The WTA Cincinnati Open will have another interesting day of tennis with 14 second-round matches being played. Jasmine Paolini, the #5 seed, and Olympic champion, Qinwen Zheng are in action. As always, we here at LWOT will offer our predictions for every match on the slate for Day 3. But who will advance to the next round?<\/p>\n
Head-to-Head<\/strong>: Kasatkina 2-0 Townsend<\/p>\n Daria Kasatkina had a routine win over Ekaterina Alexandrova in the first round. She needed this win desperately, having lost her last three matches. She served well but needs to control her double fault rate. Kasatkina has hit 33 double faults in her last three matches and will need to be better if she wants to have a deep run this week. Taylor Townsend has had an incredible turnaround since losing to Erika Andreeva in Toronto qualifying. She has achieved a career-high singles ranking following her quarterfinal run last week. However, Kasatkina is the better player and will find a way to win this important match. [tgdcta items=”1″ id=”170476″]<\/p>\n Head-to-Head<\/strong>: Wozniacki 7-1 Pavlyuchenkova<\/p>\n Caroline Wozniacki has lost twice to Anhelina Kalinina since her comeback but she took her revenge brilliantly. She won the match in straight sets to set up an exciting match against Pavlyuchenkova. There is a long history between these two, granted a one-sided one. Their first meeting came 15 years ago and the last one in 2017. Wozniacki has dominated this match-up over the years but Pavlyuchenkova’s only win came at the Cincinnati Open. Pavlyuchenkova has been better on hard courts this year which should give her the edge.
\nPrediction: Kasatkina in 3<\/em><\/p>\nCaroline Wozniacki vs Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova<\/h4>\n
\nPrediction: Pavlyuchenkova in 3<\/em><\/p>\n