Anna Karolína Schmiedlová vs Donna Vekić Prediction & Betting Tips - Women's Olympic Tournament

Prediction published on 31/07/2024, 19:03  by Daniel Ngulu | Modified on 01/08/2024 at 02:22 in Tennis Predictions

Donna Vekic, the 13th seed at the women’s tennis tournament at the 2024 Olympics, will play unseeded Anna Karolina Schmiedlova next. They will square off in the semi-finals with the winner playing Iga Swiatek or Qinwen Zheng in the gold medal match. Here we will analyze both players’ forms then give our prediction.

Anna Karolina Schmiedlova is having her best-ever campaign at an Olympics event. With her stunning form in the tournament and on clay this season, she will be confident of going all the way. Schmiedlova has registered 16 of her 27 total wins this year on clay.

The 29-year-old defeated the in-form reigning Wimbledon champion Barbora Krejcikova in the quarter-finals. She won in straight sets for the third time in this tournament. The former world number 26 is currently ranked 74th in the live ranking.

Donna Vekic has also advanced this far at the Summer Games for the first time. To earn this feat, the Croat won in three sets against Marta Kostyuk in the quarter-finals. That was her 25th win of the season in 40 outings and the sixth on clay.

Before outmuscling Kostyuk, Vekic had ousted second seed Cori Gauff in straight sets. The current world number 21 defeated Schmiedlova the only other time they squared off. That was on indoor hard court in Luxembourg in 2018.

Though this is a long time ago for it to hold that much of a bearing here, Vekic should look at it as motivation. Failure to win here for either Vekic or Schmiedlova will see them drop to the third-place match to fight for bronze.