{"id":70848,"date":"2024-07-26T12:01:25","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T16:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=70848"},"modified":"2024-07-26T13:56:20","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T17:56:20","slug":"paris-olympics-day-1-womens-doubles-predictions-kerber-siegemund-boulter-watson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2024\/07\/26\/paris-olympics-day-1-womens-doubles-predictions-kerber-siegemund-boulter-watson\/","title":{"rendered":"Paris Olympics Day 1 Women’s Doubles Predictions Including Angelique Kerber and Laura Siegemund vs Katie Boulter and Heather Watson"},"content":{"rendered":"

Day 1 of the Paris Olympics tennis tournament is Saturday, and it kicks off the men’s and women’s singles and doubles events. In addition to our regular predictions of all singles matches, as a special treat for you us at LastWordOnTennis will be sharing predictions for the Olympics doubles matches. One of the questions on Day 1 will be if Angelique Kerber can advance in either singles or doubles, or will Saturday be the final day of her career<\/a>. Will she advance? Predicting Saturday’s matches are Jordan Reynolds, Jim Smith, and Yesh Ginsburg. We also have predictions for the rest of the Day 1 matches in a separate article–featuring Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula vs Daria Saville and Ellen Perez<\/a>, as Gauff begins her quest for three medals in Paris. Who do you think will move on? (Note that in Olympic doubles, a third set is a match tiebreak–first team to ten points wins.)<\/p>\n

As a special for the Olympics, we will also be predicting all of the day’s other matches, both singles and doubles. We will link to our other Olympic predictions at the bottom of the article. Enjoy!<\/p>\n

Paris Olympics Day 1 Women’s Doubles Predictions<\/h2>\n

Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini (Italy) vs Lulu Sun and Erin Routliffe (New Zealand)<\/h4>\n

Jordan:<\/em>
\nSun\u2019s strong serve and willingness to come forward to the net seen at Wimbledon shows her potential in doubles. She is partnered with the current world No. 1 in women\u2019s doubles Routliffe. However, it is still tough to pick against the Italians. They have much more experience together as a pair and they also reached the final of the women\u2019s doubles at the French Open a matter of weeks ago.
\nPrediction: Errani and Paolini in 2<\/em><\/p>\n

Jim:<\/em>
\nIt has been quite the summer for Lulu Sun, who recently enjoyed a memorable run at Wimbledon<\/a>–reaching the quarterfinals at the All-England Club. Sun has not been the only in-form Kiwi on the WTA Tour either–Erin Routliffe ascended to the top of the WTA rankings for the first time earlier this month after reaching the final. But the New Zealand duo are coming up against Roland Garros singles\u2019 finalists past and present in Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini. The former also happens to have won the doubles title.
\nPrediction: Errani and Paolini in 2<\/em><\/p>\n

Yesh:<\/em>
\nSun is coming off a magical run at Wimbledon, and her reward is to compete alongside the newly-minted World #1 in doubles. That might even be enough to get past the Italians, though Jasmine Paolini is playing the most inspired tennis of anyone in the world.
\nPrediction: Errani and Paolini in 3<\/em><\/p>\n

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Gabriela Dabrowski and Leylah Fernandez (Canada) vs Clara Burel and Varvara Gracheva (France)<\/h4>\n

Jordan:<\/em>
\nI expect the Canadian pair to progress comfortably against Burel and Gracheva. Dabrowski is the No. 3 ranked women\u2019s doubles player, while Fernandez progressed to the final last year at the French Open. By contrast, the Frenchwomen do not possess track records that come close to their opponents.
\nPrediction: Dabrowski and Fernandez in 2<\/em><\/p>\n

Jim:<\/em>
\nClara Burel\/Varvara Gracheva vs Leylah Fernandez\/Gabriela Dabrowski
\nWith the banking of the French crowd, it is hard to see Clara Burel and Varvara Gracheva losing this match. Their affinity for the French clay should also prove a useful asset.
\nPrediction: Burel and Gracheva in 3<\/em><\/p>\n

Yesh:<\/em>
\nThis is a rough draw for the Frenchwomen, as Dabrowski is one of the best doubles players in the world. And she gets a partner who can play with pace and is solid at net, too.
\nPrediction: Dabrowski and Fernandez in 2<\/em><\/p>\n

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