Anna Kalinskaya vs Bianca Andreescu Prediction & Betting Tips - WTA French Open

Prediction published on 30/05/2024, 00:50  by Daniel Ngulu | Modified on 30/05/2024 at 00:52 in Tennis Predictions

World number 228 Bianca Andreescu and 23rd seed Anna Kalinskaya will meet in the second round at the French Open. A third-round showdown with either Hailey Baptiste or Jasmine Paolini will then await the winner. Anna Kalinskaya defeated Clara Burel in a gruelling two-set match that lasted two hours and four minutes. She was pushed to seven games in each set and needed a tiebreaker in the first. Her third win on clay ended a three-match skid and improved her record to 21-10. The Russian, who made the quarter-finals in Melbourne earlier in the year, is now up to 22nd in the live ranking, a career-high. Before her run at the Australian Open, Kalinskaya had never won two rounds at a major. The 25-year-old has recorded a runner-up finish in Dubai as well as a run to the fourth round in Miami.

Bianca Andreescu put up a strong performance in the first round as she returned to the tour after 10 months. The former US Open champion defeated Sara Sorribes Tormo in straight sets, losing six games in the process. This was her first match since last August. The Canadian, who is playing with a protected ranking, had been sidelined with a stress fracture to her back. This absence impacted her world ranking and saw her plummet out of the WTA top 200 for the first time since 2018. The former world number four is currently placed at number 263 in the live ranking after dropping 35 places. Andreescu produced her best result at Roland Garros last year with her third-round finish.