Greet Minnen vs Harriet Dart Prediction & Betting Tips - WTA Guangzhou

Prediction published on 19/09/2023, 12:32  by Steve Ashfield | Modified on 19/09/2023 at 13:33 in Tennis Predictions

Tennis returns to China and this match is a second round game in the Guangzhou Open. Seventh seed Greet Minnen faces the qualifier Harriet Dart. The winner of this match goes into the last eight and will take on either fourth seed Lucia Bronzetti or the qualifier Moyuka Uchijima. Greet Minnen began this hard court tournamen ranked a career high 68th in the world and has had a busy year, chalking up 50 wins with 16 defeats. Her ranking took a big leap after reaching the last 32 of the US Open after having to qualify to get into the main draw. The Belgian only dropped two games in the first round when beating Venus Williams. August was a big month for her as she reached the final of the Polish Open. There's also been success on the ITF circuit with five finals being reached and two titles won both on hard courts. The first round saw her beat Diane Parry for the loss of only four games, taking her up to 66th in the live rankings.

Harriet Dart was ranked 155th in the world at the start of this Guangzhou Open. That's well below the 84th position the British player held in July of last year. Before this tournament, Dart had lost her last three matches, retiring in the most recent one. The 27-year-old had to win two qualifying matches to get into the main draw. Those were both won in straight sets for the loss of 13 games. Round one saw her get another two-set win with victory over unseeded Julie Niemeier with only five games dropped. These three wins have taken her up to 146th in the live rankings. Best performances for Dart this year has been winning a hard court ITF tournament held in Nottingham, England. The highest ranked player beaten that week was 293rd. Her one previous match against Minnen was won by Dart and that was played four years ago when Minnen was ranked 212th, 72 places below her opponent. A lot has changed since then and we go for Minnen to get the win.