Danielle Collins vs Jaqueline Cristian Prediction & Betting Tips - WTA Mutua Madrid Open

Prediction published on 28/04/2024, 00:28  by Daniel Ngulu in Tennis Predictions

Qualifier Jaqueline Cristian will play 13th seed Danielle Collins in the third round of the Madrid Open on Sunday. A fourth-round showdown with either Robin Montgomery or Aryna Sabalenka will then await the winner. Danielle Collins has won 14 matches in a row. This is the longest she has gone without defeat in her career. It is befitting that this is happening in her final season as a pro. Collins is set to retire at the end of the season. In this hot streak, she won in Miami and Charleston. Collins had a troubled opener against the qualifier Olga Danilovic and had to come from a set down to win. The match lasted two hours and 43 minutes and required Collins to win a tiebreaker in the third set. This was her 27th win of the season and continued her unbeaten run on clay. The world number 15 has won all seven matches she has played on clay. Collins is playing in the third round in Madrid for the first time.

Jaqueline Cristian has also advanced past the second round in Madrid for the first time. She made her main draw debut in this WTA 1000 event last year. Cristian, who is an exceptional clay court performer, will now hope to cause an upset here. The Romanian has won 148 matches on clay in her career with four coming in Madrid. She began the campaign in the qualifying rounds and has won two of her four matches without dropping a set. Cristian defeated 22nd seed Barbora Krejcikova in three sets in the last round. She allowed the former French Open champion just two games in the final two sets after losing the first set. Cristian, who is now up to 67th in the live ranking, has registered eight of her 14 wins this season on clay.