

What Time Will Jasmine Paolini Play Against Clara Tauson?
Paolini and Tauson are on the Day 4 Schedule at China Open 2024 on Saturday, 28 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?
[3] In the second round of the China Open, Jasmine Paolini from Italy, ranked 5th, will face Clara Tauson from Denmark, ranked 72nd. This will be their first meeting.
Facts about Jasmine Paolini:
– This is her second appearance at the China Open, having reached the third round last season where she lost to Sabalenka.
– It will be her first time facing a player from Denmark.
– Along with Cocciaretto, she is one of two players from Italy to reach the second round of the tournament.
– Paolini is the first player from Italy to be a top-three seeded player at a WTA 1000 event since Flavia Pennetta in 2015.
– Among Italian players in the past 10 years, only Sara Errani in 2015 has played more main draw matches in a single season than Paolini, who has played 36 matches in 2024.
– In 2024, only Iga Swiatek, Aryna Sabalenka, and Coco Gauff have won more Grand Slam and WTA 1000 main draw matches than Paolini, who has won 29 matches.
Facts about Clara Tauson:
– This is her first appearance at the China Open.
– She has faced top-10 players seven times before, earning one win against Anett Kontaveit at the 2022 Australian Open. However, she is 0-2 against top-10 players this year.
– Tauson is the only player from Denmark in the main draw.
– She has never won consecutive matches at WTA 1000 events and has five career WTA 1000 main draw match wins.
– Tauson has two hard court titles, both earned in 2021 at Luxembourg and Lyon.
Additional facts about Jasmine Paolini’s tournament history:
– She reached the third round at the Beijing tournament in 2023, losing to Sabalenka.
– After receiving a bye in the first round, she will face Clara Tauson in the second round.
– Paolini has won her last seven matches against players ranked outside the top 70. A loss in this match would be her worst since losing to No. 80 Mayar Sherif in Rome earlier this year.
– She has lost the opening match of a tournament four times this year: Adelaide, Linz, Doha, and Rome (after receiving a bye).
– This is her first time facing a player from Denmark.
– Her two WTA titles have been won on hard courts: Dubai in 2024 and Portoroz in 2021.
– Flavia Pennetta’s semi-final run in 2011 is the best result by an Italian player at the Beijing tournament.
– Currently, Paolini is ranked 5th, compared to her ranking of 37th at this time last year.
– During last year’s Asian swing, she reached the semi-finals in Zhengzhou and the third round in Beijing.
– In 2024, she has won 36 matches, including 16 on hard courts.
– The winner of this match will face the winner of Uchijima and Linette.
Additional facts about Clara Tauson’s tournament history:
– This is her debut appearance at the Beijing tournament.
– She has already defeated Harriet Dart to reach the second round.
– She will face Jasmine Paolini in the second round, and she has one career win against a top-10 player, defeating Anett Kontaveit at the 2022 Australian Open.
– In 2021, she has a 4-0 record against players from Italy, and her record in 2024 is 1-0, with a win over Giorgi at Linz.
– Tauson has a 16-21 career record against seeded players, and her record in 2024 is 2-9.
– She has won two hard court titles, Luxembourg and Lyon, both in 2021.
– Tauson is the only player from Denmark to reach the second round of the tournament.
– Currently, she is ranked 72nd, compared to her ranking of 76th at this time last year.
– During last year’s Asian swing, she reached the second round in Ningbo and Guangzhou.
My Conclusion / Prediction:
My pick is that Paolini will win.
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