{"id":80874,"date":"2025-03-07T17:28:47","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T22:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=80874"},"modified":"2025-03-07T17:28:47","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T22:28:47","slug":"wta-indian-wells-day-4-predictions-gauff-uchijima","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2025\/03\/07\/wta-indian-wells-day-4-predictions-gauff-uchijima\/","title":{"rendered":"WTA Indian Wells Day 4 Predictions Including Coco Gauff vs Moyuka Uchijima"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Among the players starting their WTA Indian Wells campaigns on Saturday will be No. 6 seed Jasmine Paolini and No. 3 seed Coco Gauff. The American looks to avoid a fourth consecutive defeat after starting the season with nine wins in a row. Paolini takes on 17-year-old Iva Jovic, one of the brightest local up-and-comers. Who do you think will come out on top?<\/p>\n<h2>WTA Indian Wells Day 4 Predictions<\/h2>\n<h4>Sonay Kartal vs Beatriz Haddad Maia<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head<\/strong>: First meeting<\/p>\n<p>Beatriz Haddad Maia is a streaky player with a 2-7 record for the year, and both wins came at the Australian Open. But the Brazilian can turn the corner at any time and certainly isn&#8217;t that easy to beat on most days. Sonay Kartal entered the event as a lucky loser and defeated the veteran 38-year-old Varvara Lepchenko in the opening round. Especially if it gets windy again (which it often does in Indian Wells), the marathon woman Haddad Maia might just grind her down.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Haddad Maia in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Magdalena Frech vs Lucia Bronzetti<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head<\/strong>: Bronzetti 2-0<\/p>\n<p>Lucia Bronzetti defeated Magdalena Frech twice in 2024, but the Pole had a breakout season with a WTA 500 title and a Top 30 debut. It&#8217;s clear that Bronzetti&#8217;s solid style isn&#8217;t the best fit for her game and slower conditions don&#8217;t really suit her type of grinding either. She needs some pop from the surface or for the slice to be an effective defensive tool. It&#8217;s not like Frech is locked out of this one, but potentially beating the Italian would require plenty of effort.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Bronzetti in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"c0kZ5I97SORX5q-BcEBoRw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/2203048072\" target=\"_blank\" 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:'c0kZ5I97SORX5q-BcEBoRw',sig:'sop1wXUegzrQuedeaA1alRB3BMzX4c7YuP4iWDwAjmE=',w:'594px',h:'370px',items:'2203048072',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Jasmine Paolini vs Iva Jovic<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head<\/strong>: First meeting<\/p>\n<p>That rain delay on Thursday came at a great moment for Iva Jovic, and the 17-year-old star returned the next day to produce a comeback win. The teenager has already proven herself on the WTA Tour and is capable of producing upsets. But Jasmine Paolini seems a little too out of her league for now. If the Italian&#8217;s ankle is fine now after she rolled it in Dubai, this might be a rough experience for Jovic, like the one she had against Elena Rybakina at the Australian Open.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Paolini in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Coco Gauff vs Moyuka Uchijima<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head<\/strong>: First meeting<\/p>\n<p>After the United Cup, Coco Gauff seemed like she had sorted out her forehand issues and briefly looked like the best player in the world. It was a disappointing exit for Paula Badosa at the Australian Open, and World No. 3 followed it up with a couple of quick losses in Doha and Dubai. Now, she has to avoid falling into a losing streak. Even after the revamp, the courts in Indian Wells should be slow enough for her to feel pretty comfortable here. Three losses in a row are likely going to be where the poor run ends.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Gauff in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Main Photo Credit: Mike Frey &#8211; USA TODAY Sports<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Among the players starting their WTA Indian Wells campaigns on Saturday will be No. 6 seed Jasmine Paolini and No. 3 seed Coco Gauff. The American looks to avoid a fourth consecutive defeat after starting the season with nine wins in a row. Paolini takes on 17-year-old Iva Jovic, one of the brightest local up-and-comers. 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