{"id":95710,"date":"2026-01-13T10:03:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T15:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=95710"},"modified":"2026-01-13T10:03:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T15:03:06","slug":"wta-hobart-day-3-predictions-including-iva-jovic-vs-renata-zarazua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2026\/01\/13\/wta-hobart-day-3-predictions-including-iva-jovic-vs-renata-zarazua\/","title":{"rendered":"WTA Hobart Day 3 Predictions Including Iva Jovic vs Renata Zarazua"},"content":{"rendered":"

The WTA Hobart has delivered some exciting tennis, and the third day Down Under even promises more. The last Aussie standing, Taylah Preston, will hope to continue her giant-killing run as she faces Slovakian Rebecca Sramkova. Will she have enough for another upset? We offer our predictions for the third day of action.<\/p>\n

WTA Hobart Day 3 Predictions<\/h2>\n

Rebecca Sramkova vs Taylah Preston<\/h4>\n

Head\u2013to\u2013Head: First Meeting<\/p>\n

Taylah Preston grabbed Hobart headlines with an upset victory over Jessica Bouzas Maneiro, rallying to a straight-sets victory to notch only her third career main-draw win.<\/p>\n

Preston\u2019s reward is a clash with Rebecca Sramkova, who edged Varvara Gracheva in a tight match. Sramkova sits well above Preston on the ladder, but Preston can play with freedom, especially with the crowd behind her. Another upset could be lurking.
\nPrediction: Preston in 3<\/em><\/p>\n

Peyton Stearns vs Olga Danilovic<\/h4>\n

Head\u2013to\u2013Head: First Meeting<\/p>\n

Peyton Stearns edged two-time major winner Barbora Krejcikova in a deciding-set thriller. She will meet Olga Danilovic next after the Serbian fought back to topple second seed McCartney Kessler. It\u2019s their first meeting, with both players hoping for a strong run to steady their rankings.<\/p>\n

Danilovic is only in her second match of the year, which could be a factor, while Stearns carries momentum from her upset of Krejcikova and may have the edge.
\nPrediction: Stearns in 3<\/em><\/p>\n

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Iva Jovic vs Renata Zarazua<\/h4>\n

Head\u2013to\u2013Head:\u00a0 Jovic 1 \u2013 0 Zarazua<\/p>\n

Iva Jovic delivered a statement win, blasting Janice Tjen with a bagel and breadfruit to reach the Hobart round of 16. The American teen<\/a> will rightly start as the favorite against Renata Zarazua, who edged Hailey Baptiste in three sets.<\/p>\n

While Zarazua is a tough challenger on hard courts, Jovic\u2019s tennis is another level, and she will have too much power for the Mexican.
\nPrediction: Jovic in 2<\/em><\/p>\n

Main Photo Credit: Jonathan Hui-Imagn Images<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The WTA Hobart has delivered some exciting tennis, and the third day Down Under even promises more. The last Aussie standing, Taylah Preston, will hope to continue her giant-killing run as she faces Slovakian Rebecca Sramkova. Will she have enough for another upset? We offer our predictions for the third day of action. WTA Hobart […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4883,"featured_media":85183,"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":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[42396,42397,3940,16296,18047,18048,16249,16258,11115,16437,17769,17770,2373,2369,10246],"class_list":["post-95710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-predictions","tag-iva-jovic","tag-iva-jovic-predictions","tag-olga-danilovic","tag-olga-danilovic-predictions","tag-peyton-stearns","tag-peyton-stearns-predictions","tag-rebecca-sramkova","tag-rebecca-sramkova-predictions","tag-renata-zarazua","tag-renata-zarazua-predictions","tag-taylah-preston","tag-taylah-preston-predictions","tag-tennis-picks","tag-tennis-predictions","tag-wta-hobart-predictions"],"modified_by":"Yesh Ginsburg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95710","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\/4883"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95710"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95718,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95710\/revisions\/95718"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}