Aryna Sabalenka (Belalrus) vs. Maria Sakkari (Greece) – Prediction (22.10.2019)

Preview and players comparison.

The pair met for the first time in the third round of Cincinnati this August. Sakkari lost the first set after having five set points and trailed the second one by 1-4. She went on to win the match 6-7, 6-4, 6-4 in two hours and 43 minutes for her career’s seventh top 10 win. Sabalenka, however, remains the favorite.

Aryna Sabalenka was nowhere close to contending for a WTA Elite Trophy spot at the start of the Asian swing. She changed that with a successful title defense in Wuhan, beating top 10 players Ashleigh Barty and Kiki Bertens en route. It was her third career title in China; also won Shenzhen this January. Sabalenka didn’t made an ideal follow-up to her Wuhan title, as she was stunned by a diminished Daria Kasatkina in an opening-round match of Beijing. Nonetheless, it was just the fourth time she had left a hard-court tournament without securing at least one win in the season out of 14 such appearances.

Ranked at her career-best 22nd position, Maria Sakkari will make her debut in the WTA Elite Trophy following strong performances during the 15-5 clay-court swing and the 8-4 North American hard-court season. The former included maiden career title in Rabat and joint-biggest semifinal showing in Rome. Sakkari is 13-12 on hard-courts this season, compared to the Belarusian’s 28-13. However, she picked up the slack in the US Open Series, posting a semifinal in San Jose and a quarterfinal in Cincinnati. The Greek has played just one match since August — lost last week’s Moscow first round to Pavlyuchenkova. Sakkari didn’t have a positive experience when she last played in China, going 0-4 in this country last year. Sabalenka will be playing at Zhuhai for the second time after she failed to get past the group stage in 2018 — defeated eventual champion Ashleigh Barty but lost to Caroline Garcia in straight sets.

Match Info and Live Scores.

Competition: WTA – SINGLES: Zhuhai (China), hard (indoor).
Start: 22.10.2019, 6:00 UTC.

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