Xiyu Wang vs Yue Yuan Prediction & Betting Tips - ATX Open

Prediction published on 03/03/2024, 04:29  by Ian John in Tennis Predictions

Sixth seed Xiyu Wang faces compatriot and eighth seed Yue Yuan in the ATX Open Final in Austin on Sunday evening. It will be the first occasion that the two Chinese players will have played a match on tour. Both players form has seen them climb the Live Rankings of late with Wang climbing to 51st and Yuan a career high of 57th, both after their semi-final victories. On her way to the final, Wang defeated Nadia Podoroski (7-5, 6-4), Darja Semenistaja (6-1, 6-2), Danielle Collins (6-2, ret.) and in the semi final top seed Anhelina Kalinina (6-3, 7-6(4)). She is yet to drop a set in Austin and this performance represents her best since her victory in Guanghzou WTA International in September 2023, where she beet top seed Magda Linette in the final comfortably, 6-0, 6-2.  In the last seven months she has also reached the final of the W100 Tokyo (losing to Viktorija Golubic) and the semi-final in Auckland back in January, where she lost to second seed Elina Svitolina. 

Austin will be the second final that Yue Yuan has reached in the past seven months after her defeat to Zhouxuan Bai in the W100 Takasaki back in November. She also reached the semi-finals in Hobart but disappointed at the Australian Open, Hua Hin and Doha with early defeats in all three events. Those performances droppoed her back down the rankings after steady improvement, but she her performances in Austin have her moving in the right direction again. She's beaten Arina Rodionova (3-6, 6-3, 6-1) followed by Taylor Townsend (6-3, 7-6(5)), Yafan Wang (6-3, 7-5) and most impressively Anna Schmiedlova of Slovakia in her semi final (6-0, 6-3). She improved her serve massively in the semi final, serving aces 13.7% of the time, an improvement of 12.4% on her quarter final performance in the win over Yafan Wang.