PREDICTION, PREVIEW, H2H: Bencic, Pegula, Watson and Friedsam to play on Court 1 on Saturday – Olympics

ORDER OF PLAY and PREVIEW. Belinda Bencic, Jessica Pegula, Heather Watson and Anna-Lena Friedsam are going to compete on Saturday at the Olympics on Court 1.

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Belinda Bencic vs. Jessica Pegula

Head to head 1-0 for Bencic

Belinda Bencic will play Jessica Pegula in the 1^st round for the 2^nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 3:00 pm on Court 1.

Belinda Bencic: ranking and results

Ranked no. 12, the Swiss will start her run in Tokyo after she played her last match in London where she lost 6-3 6-3 to Juvan in the 1^st round on the 30^th of June.

Belinda has a 17-14 win-loss record in 2021, 7-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

The Swiss’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in Adelaide and Berlin.

Jessica Pegula: ranking and results

Ranked no. 27, Pegula will start her run in Tokyo after she played her last match in London where she lost 6-4 3-6 6-3 to Samsonova in the 2^nd round on the 30^th of June.

The American has a 27-13 win-loss record in 2021, 17-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Pegula’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Doha.

Head to head analysis

This will be the 2^nd time that Belinda Bencic and Jessica Pegula play each other. Their actual head to head record is 1-0 for Bencic (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

Previously, the last time when they locked horns, Bencic won 6-2 7-6(3) in the 1^st round in Topshelf Open ‘s back in 2015.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jessica Pegula who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jessica Pegula is the pick to win this match.
Jessica Pegula -> 2.11
Belinda Bencic -> 1.76

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Heather Watson vs. Anna-Lena Friedsam

Head to head 1-0 for Watson

Heather Watson will square off with Anna-Lena Friedsam in the 1^st round for the 2^nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 11:00 am on Court 1.

Heather Watson: ranking and results

Ranked no. 68, heather will start her run in Tokyo after she played her last match in London where she lost 2-6 7-6³ 8-6 to Ahn in the 1^st round on the 28^th of June.

Heather has a 7-13 win-loss record in 2021, 2-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

The Brit’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Birmingham.

Anna-Lena Friedsam: ranking and results

Ranked no. 119, the German will start her run in Tokyo after she played her last match in Lausanne where she lost 6-3 3-6 6-4 to Parks in the 1^st round on the 13^th of July.

Anna-Lena has a 13-15 win-loss record in 2021, 1-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Head to head analysis

This will be the 2^nd time that Heather Watson and Anna-Lena Friedsam fight against each other. Their actual record is 1-0 for Watson (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time they squared off, Watson won 6-4 6-3 in the 2^nd round in New Haven back in 2019.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Heather Watson who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Heather Watson is the pick to win this match.
Heather Watson -> 1.72
Anna-Lena Friedsam -> 2.17

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Last Results

These are the last results of the Olympics

• Alexander BublikBublik – Sergey BetovBetov (6-4 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
• Sanjar FayzievFayziev – Sasi Kumar MukundKumar Mukund (6-4 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
• Alexey VatutinVatutin – Jeremy JahnJahn (6-1 6-2) – Score progression – Stats
• Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran – Andrey GolubevGolubev (6-4 6-2) – Score progression – Stats
• Dmitry PopkoPopko – Yuuya KibiKibi (6-3 6-2) – Score progression – Stats
• Denis IstominIstomin – Robin StanekStanek (6-0 6-7³ 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
• Daniel MasurMasur – Djurabeck KarimovKarimov (6-1 6-3) – Score progression – Stats
• Soon-Woo KwonKwon – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (6-4 6-3) – Score progression – Stats
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Ti ChenChen (6-3 6-1) – Score progression – Stats

Upcoming matches

These are the upcoming matches of the Olympics

• Ashleigh BartyBarty – Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Fiona FerroFerro – Anastasija SevastovaSevastova (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Anna-Lena FriedsamFriedsam – Heather WatsonWatson (0-1) – H2H – Prediction
• Sara ErraniErrani – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (2-4) – H2H – Prediction
• Belinda BencicBencic – Jessica PegulaPegula (1-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Misaki DoiDoi – Renata ZarazuaZarazua (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Zarina DiyasDiyas – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Magda LinetteLinette (1-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Caroline GarciaGarcia – Donna VekicVekic (4-4) – H2H – Prediction
• Mayar SherifSherif – Rebecca PetersonPeterson (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Samantha StosurStosur – Elena RybakinaRybakina (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Petra KvitovaKvitova – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (1-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Ivana JorovicJorovic – Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Veronica Cepede RoygCepede Royg – Qiang WangWang (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza (0-2) – H2H – Prediction
• Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Alize CornetCornet (3-1) – H2H – Prediction
• Carla Suarez NavarroSuarez Navarro – Ons JabeurJabeur (1-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Elena VesninaVesnina (0-2) – H2H – Prediction
• Camila GiorgiGiorgi – Jennifer BradyBrady (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Maria SakkariSakkari – Anett KontaveitKontaveit (5-4) – H2H – Prediction
• Nina StojanovicStojanovic – Nao HibinoHibino (0-2) – H2H – Prediction
• Yaroslava ShvedovaShvedova – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (2-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Laura SiegemundSiegemund – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Mona BarthelBarthel (1-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Kristina MladenovicMladenovic (1-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Nadia PodoroskaPodoroska (1-1) – H2H – Prediction
• Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Elise MertensMertens (1-1) – H2H – Prediction
• Kiki BertensBertens – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (0-1) – H2H – Prediction
• Mihaela BuzarnescuBuzarnescu – Alison RiskeRiske (1-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano – Viktorija GolubicGolubic (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Saisai ZhengZheng – Naomi OsakaOsaka (1-2) – H2H – Prediction