Ashleigh Barty vs Yaroslava Shvedova (about 15h today 12/5)
In 2021, Ashleigh Barty is showing impressive performance. Before coming to Rome to compete, Australian players pocketed two championships Miami Open and Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, thereby continuing to consolidate the No. 1 position on the WTA rankings.
In the last tournament, Madrid Open, Barty also excelled in the final. However, before the opponent was a defeat at Stuttgart Open not long ago, the world's No. 1 player collapsed and lost the championship. Therefore, she is making a great determination in this year's Italian Open to add to the next Masters 1000 title collection.
Barty's first opponent in the second round was Yaroslava Shvedova – the player ranked 665 in the world chart. Before the opponent is so strong like Barty, this 33 -year -old star is considered to be unexpected.
Predict results: Ashleigh barty 2-0 Yaroslava shvedova
Jessica Pegula vs Naomi Osaka (about 16h30 today 12/5)
After the US OPEN 2020 championship, Naomi Osaka continued to make the world hat when crowned at Australian Open 2021. This is also the second title in 3 years of Japanese tennis players in Australia.
However, entering the ground season, Osaka has not achieved satisfactory results. In fact, Madrid Open 2021 was the first time the world's No. 2 female player returned to this yard after 2 years of absence, the latest was in the 2019 expansion solution. As a result, the 23 -year -old star was eliminated from the second round after losing to Karolina Muchova.
After this defeat, Osaka continued to direct the goal to the next Masters 1000, Italian Open. During the day of launching in the second round, she will face Jessica Pegula – the player ranked 31th in the world. Pegula is currently in good form this season with 19 victories and 7 defeats. Therefore, Osaka needs certain caution if they do not want to stop the game again.
Predict results: Jessica Pegula 1-2 Naomi Osaka
