{"id":90996,"date":"2025-09-23T13:25:33","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T17:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=90996"},"modified":"2025-09-23T13:25:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T17:25:33","slug":"wta-beijing-day-1-predictions-including-barbora-krejcikova-vs-anna-blinkova","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2025\/09\/23\/wta-beijing-day-1-predictions-including-barbora-krejcikova-vs-anna-blinkova\/","title":{"rendered":"WTA Beijing Day 1 Predictions Including Barbora Krejcikova vs Anna Blinkova"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Asian swing moves to Beijing this week, where the WTA Masters event brings together some intriguing first-round battles. With the season winding down, players are balancing fatigue with the chance to earn valuable ranking points. Hard courts in Beijing often reward clean ball-striking and movement, which could shape the outcome of several matchups in the opening round. As always, we here at LWOT will be offering our predictions for every match<\/a> on the schedule. But who will advance?<\/p>\n

WTA Beijing Day 1 Predictions<\/h2>\n

Anastasia Sevastova vs Kimberly Birrell<\/h4>\n

Head-to-Head:<\/strong> first meeting<\/p>\n

Sevastova is still working her way back after her time away, but her mix of spins and angles remains as tricky as ever. Birrell, who leans on resilience and counterpunching, has not found much consistent success in recent months. If Sevastova can dictate with her court craft, she has the tools to disrupt Birrell\u2019s rhythm, though the Australian\u2019s tenacity may keep her competitive.<\/p>\n

Prediction: Sevastova in 3<\/p>\n

Tatjana Maria vs Marie Bouzkova<\/h4>\n

Head-to-Head:<\/strong> Maria 3\u20130 Bouzkova<\/p>\n

Maria\u2019s slice-heavy, all-court style makes her a difficult opponent to pin down, especially in quicker conditions. Bouzkova\u2019s defensive skills and movement, however, mean she is well equipped to extend rallies and test Maria\u2019s patience. Their past matches have been competitive, and while Maria\u2019s variety could frustrate, Bouzkova\u2019s ability to absorb pressure may tilt things in her favor.<\/p>\n

Prediction: Bouzkova in 3<\/p>\n

Katie Boulter vs Hailey Baptiste<\/h4>\n

Head-to-Head:<\/strong> Boulter 1\u20130 Baptiste<\/p>\n

Boulter has built momentum this season with her powerful baseline game and improved composure on hard courts. Baptiste brings explosiveness and athleticism, often able to turn points around quickly with her shot-making. Both are capable of streaky play, and while Boulter\u2019s experience might steady her in key moments, Baptiste\u2019s aggressive style makes this a contest with little margin for error.<\/p>\n

Prediction: Boulter in 2<\/p>\n

Barbora Krejcikova vs Anna Blinkova<\/h4>\n

Head-to-Head:<\/strong> Krejcikova 2\u20130 Blinkova<\/p>\n

Krejcikova has shown flashes of brilliance this season, most notably with her Wimbledon triumph, but consistency has often been missing. Blinkova, on the other hand, has made her best impact on hard courts when she finds rhythm, though she has lacked Krejcikova\u2019s big-stage results. With her variety and improved consistency of late, Krejcikova looks well positioned, though Blinkova\u2019s baseline steadiness ensures it may not all be straightforward.<\/p>\n

Prediction: Krejcikova in 2<\/p>\n

Main Photo Credit: David Kirouac-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Asian swing moves to Beijing this week, where the WTA Masters event brings together some intriguing first-round battles. With the season winding down, players are balancing fatigue with the chance to earn valuable ranking points. Hard courts in Beijing often reward clean ball-striking and movement, which could shape the outcome of several matchups in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4590,"featured_media":60902,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"1","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[16130,16131,15867,17386,17859,7684,15953,1225,16172,4109,18183,6173,15566,2255,17463,2373,2369,9010,41611,2374,4935],"class_list":["post-90996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-predictions","tag-anastasia-sevastova","tag-anastasia-sevastova-predictions","tag-anna-blinkova-predictions","tag-barbora-krecjikova","tag-barbora-krecjikova-predictions","tag-hailey-baptiste","tag-hailey-baptiste-predictions","tag-katie-boulter","tag-katie-boulter-predictions","tag-kimberly-birrell","tag-kimberly-birrell-predictions","tag-marie-bouzkova","tag-marie-bouzkova-predictions","tag-tatjana-maria","tag-tatjana-maria-predictions","tag-tennis-picks","tag-tennis-predictions","tag-wta-beijing","tag-wta-beijing-predictions","tag-wta-picks","tag-wta-predictions"],"modified_by":"Steen Kirby","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4590"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90996"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90996\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91023,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90996\/revisions\/91023"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}