Qinwen Zheng vs Yulia Putintseva Prediction & Picks - WTA US Open
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As she looks to climb the rankings following a rough spell, Qinwen Zheng continued to improve during the first round of the US Open, defeating up-and-comer Kristina Liutova in three sets. She's now up against the higher-ranked Yulia Putintseva, who should be full of confidence following a pleasing win against world number 12 Belinda Bencic. Can that victory push the world number 84 into the third round of this slam for just a second time since 2020?
At early odds of -115, it's hard not to support Yulia Putintseva to, at the very least, go down without losing in straight sets. The Kazakh player has been fighting hard in recent weeks, so much so that she can definitely be fancied to push Qinwen Zheng a little harder than the early odds would have us believe. She has, after all, defeated the Chinese player not once, but twice before.
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Qinwen Zheng vs Yulia Putintseva Form
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Qinwen Zheng - Yulia Putintseva Key Points
- When the pair last met, Yulia Putintseva came out on top.
- When the pair last met a Grand Slam, Yulia Putintseva won.
- Yulia Putintseva has never lost to Qinwen Zheng.
- Yulia Putintseva has not lost a hard-court match to a lower-ranked player in straight sets since October of last year.
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Our Qinwen Zheng vs Yulia Putintseva Prediction
The early odds are not a fair enough reflection of things ahead of this match. Qinwen Zheng has not been at the levels she once reached for a while now, and while she has played well over the last week or so, the fact that she dropped a set against Liutova last time out tells us that she has a stronger chance of failing to win this in straight sets than the early odds do. After all, she's up against a player who will be full of confidence following the defeat of the world number 12, a player who has not lost to a lower-ranked player on a hard court in 2026.
Our Qinwen Zheng vs Yulia Putintseva Pick: Yulia Putintseva +1.5 Set Handicap.
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