It has been a great tournament so far in Linz. Four more Round of 16 matches will be played in Day 4. Former world No. 1 Karolina Pliskova is among those scheduled to take to the court. We here at LWOT predict all the action, but which players do you think will reach the quarterfinals?<\/p>\n
WTA Linz Day 4 Predictions
\nDonna Vekic vs Anhelina Kalinina<\/p>\n
Head-to-head: First meeting<\/p>\n
Both women have won three matches since qualifying. Seeing a player of Vekic\u2019s caliber in qualifying at tournaments remains strange, but her determination to rise again is admirable. However, I feel the Olympic Silver Medalist will be defeated here. Clay is Kalinina\u2019s best surface, and it gives her the best chance to expose Vekic\u2019s movement in rallies.<\/p>\n
Prediction: Kalinina in 2<\/p>\n
Liudmila Samsonova vs Lilli Tagger<\/p>\n
Head-to-head: First meeting<\/p>\n
Tagger registered an impressive opening round triumph over Paula Badosa, while Samsonova has yet to play as the No. 3 seed. 18-year-old Tagger has a game that could disrupt Samsonova because of her athleticism and ability to stay in points. I still narrowly favor Samsonova\u2019s power to ultimately prove decisive, but expect a hard-fought battle between these two.<\/p>\n
Prediction: Samsonova in 3<\/p>\n
Anastasia Potapova vs Tamara Korpatsch<\/p>\n
Head-to-head: Korpatsch 1-0 Potapova<\/p>\n
This has the potential to be a lengthy match, even if it is not decided in the deciding set. Neither woman strikes the ball with much power, creating a reliance on being consistent. Korpatsch possesses more variety, but Potapova is harder to hit through. On a clay court, I like the 25-year-old\u2019s chances of grinding out a victory.<\/p>\n
Prediction: Potapova in 2<\/p>\n
Karolina Pliskova vs Ekaterina Alexandrova<\/p>\n
Head-to-head: Pliskova 2-2 Alexandrova<\/p>\n
Pliskova played her first match in nearly two months in the previous round, triumphing against Aliaksandra Sasnovich. Alexandrova\u2019s game, while not identical, shares similarities with the Czech in terms of how hard and flat she hits. While Pliskova was impressive in her previous match, defeating Alexandrova may prove a step too far so soon after returning from another injury issue.<\/p>\n
Prediction: Alexandrova in 2<\/p>\n
Main Photo Credit: John E. Sokolowski \u2013 USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It has been a great tournament so far in Linz. Four more Round of 16 matches will be…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":573576,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[108355,108356,252409,252410,78148,140615,53792,66323,11323,202800,138515,138516,67266,67267,99,12967,12968,428,9985,9986,250615],"class_list":{"0":"post-573575","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-anastasia-potapova","9":"tag-anastasia-potapova-predictions","10":"tag-anhelina-kalinina","11":"tag-anhelina-kalinina-predictions","12":"tag-donna-vekic","13":"tag-donna-vekic-predictions","14":"tag-ekaterina-alexandrova","15":"tag-ekaterina-alexandrova-predictions","16":"tag-karolina-pliskova","17":"tag-karolina-pliskova-predictions","18":"tag-lilli-tagger","19":"tag-lilli-tagger-predictions","20":"tag-liudmila-samsonova","21":"tag-liudmila-samsonova-predictions","22":"tag-sports","23":"tag-tamara-korpatsch","24":"tag-tamara-korpatsch-predictions","25":"tag-tennis","26":"tag-tennis-picks","27":"tag-tennis-predictions","28":"tag-wta-linz-predictions"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=573575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573575\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/573576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=573575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=573575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=573575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}