Sara Sorribes Tormo vs Nadia Podoroska Prediction & Betting Tips - WTA Rabat Open

Prediction published on 21/05/2024, 02:30  by Nella Wagah in Tennis Predictions

Sara Sorribes Tormo, the third seed at the Morocco Open, will play unseeded Nadia Podoroska in the second round. Coming into this encounter, Sara Sorribes Tormo has never lost to Podroska. She won their most recent encounter two weeks ago in Rome to extend her winning run in this series to three matches. This should have her confident of prolonging her stay in Rabat past this round. The Spaniard was in exquisite form in her opener against Harriet Dart and allowed the Briton just two games. Though she has compiled a losing record, Sorribes Tormo has registered seven of her nine wins on clay. The win over Dart has thrust her two places to 44th in the live ranking.

Nadia Podoroska will know that Sorribes Tormo has never advanced past the second round in Rabat. She will use this as motivation as she seeks her first win in this fixture. The Argentine is playing in this event for a third time and was last here in 2017. She had a winning return thanks to a straight-sets win over Tatjana Maria. Her seventh win in 11 outings on clay, improved her record for the season to 15-13. It also moved her up one place to 58th in the live ranking. Podoroska won the San Luis Potosi Challenger last month to record her best result of the season thus far. The winner here will set up a quarter-final tie with either Mayar Sherif, Aya El Aouni, Maria Carle or Arantxa Rus.