ORDER OF PLAY and PREVIEW. Monica Niculescu, En Shuo Liang, Ana Bogdan and Natalia Vikhlyantseva are going to compete on Saturday at the Dubai Duty Free Championships on Court 3.
Monica Niculescu vs. En Shuo Liang
Head to head 0-0
Monica Niculescu will fight against En Shuo Liang in the qualifications for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 5:30 pm on Court 3.
Monica Niculescu: ranking and results
Ranked no. 147, Niculescu will start her run in Dubai after she played her last match in Doha where she lost 6-2 4-6 6-0 to Siniakova in the qualifications on the 27th of February.
The Romanian has a 0-5 win-loss record in 2021, 0-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Dubai The Romanian didn’t compete in Dubai in 2020.
En Shuo Liang: ranking and results
Ranked no. 237, En will start her run in Dubai after she played her last match in Doha where she lost 6-2 6-4 to Potapova in the qualifications on the 27th of February.
The Chinese has a 5-5 win-loss record in 2021, 5-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Dubai The Chinese didn’t compete in Dubai in 2020.
Head to head analysis
There is no head to head record between Monica Niculescu and En Shuo Liang since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Monica Niculescu who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Monica Niculescu is the pick to win this match.
Monica Niculescu -> 1.46
En Shuo Liang -> 2.72
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Ana Bogdan vs. Cagla Buyukakcay
Head to head 2-0 for Bogdan
Ana Bogdan will play Cagla Buyukakcay in the qualifications for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 10:00 am on Court 3.
Ana Bogdan: ranking and results
Ranked no. 100, the Romanian will start her run in Dubai after she played her last match in Melbourne where she lost 6-4 5-7 6-2 to Diyas in the 2nd round on the 15th of February.
The Romanian has a 2-3 win-loss record in 2021, 2-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Dubai Ana lost in the qualifications 6-4 7-6(4) to Aliaksandra Sasnovich.
Cagla Buyukakcay: ranking and results
Ranked no. 179, the Turk will start her run in Dubai after she played her last match in Doha where she lost 6-4 6-2 to Kerber in the 1st round on the 1st of March.
Cagla has a 3-4 win-loss record in 2021, 3-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Dubai The Turk didn’t play in Dubai in 2020.
Head to head analysis
This will be the 3rd time that Ana Bogdan and Cagla Buyukakcay clash against each other. Their current record is 2-0 for Bogdan (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time they fought against each other, Bogdan won 3-6 6-4 6-4 in the quarter in W25 St. Etienne back in 2019.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ana Bogdan who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ana Bogdan is the pick to win this match.
Ana Bogdan -> 1.137
Cagla Buyukakcay -> 5.75
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Natalia Vikhlyantseva vs. Aleksandra Krunic
Head to head 0-0
Natalia Vikhlyantseva will compete against Aleksandra Krunic in the qualifications for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 3:00 pm on Court 3.
Natalia Vikhlyantseva: ranking and results
Ranked no. 148, Vikhlyantseva will start her run in Dubai after she played her last match in Dubai where she lost 6-2 6-4 to Savinykh in the qualifications on the 11th of January.
Vikhlyantseva has a 0-1 win-loss record in 2021, 0-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Dubai Vikhlyantseva lost in the qualifications 6-3 6-2 to Daria Kasatkina.
Aleksandra Krunic: ranking and results
Ranked no. 225, the Serbian will start her run in Dubai after she played her last match in Dubai where she lost 6-1 6-2 to Sherif in the qualifications on the 13th of January.
The Serbian has a 2-1 win-loss record in 2021, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Dubai The Serbian didn’t play in Dubai in 2020.
Head to head analysis
There is no head to head record between Natalia Vikhlyantseva and Aleksandra Krunic since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Aleksandra Krunic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Aleksandra Krunic is the pick to win this match.
Aleksandra Krunic -> 2.01
Natalia Vikhlyantseva -> 1.8
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Upcoming matches
These are the upcoming matches of the Dubai Duty Free Championships
- Kaia KanepiKanepi – Ena ShibaharaShibahara (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Akgul AmanmuradovaAmanmuradova – Vera ZvonarevaZvonareva (0-1) – H2H – Prediction
- Irina-Camelia BeguBegu – Bethanie Mattek-SandsMattek-Sands (5-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Gabriela DabrowskiDabrowski – Barbara HaasHaas (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Misaki DoiDoi – Magdalena FrechFrech (0-1) – H2H – Prediction
- En Shuo LiangShuo Liang – Monica NiculescuNiculescu (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Martina TrevisanTrevisan – Arina RodionovaRodionova (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Cristina BucsaBucsa – Lesya TsurenkoTsurenko (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Lin ZhuZhu – Lesley KerkhoveKerkhove (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Lucie HradeckaHradecka – Tereza MartincovaMartincova (0-3) – H2H – Prediction
- Ana BogdanBogdan – Cagla BuyukakcayBuyukakcay (2-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Jaqueline CristianCristian – Kamilla RakhimovaRakhimova (0-1) – H2H – Prediction
- Katarina ZavatskaZavatska – Laura-Ioana AndreiAndrei (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Angelina GabuevaGabueva – Viktoriya TomovaTomova (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Ysaline BonaventureBonaventure – Ana KonjuhKonjuh (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Aleksandra KrunicKrunic – Natalia VikhlyantsevaVikhlyantseva (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
