

What Time Will Emma Navarro Play Against Shuai Zhang?
Navarro and Zhang are on the Day 3 Schedule at China Open 2024 on Friday, 27 September 2024. Lets breakdown the career, past stats and recent form of these players and predict who will get the victory.
Who Will Win In This Head-To-Head?
Emma Navarro, currently ranked No. 8 in the USA, will be playing against wildcard player Shuai Zhang, who is ranked No. 595 from China. This will be their first meeting. Navarro is making her tournament debut and has not lost to a player ranked outside the top 500 since July 2021 when she was ranked No. 369. She lost her opening match at the Cincinnati hard-court tournament this year against Mirra Andreeva. Navarro is currently at No. 7 on the PIF Race to the WTA Finals Leaderboard and has won 45 matches in 2024, ranking her third in matches won after Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka.
On the other hand, Zhang has reached the quarterfinals in Beijing twice, most recently in 2018. She ended a 24-match losing streak with her first-round win over McCartney Kessler, which was the second-longest losing streak in the Open Era. Zhang has eight wins against top 10 players in her career, the most recent being against Caroline Garcia in 2022. She is currently ranked No. 595 on the PIF WTA Rankings, making her the lowest-ranked player to play in the main draw in the history of the tournament.
My Conclusion / Prediction:
My pick is that Navarro will win.
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