An action-packed opening day at the WTA Berlin Open features three Top 10 players on the schedule. American World No. 10 Emma Navarro faces the toughest test to make the second round when she takes on Ukraine\u2019s Marta Kostyuk. Who will progress?<\/p>\n
WTA Berlin Day 1 Predictions
\nSofia Kenin vs Rebeka Masarova<\/p>\n
Head-to-head:<\/strong> first meeting<\/p>\n For a player with so much attacking intent, it\u2019s a huge surprise that Masarova hasn\u2019t excelled on this surface.\u00a0 But she might have solved that puzzle. Masarova is enjoying her most productive grass swing this year with five wins from seven matches. Two were in qualifying for this tournament. Kenin was forced to navigate a tough path in qualifying and nearly squandered a 5-1 lead in the deciding set against Tomljanovic. Masarova brings pace, and that will put Kenin in defense mode.<\/p>\n Prediction: Masarova in 3<\/p>\n Paula Badosa vs Eva Lys<\/p>\n Head-to-head:<\/strong> first meeting<\/p>\n Both players are kicking off their Wimbledon preparations in Berlin. Badosa must hope that her back injury is fully healed because she\u2019s got points to defend this swing. Lys is one of three wild cards looking to impress in her main draw debut in this tournament. Quicker points will certainly favor Badosa, who will be in a hurry to ensure she doesn\u2019t overindulge in this match because of her persistent back issue. Expect the Spaniard\u2019s experience to overwhelm the young German.<\/p>\n Prediction: Badosa in 2<\/p>\n Marta Kostyuk vs Emma Navarro<\/p>\n Head-to-head:<\/strong> Navarro 2-0 Kostyuk<\/p>\n Kostyuk and Navarro are two of the best movers on tour, and there\u2019s not a lot separating them in the ranking or age. Navarro had a shambolic clay-court swing that culminated with a brutal 0-6 1-6 French Open defeat against Bouzas Maneiro. She is a player who needs to get into rhythm to play her best tennis. Kostyuk also underperformed in Paris, but I trust her to turn the tide and pick up her first win over a vulnerable Navarro.<\/p>\n Prediction: Kostyuk in 3<\/p>\n Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An action-packed opening day at the WTA Berlin Open features three Top 10 players on the schedule. American…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":187871,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4105],"tags":[53053,53054,14643,14644,29318,30059,53312,77085,23986,23987,6742,77086,79,1068,14653,14654,16,15,77087,77088,24045,23990],"class_list":{"0":"post-187870","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-emma-navarro","9":"tag-emma-navarro-predictions","10":"tag-eva-lys","11":"tag-eva-lys-predictions","12":"tag-marta-kostyuk","13":"tag-marta-kostyuk-predictions","14":"tag-paula-badosa","15":"tag-paula-badosa-predictions","16":"tag-rebeka-masarova","17":"tag-rebeka-masarova-predictions","18":"tag-sofia-kenin","19":"tag-sofia-kenin-predictions","20":"tag-sports","21":"tag-tennis","22":"tag-tennis-picks","23":"tag-tennis-predictions","24":"tag-uk","25":"tag-united-kingdom","26":"tag-wta-berlin","27":"tag-wta-berlin-predictions","28":"tag-wta-picks","29":"tag-wta-predictions"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114690714695184233","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187870\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/187871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}