Tennis forecast: Zhang Shuai - Victoria Kuzhmova

In the 1/16 finals of the WTA tournament in Estonia, Zhang Shuai from China will play against Victoria Kuzhmova from Slovakia.

Victoria KuzhmovaThe 24-year-old representative of Slovakia made her way to the main draw of the Tallinn tournament through qualification.

In the semifinals , Kuzhmova made a sensation and won a strong-willed victory over Katie McNally from the USA in three sets – 5:7; 7:5; 6:2. And on the 25th, Victoria won a strong -willed victory over Eva Lis from Germany in three sets – 1:6; 6:3; 6:2. In the first the game did not go well with Kuzhmova, Victoria lost two games on her serve and as a result quickly lost the game. In the second set, the game between the tennis players became more equal. However, at the start of the set, Kuzhmova almost lost a game on her serve, but she was able to save the situation from 0:40. Then, from the score 3:2 in her favor, Victoria made two consecutive breaks, and between these she lost one game on her serve. After that, Kuzhmova competently served for the set and equalized the score in the match. And in the decisive game, Kuzhmova played much more competently. Victoria made a break at the start and at the end of the game, and then Victoria competently served for the match. The tennis players spent one hour and forty minutes on the court.

The day before yesterday, Victoria Kuzhmova played a doubles match at a tournament in Estonia together with Anna-Lena Friedsam from Germany. In the 1/8 finals, Kuzhmova and Fridzam confidently beat Georgina Garcia-Perez from Spain and Xiu Wang from China in two sets – 6:1; 6:3. The tennis players spent one hour and five minutes on the court.

Zhang ShuaiThe 33-year-old representative of China, in turn, is just getting ready to start at the tournament in Tallinn.

Recall that last week Shuai played quite well at the WTA tournament in Japan, where Zhang reached the semifinals and lost in two sets to Russian tennis player Lyudmila Samsonova – 6:7 (4:7); 2:6. Recall that it was Samsonova who eventually won the title in Tokyo.

Zhang Shuai and Victoria Kuzhmova played together in 2019 at the WTA tournament in Indian Wells. Then in the 1/64 finals on hard tennis, the tennis player from China was stronger in two sets – 6:2; 6:4.

ForecastIn this match, Zhang Shuai is rightly considered by bookmakers to be the undisputed favorite.

In this match, a tennis player from China is quite capable of winning with a score of 2:0 in sets, this is the outcome we suggest you bet on.