Anhelina Kalinina vs Diane Parry Prediction & Betting Tips - WTA French Open

Prediction published on 29/05/2023, 05:59  by Nella Wagah in Tennis Predictions

Wildcard Diane Parry and 25th seed Anhelina Kalinina will meet in the first round of the French Open on Tuesday. Anhelina is coming from loss in the final at the Italian Open. Playing in her first final of the season, the Ukrainian was forced to retire in the second set against Elena Rybakina with injury. A positive though from her run in Rome is that she is up to 24th in the live ranking, a new career high. She will hope to be fully fit for this third career encounter with Parry. Kalinina has defeated Parry in both previous meetings, which have all coincidentally, been on clay. Overall, Kalinina has had a rocky season so far with only four more wins than losses. She has played eight times on clay and has ended up victorious on five occasions.

Diane Parry is down 15 places to number 94 in the live ranking after losing 120 ranking points. She too has had a rocky season and currently has a losing record with 15 losses and 14 wins. She has excelled on clay though where eight of her wins and only title so far have come. The American won the WTA 125 in Paris before arriving here and will be confident of prolonging her stay. Parry is making her sixth appearance at Roland Garros. Last season she made it to the third round to record her best ever finish. The winner of this match will advance to the second round to play either the qualifier Mirra Andreeva or the unseeded Alison Riske-Amritraj.