Ons Jabeur vs Alycia Parks Prediction & Betting Tips - WTA Mérida

Prediction published on 18/09/2023, 09:31  by Steve Ashfield | Modified on 18/09/2023 at 10:32 in Tennis Predictions

World number seven Ons Jabeur is the top seed in the Guaalajara Open. The Tunisian takes on unseeded Alycia Parks after receiving a bye in the first round. For the winner of this match the possible opponents in round three are either 15th seed Jasmine Paolini or unseeded Martina Trevisan. Jabeur will move up to sixth in the world rankings if beating her American opponent. Currently eighth in the Live WTA Race, a good run in this tournament will boost her chances of making it into the end-of-season Tour Finals. Jabeur needs to bounce back from her loss to Anastasia Potapova in San Diego last week. Prior to that the 29-year-old reached the last eight in Cincinnati and the fourth round of the US Open. One title has been won by her this year but that was on clay and this is a hard court event.

Alycia Parks is ranked 45th in the latest list and that's five places below the career high achieved last month. Perhaps before this match the two might discuss playing Anastasia Potapova. Before beating Ons Jabeur, Potapova then also knocked out Alycia Parks in the first round. That was the third successive loss for Parks but she got back in winning ways this week. The 22-year-old beat fellow American Lauren Davis in the first round of this tournament, losing only five games. Two of her last three wins have come against Davis having recently beaten her in Montreal. Only three of her last nine main draw hard court matches have been won. Jabeur can win this in straight sets.