{"id":546354,"date":"2026-04-23T12:13:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T12:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/546354\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T12:13:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T12:13:08","slug":"wta-madrid-day-3-predictions-including-swiatek-vs-snigur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/546354\/","title":{"rendered":"WTA Madrid Day 3 Predictions Including Swiatek vs Snigur"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Day 3 at the WTA 1000 in Madrid will see the debut of the seeds, with several intriguing matchups in prospect. Despite being a clay tournament, the altitude makes Madrid play quite fast, leading to very different matches than you usually see in Rome or <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/category\/french-open\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Roland Garros<\/a> and making results even more unpredictable than usual.<\/p>\n<p>WTA Madrid Day 3 Predictions<br \/>\nBelinda Bencic vs Petra Marcinko<\/p>\n<p>Head-to-head: first meeting<\/p>\n<p>While Bencic isn\u2019t having a great season, her losses have mostly come to top ranked players and she has done a good job of defeating those below her. With that in mind, Marcinko is unlikely to cause her many issues here and it should be Bencic advancing to third round.<br \/>Prediction: Bencic in 2<\/p>\n<p>Ann Li vs Alycia Parks<\/p>\n<p>Head-to-head: Parks 1-0 Li<\/p>\n<p>Although Li is the far higher ranked player of the two, Parks actually won their one previous matchup and she has been playing more (and at a decent level) on clay so far this year. All things considered, it should be a very close match, decided by a few key points, with whoever manages to hold their nerve and execute better in those key moments coming through.<br \/>Prediction: Parks in 3<\/p>\n<p>Jaqueline Cristian vs Yulia Starodubtseva<\/p>\n<p>Head-to-head: Cristian 2-0 Starodubtseva<\/p>\n<p>Cristian might the higher ranked player of the two, but she hasn\u2019t been at her best lately while Starodubtseva has been playing a lot on clay so far this year and even made a fantastic run to the final in Charleston (only losing to Jessica Pegula). Given their recent form, Starodubtseva could well be the one advancing here.<br \/>Prediction: Starodubtseva in 3<\/p>\n<p>Iga Swiatek vs Daria Snigur<\/p>\n<p>Head-to-head: first meeting<\/p>\n<p>While Swiatek is having <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2026\/04\/14\/iga-swiateks-below-par-start-to-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">an extremely disappointing 2026<\/a> for her standards, she is always a force to be reckoned with on clay and odds are that it is a matter of time until she turns things around. Regardless of Swiatek\u2019s current form, it is highly unlikely that Snigur can produce the kind of level necessary to upset Swiatek here.<br \/>Prediction: Swiatek in 2<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo Credit: Susan Mullane-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Day 3 at the WTA 1000 in Madrid will see the debut of the seeds, with several intriguing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":546355,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[92883,92884,52776,81608,30546,30547,151411,151412,810,66958,62935,87073,187471,136496,136497,101,118,30554,30555,56,54,55,187327,30559,30560,188033,188034],"class_list":{"0":"post-546354","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-alycia-parks","9":"tag-alycia-parks-predictions","10":"tag-ann-li","11":"tag-ann-li-predictions","12":"tag-belinda-bencic","13":"tag-belinda-bencic-predictions","14":"tag-daria-snigur","15":"tag-daria-snigur-predictions","16":"tag-iga-swiatek","17":"tag-iga-swiatek-predictions","18":"tag-jaqueline-cristian","19":"tag-jaqueline-cristian-predictions","20":"tag-mutua-madrid-open-predictions","21":"tag-petra-marcinko","22":"tag-petra-marcinko-predictions","23":"tag-sports","24":"tag-tennis","25":"tag-tennis-picks","26":"tag-tennis-predictions","27":"tag-uk","28":"tag-united-kingdom","29":"tag-unitedkingdom","30":"tag-wta-madrid-predictions","31":"tag-wta-picks","32":"tag-wta-predictions","33":"tag-yulia-starodubtseva","34":"tag-yulia-starodubtseva-predictions"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=546354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546354\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/546355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=546354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=546354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=546354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}