Anna Kalinskaya vs Qinwen Zheng Prediction & Betting Tips - WTA Australian Open

Prediction published on 22/01/2024, 08:41  by Daniel Ngulu in Tennis Predictions

Qinwen Zheng, the 12th seed, and unseeded Anna Kalinskaya will battle each other in the quarterfinals at the Australian Open. The winner will then set up a semifinal showdown with either Linda Noskova or Dayana Yastremska. Anna Kalinskaya has progressed to her first-ever Grand Slam quarterfinal. She is having the tournament of her career. Before this season Kalinskaya had never won more than one main draw match at a major. To secure passage to this round, the Russian got the better of 26th seed Jasmine Paolini. She won the match in straight sets, the second time she had done so in the competition. Now with an 8-2 record to start the season, the 25-year-old has moved up a massive 38 places in the live ranking. She is now ranked 37th in the world which is a new career high.

Qinwen Zheng has made the quarterfinals for the second successive Grand Slam. The Chinese number one finished in the top eight at last year’s US Open. It was her biggest achievement at a major and seems to have sparked something. Zheng, who is making her third appearance in Melbourne, had never gone past the second round here. In both her two previous appearances, she had been eliminated immediately after winning her tournament opener. Zheng was in devastating form in the fourth round as she lost just three games against Oceane Dodin. She is now up four places to 11th in the live ranking which is a new career high.