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Vondrousova in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"ottIJNH0S91JlE9n86JprA\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/2157990754\" 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:'ottIJNH0S91JlE9n86JprA',sig:'4AdMiS0KbRMa1hQyELV0dV-sa_JwUCOUlw9K1IIF4iM=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'2157990754',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Daria Kasatkina vs Aryna Sabalenka<\/h4>\n<p>Head to Head: 2-6<\/p>\n<p>Daria Kasatkina once again faces Aryna Sabalenka. The Belarussian is seeded here and Kasatkina knows Sabalenka well. Unfortunately, the Russian does not have the game plan to defeat the seed. Despite the match going the distance, Sabalenka will extend the head-to-head again.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Sabalenka in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[tgdcta items=&#8221;1&#8243; id=&#8221;170468&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WTA Berlin Day 3 kicks off the second round matches. With a few surprises in the first round, will the second round be more of the same? Or will everything go to script? We look at the four matches on the card and offer our thoughts. 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