Anna Kalinskaya vs Anastasia Potapova Prediction & Picks - WTA Ningbo Open

Prediction published on 10/14/24, 9:38 PM  by Lou Aguila | Modified on 10/14/24 at 9:40 PM in Tennis Picks

Anna Kalinskaya will have a much wider road towards the championship rounds at the Ningbo Open as she looks to take advantage of the absence of big hitters like Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff at this WTA 500 tournament. She will kick things off with a first-round duel against Anastasia Potapova. Kalinskaya received the No.7 seed due to her No.12 rankings on the WTA Tour. After a third-round finish at the US Open, the Russian opened the Asian leg of the tour with back-to-back three-set wins over Americans Hailey Baptiste 3-6 7-6(2) 7-6(5) and Peyton Stearns 3-6 6-3 3-1 ret. However, Kalinskaya missed an opportunity to reach the quarterfinals of the China Open as she got upset by Ukrainian qualifier Yuliia Starodubtseva 7-5 6-0 in the round of 16. Kalinskaya had a much shorter stint at the Wuhan Open, where she dropped a 6-4 6-7(2) 6-1 loss to Ekaterina Alexandrova in the second round. Meanwhile, Potapova just had a forgetful Asian campaign following early round exits in Beijing and Wuhan. The Russian fell to Greetje Minnen 7-5 2-6 6-4 in the second round of the China Open and Jessica Pegula in the same round 6-2 2-0 ret at Wuhan Open.