{"id":530751,"date":"2025-10-27T08:36:24","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T08:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/530751\/"},"modified":"2025-10-27T08:36:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T08:36:24","slug":"wta-hong-kong-day-1-predictions-including-joint-vs-sevastova","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/530751\/","title":{"rendered":"WTA Hong Kong Day 1 Predictions Including Joint vs Sevastova"},"content":{"rendered":"

Day 1 of the WTA Hong Kong Open will feature an intergenerational clash between 19-year-old Maya Joint and 35-year-old Anastasija Sevastova. Who will reach the second round of the tournament?<\/p>\n

WTA Hong Kong Day 1 Predictions
\nMaddison Inglis vs Yafan Wang<\/p>\n

Head-to-head:<\/strong> first meeting<\/p>\n

Maddison Inglis\u2019 record in WTA qualifying this season has been decent. But the 27-year-old has struggled to make an impression in the main draw. If she is to pick up a rare win at this level, this would be a great matchup for the World No. 167. Yafan Wang has played 17 matches all season because of injuries and the Chinese player has been nowhere near the form that once elevated her ascent into the top 50.
Prediction: Inglis in 3<\/p>\n

Momoko Kobori vs Ajla Tomljanovic<\/p>\n

Head-to-head:<\/strong> first meeting<\/p>\n

Momoko Kobori saved a match point in the final round of qualifying and won a three-hour match against Xiaodi You to reach the Hong Kong main draw. Kobori\u2019s first round of qualifying wasn\u2019t as dramatic as she cruised past countrywoman Ikumi Yamazaki. However, she faces a seasoned Tour-level opponent in Ajla Tomljanovic. The former World No. 32 has a great chance of nailing a top 100 spot, and she\u2019s won five of her past seven matches. Tomljanovic has the momentum to make short work of the qualifier.
Prediction: Tomljanovic in 2<\/p>\n

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Maya Joint vs Anastasija Sevastova<\/p>\n

Head-to-head:<\/strong> first meeting<\/p>\n

Maya Joint has been a breath of fresh air<\/a> on the WTA Tour. The young Aussie has taken all comers without any fear in her first full season and is currently sitting at a career-high ranking of World No. 32. Anastasija Sevastova\u2019s comeback season hasn\u2019t been similarly productive. The veteran has won 10 of 21 matches in 2025. Sevastova still possesses an exceptional slice that could test Joint\u2019s patience, but the youngster has the legs to turn the Latvian\u2019s best shot into a liability.
Prediction: Joint in 2<\/p>\n

Main Photo Credit: Mike Frey-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Day 1 of the WTA Hong Kong Open will feature an intergenerational clash between 19-year-old Maya Joint and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":530752,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4105],"tags":[23976,23977,27026,27027,172019,172020,39446,39447,172021,172022,79,1068,14653,14654,16,15,172023,169613,169614],"class_list":{"0":"post-530751","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-ajla-tomljanovic","9":"tag-ajla-tomljanovic-predictions","10":"tag-anastasija-sevastova","11":"tag-anastasija-sevastova-predictions","12":"tag-maddison-inglis","13":"tag-maddison-inglis-predictions","14":"tag-maya-joint","15":"tag-maya-joint-predictions","16":"tag-momoko-kobori","17":"tag-momoko-kobori-predictions","18":"tag-sports","19":"tag-tennis","20":"tag-tennis-picks","21":"tag-tennis-predictions","22":"tag-uk","23":"tag-united-kingdom","24":"tag-wta-hong-kong-predictions","25":"tag-yafan-wang","26":"tag-yafan-wang-predictions"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115445221799248681","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530751","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=530751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530751\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/530752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=530751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=530751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=530751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}