{"id":809646,"date":"2026-10-21T21:26:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T21:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/809646\/"},"modified":"2026-10-21T21:26:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T21:26:14","slug":"wta-osaka-day-4-predictions-including-li-vs-sonmez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/809646\/","title":{"rendered":"WTA Osaka Day 4 Predictions Including Li vs Sonmez"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Second-round action at the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japan_Women%27s_Open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">WTA 250 in Osaka<\/a> features an interesting meeting between Ann Li and Zeynep Sonmez, who clash for the third time this season. Who will reach the quarterfinals?<\/p>\n<p>WTA Osaka Day 4 Predictions<br \/>\nAntonia Ruzic vs Kayla Day<\/p>\n<p>Head-to-head: first meeting<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s nice to see Antonia Ruzic getting her season back on track after beating Paula Badosa in three sets. She\u2019s now won five of her last eight matches. This is a good return considering that she was on a four-match losing streak. Kayla Day entered this tournament as a lucky loser and shocked Sofia Kenin in the first round. That said, Ruzic has the attacking depth to hit through the American and get another result here.<br \/>Prediction: Ruzic in 3<\/p>\n<p>Magda Linette vs Katerina Siniakova<\/p>\n<p>Head-to-head: Linette 2-2 Siniakova<\/p>\n<p>Katerina Siniakova eased past Magda Linette in each of their last two matches on Asian soil, including a first-round match at this year\u2019s China Open. Linette has finally snapped that long losing streak with a comfortable 6-4 6-3 victory over Claire Liu. It is certainly a confidence booster, but it is unlikely to give her the upper hand over the talented and crafty Siniakova, who is playing better than what recent results indicate. I\u2019ll lean toward the Czech thanks to her aggressive return game.<br \/>Prediction: Siniakova in 2<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/USATSI_25703785_168400550_lowres-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Katerina Siniakova in action ahead of the WTA Rabat Open.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-83782\"  \/>Mar 18, 2025; Miami, FL, USA; Katerina Siniakova (CZE) hits a backhand against Yue Yuan (CHN)(not pictured) on day one of the Miami Open at Hard Rock Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-Imagn Images<br \/>\nMoyuka Uchijima vs Mary Stoiana<\/p>\n<p>Head-to-head: first meeting<\/p>\n<p>Moyuka Uchijima picked up her first win in Osaka since 2023. She beat compatriot Ena Shibahara in three sets. Mary Stoiana started the tournament in qualifying. The American produced her best performance in downing Oleksandra Oliynykova, thereby boosting her chances of breaking into the Top 100 for the first time. Uchijima has the home support, but Stoiana has impressed the most on hard courts this season (22 wins).<br \/>Prediction: Stoiana in 2<\/p>\n<p>Ann Li vs Zeynep Sonmez<\/p>\n<p>Head-to-head: Sonmez 3-0 Li<\/p>\n<p>The head-to-head suggests this matchup is one-sided, but their last two meetings were extremely close. Ann Li was two games away from winning in Merida, and there was little to separate them in the deciding set at this year\u2019s Wimbledon, where Zeynep Sonmez broke serve to win the match in the final game. With Li <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2026\/10\/13\/wta-wuhan-day-3-predictions-sabalenka-li\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">coming off her best run of results<\/a> in Asia, I will probably give her a tiny edge.<br \/>Prediction: Li in 3<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo Credit: Mike Frey-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Second-round action at the WTA 250 in Osaka features an interesting meeting between Ann Li and Zeynep Sonmez,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":809647,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[101,118,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-809646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809646","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=809646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809646\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/809647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=809646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=809646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=809646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}