{"id":747003,"date":"2026-04-23T05:54:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T05:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/747003\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T05:54:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T05:54:12","slug":"wta-madrid-day-3-predictions-including-swiatek-vs-snigur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/747003\/","title":{"rendered":"WTA Madrid Day 3 Predictions Including Swiatek vs Snigur"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Day 3 at the WTA 1000 in Madrid will see the debut of the seeds, with several intriguing matchups in prospect. Despite being a clay tournament, the altitude makes Madrid play quite fast, leading to very different matches than you usually see in Rome or <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/category\/french-open\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Roland Garros<\/a> and making results even more unpredictable than usual.<\/p>\n<p>WTA Madrid Day 3 Predictions<br \/>\nBelinda Bencic vs Petra Marcinko<\/p>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head:<\/strong> first meeting<\/p>\n<p>While Bencic isn\u2019t having a great season, her losses have mostly come to top ranked players and she has done a good job of defeating those below her. With that in mind, Marcinko is unlikely to cause her many issues here and it should be Bencic advancing to third round.<br \/><strong>Prediction:<\/strong> Bencic in 2<\/p>\n<p>Ann Li vs Alycia Parks<\/p>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head:<\/strong> Parks 1-0 Li<\/p>\n<p>Although Li is the far higher ranked player of the two, Parks actually won their one previous matchup and she has been playing more (and at a decent level) on clay so far this year. All things considered, it should be a very close match, decided by a few key points, with whoever manages to hold their nerve and execute better in those key moments coming through.<br \/><strong>Prediction:<\/strong> Parks in 3<\/p>\n<p>Jaqueline Cristian vs Yulia Starodubtseva<\/p>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head:<\/strong> Cristian 2-0 Starodubtseva<\/p>\n<p>Cristian might the higher ranked player of the two, but she hasn\u2019t been at her best lately while Starodubtseva has been playing a lot on clay so far this year and even made a fantastic run to the final in Charleston (only losing to Jessica Pegula). Given their recent form, Starodubtseva could well be the one advancing here.<br \/><strong>Prediction:<\/strong> Starodubtseva in 3<\/p>\n<p>Iga Swiatek vs Daria Snigur<\/p>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head:<\/strong> first meeting<\/p>\n<p>While Swiatek is having <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2026\/04\/14\/iga-swiateks-below-par-start-to-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">an extremely disappointing 2026<\/a> for her standards, she is always a force to be reckoned with on clay and odds are that it is a matter of time until she turns things around. Regardless of Swiatek\u2019s current form, it is highly unlikely that Snigur can produce the kind of level necessary to upset Swiatek here.<br \/><strong>Prediction:<\/strong> Swiatek in 2<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo Credit: Susan Mullane-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Day 3 at the WTA 1000 in Madrid will see the debut of the seeds, with several intriguing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":747004,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[48],"tags":[154080,166605,11052,11053,8642,8643,307010,307011,22298,135332,10340,10341,306862,223018,223019,62,1464,1474,1475,67,132,68,306236,8358,2484,307519,307520],"class_list":["post-747003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-alycia-parks","tag-alycia-parks-predictions","tag-ann-li","tag-ann-li-predictions","tag-belinda-bencic","tag-belinda-bencic-predictions","tag-daria-snigur","tag-daria-snigur-predictions","tag-iga-swiatek","tag-iga-swiatek-predictions","tag-jaqueline-cristian","tag-jaqueline-cristian-predictions","tag-mutua-madrid-open-predictions","tag-petra-marcinko","tag-petra-marcinko-predictions","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-tennis-picks","tag-tennis-predictions","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us","tag-wta-madrid-predictions","tag-wta-picks","tag-wta-predictions","tag-yulia-starodubtseva","tag-yulia-starodubtseva-predictions"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=747003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747003\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/747004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=747003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=747003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=747003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}