Prediction Of Putintseva Vs Shuai H2H, Who Will Win At WTA Dongfeng Voyah Wuhan Open 2024?

What Time Will Yulia Putintseva Play Against Zhang Shuai?

Putintseva and Shuai are on the Day 2 Schedule at Dongfeng Voyah Wuhan Open 2024 on October 8, 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?

Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan, currently ranked #35, is facing Zhang Shuai of China, who is ranked #250, in the first round of the Wuhan tournament. Putintseva leads their head-to-head record with 4 wins out of their 6 meetings, including winning their last 4 matches. Putintseva is making her 4th main-draw appearance at the Wuhan tournament, with her best result being reaching the second round in 2016. She has a career tour-level record of 13-8 against players from China and has reached 3 WTA finals on hard courts. She is the only player from Kazakhstan in this week’s main draw. The best result by a player from Kazakhstan at the Wuhan tournament was Elena Rybakina’s quarterfinal run in 2019. Putintseva is looking to end a 3-match losing streak, having lost in the third round of the US Open, and suffered opening-match defeats in Seoul and Beijing. Zhang, on the other hand, is making her 5th appearance at the Wuhan tournament, with her career-best result being reaching the round of 16 in 2018. She has won 3 WTA singles titles, all on hard courts, and has a career tour-level record of 7-8 against players from Kazakhstan. Zhang is one of 5 players from China in this week’s main draw, and the best result by a Chinese player at the Wuhan tournament was Wang Qiang’s semifinal run in 2018. Zhang is currently ranked #250, with her career-high ranking being #22. Last week, she snapped a 24-match losing streak by reaching the quarterfinals in Beijing, including her first win over a top 10 player in 2 years. She is contesting her 78th WTA 1000 main draw and has reached 4 quarterfinals in such events, most recently in Cincinnati. The winner of the match between Putintseva and Zhang will face the #15 seed Donna Vekic in the second round.

My Conclusion / Prediction:

My pick is that Putintseva will win.
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