{"id":69446,"date":"2024-07-02T13:15:09","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T17:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=69446"},"modified":"2024-07-02T13:06:12","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T17:06:12","slug":"wimbledon-day-3-womens-predictions-keys-wang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2024\/07\/02\/wimbledon-day-3-womens-predictions-keys-wang\/","title":{"rendered":"Wimbledon Day 3 Women’s Predictions Including Madison Keys vs Yafan Wang"},"content":{"rendered":"

Day 3 of Wimbledon sees the start of the women’s second round. This half of the draw was absolutely crushed in Round 1, and who knows what surprises await us in Round 2. There are 16 matches on Wednesday, and we here at LastWordOnTennis share our predictions on all of them for you. We split the 16 matches between four articles. The other three articles feature Coco Gauff vs Anca Todoni<\/a>, Naomi Osaka vs Emma Navarro<\/a>, and Emma Raducanu vs Elise Mertens<\/a>. Predicting these matches are Jordan Reynolds, Nurein Ahmed, and Manuel Traquete. Who do you think will win?<\/p>\n

Wimbledon Day 3 Predictions<\/h2>\n

Maria Sakkari vs Arantxa Rus<\/h4>\n

Jordan:<\/em>
\nRus ended a run of five straight losses at Wimbledon in the last round. But she is very unlikely to trouble Sakkari. The Dutchwoman struggles on grass the most, and does not possess any weapons to hurt the Greek.
\nPrediction: Sakkari in 2<\/em><\/p>\n

Nurein:<\/em>
\nSakkari broke the fist round hoodoo at the Majors with her comfortable opening win. Now that the monkey is off her back, I expect the Greek to play with a lot of freedom in this match. She\u2019s got a great record against Arantxa Rus. Additionally, the Dutchwoman doesn\u2019t excel on this surface.
\nPrediction: Sakkari in 2<\/em><\/p>\n

Manuel:<\/em>
\nSakkari has been struggling in recent months, but she has a very clear edge in the matchup against Rus, having only all five matches between the pair dropping only one set in the process. She should prevail again here.
\nPrediction: Sakkari in 2<\/em><\/p>\n

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Marta Kostyuk vs Daria Saville<\/h4>\n

Jordan:<\/em>
\nKostyuk will be wary of the veteran Saville, who was impressive in the last round against Peyton Stearns. Grass is certainly the surface that the Australian is most likely to beat Kostyuk on. I still think the Ukrainian will just about get it done, but an upset is not out of the question in this one.
\nPrediction: Kostyuk in 3<\/em><\/p>\n

Nurein:<\/em>
\nCould this be the year that Marta Kostyuk makes it to the second week of Wimbledon<\/a>? She didn\u2019t pick up any wins during the two warm-up tournaments she played, but she did superbly in dismissing Rebecca Sramkova in her opener. Saville was equally impressive in beating Peyton Stearns, and I\u2019m having second thoughts in this matchup. I\u2019ll take Kostyuk, who has been brilliant for most of 2024.
\nPrediction: Kostyuk in 3<\/em><\/p>\n

Manuel:<\/em>
\nNeither player has been having a particularly good grass season, but both played very well in their opening round here. Kostyuk is generally the more solid and consistent player, though, and should advance here.
\nPrediction: Kostyuk in 2<\/em><\/p>\n

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