Caroline Dolehide vs Emina Bektas Prediction & Betting Tips - WTA Guangzhou

Prediction published on 20/10/2024, 12:12  by Daniel Ngulu | Modified on 20/10/2024 at 14:11 in Tennis Predictions

World number 100 Caroline Dolehide and world number 141 Emina Bektas will face off in the qualifying rounds in Guangzhou. The winner of this fourth career meeting between the two will advance to the tournament’s main draw. We have a prediction for this match.

Caroline Dolehide snapped a five-match losing run in the first round of qualifying. The American, who has had a torrid last two months, lost eight of her last 10 fixtures. This run has taken her record to 15-26.

A semi-finalist in Washington back in August, Dolehide defeated You Xiaodi by the loss of three games in the first round.

Emina Bektas won the last two times in which she squared off with Dolehide. She beat Dolehide on a hardcourt surface on her way to winning the Abierto Tampico Challenger in their last showdown.

That run should give her the confidence going into this encounter. Bektas, who has compiled a 22-24 record, defeated Margarita Betova in straight sets to set up this tie.

The win, which snapped a three-match skid, moved her up three places to 138th in the live ranking. Bektas has suffered more qualifying-round defeats than Dolehide.

Seven of the 15 tour-level losses she has suffered have been in the preliminaries.