Irina-Camelia Begu vs Victoria Mboko Prediction & Picks - WTA 125K Parma, Italy Women Singles

Prediction published on 5/16/25, 7:24 AM  by Lou Aguila | Modified on 5/17/25 at 1:52 PM in Tennis Picks

Gunning for another final appearance this year, Victoria Mboko of Canada gear up for a testy matchup against No.8 seed Irina-Camelia Begu of Romania in the semifinal of the 2025 Ladies Parma in Palermo, Italy.

Mboko improved his clay-court card in 2025 to 6-2 following another eye-popping performance against the No.43 ranked Xinyu Wang of China 6-4 6-0. The Canadian overpowered Wang with thunderous serves and laser forehands, bagging 27 points off her first serves and piercing through Wang’s services with 5 breakpoint conversions.

Begu also booked her ticket to the semis of this WTA 125 event after edging Anna Bondar of Italy 3-6 6-3 7-6(5) in the quarterfinal. Begu climbed from a set down by playing better tennis onward, producing most of her 53 first-serve points and 43 return points in the last two sets.