Anastasia Potapova vs Magdalena Frech Prediction & Betting Tips - WTA National Bank Open

Prediction published on 05/08/2024, 08:20  by Daniel Ngulu | Modified on 05/08/2024 at 08:22 in Tennis Predictions

Anastasia Potapova will battle fellow unseeded player Magda Frech in the first round of this year’s Canadian Open. This Tuesday encounter will be the duo’s first career meeting. Let’s take a look at some stats for this match and our prediction.

Anastasia Potapova arrives for her third successive Canadian Open in poor form. The Russian, who earned a second-round finish here last year, has lost her last four matches. This is the worst stretch she has been on in a rocky year and she will be eager to put a stop to this.

A semi-finalist in Birmingham during the grass season, Potapova has compiled a 19-16 record. Eight of her wins came on hard courts where she has also lost seven times. Potapova has struggled on hard courts in recent seasons and hasn’t finished with a winning record on the surface since 2020. The 23-year-old starts the new week ranked 44th in the WTA.

Magda Frech sits five places below Potapova in the WTA world rankings, in 49th place. She is also eager to get back to winning ways after losing her last two matches. She lost in the final of the Prague Open to put a halt to her clay campaign, before enduring a short Olympic campaign.

Making her debut at the Summer Games, Frech was defeated in the first round by Viktoriya Tomova. Frech is hoping to stabilize her year here. She has compiled a 25-22 record and earned a semi-final finish in Nottingham as well as a fourth-round outing in Melbourne.

Making it to the second week in Melbourne is the best result of her Grand Slam career. The winner here will set up a second-round tie with 14th seed Diana Shnaider or a yet-to-be-revealed qualifier.