Shuai Zhang vs Paula Badosa Prediction & Betting Tips - WTA China Open

Prediction published on 02/10/2024, 02:46  by Kennedy Kechula | Modified on 02/10/2024 at 02:49 in Tennis Predictions

The China Open quarter-finals are here, with one of the fixtures seeing 15th seed Paula Badosa take on wildcard Zhang Shuai. The winner will then play Cori Gauff or Yuliia Starodbutseva for a place in the final. We have a prediction for this match ready.

Zhang Shuai is having strong show at this competition and will be confident of a win here. The Chinese athlete arrived in Beijing looking to end one of the longest losing streaks at WTA level. She had lost 24 successive matches.

Playing on home soil, at a tournament she has now made the quarters for a third time, has reinvigorated her. Shuai has won all four of her matches in straight sets.

Among those to fall to her was world number eight Emma Navarro. Shuai, who defeated the in-form Magda Frech in the fourth round, has moved 346 places to 249th in the live ranking.

Paula Badosa is also having a dominant time in Beijing, where she is yet to lose a set. This is the first time she is competing in the main draw here and has emerged as a likely candidate for the title.

The Spaniard defeated second seed and world number three Jessica Pegula by the loss of four games in the last round. She won the second set 6-0, further displaying the sort of form and confidence she is in.

Badosa is having a terrific season and so far has compiled a 33-16 record. Twenty-two of her wins have been on hard courts resulting in a title in Washington and a run to the semis in Cincinnati.

Badosa, who is now up to 16th in the live ranking, also produced a quarter-final finish at the US Open.