Qinwen Zheng vs Liudmilla Samsonova Prediction: Liudmilla to Take Revenge?

No. 36 Zhen Xingwen will face No. 30, Liudmilla Samsonova, in the finals of a Tokyo tournament. They met each other in July 2021 in Palermo, Italy, and the Chinese player won that match in two sets.

Before Tokyo, she played at the U.S. Open, reaching the third round and losing to German Niemeyer. In Tokyo, Zheng played four matches, knocking out Doi of Japan, Badosa of Spain, Liu of the United States, and Kudermetova of Russia. The game against the latter lasted more than three hours and was drawn out, with the girls taking a tie-break in the third set. The Chinese player made eight aces and five double faults, winning 78% of points on the first and 49% on the second, and 29%37% on reception.

Samsonova also took part in the main draw of the U.S. Open and went three rounds, knocking out Bejlek, Fernandez and Krunic, losing only to Tomljanovic. Ludmila also had a nice scalping list in Tokyo. In Japan, Samsonova has not gaven up a single set, knocking out Rybkina, Wang, Muguruza and Zhang Shuai. It is noteworthy that Ludmila in Tokyo has already beaten two compatriots of Zhen, let's see if Samsonova will have such a hat-trick.

We believe Samsonova has an excellent opportunity to take convincing revenge against Zheng. The semifinals had a difficult match against Kudermetova, which took a lot of strength from the Chinese. While Liudmila had a solid performance in the Tokyo tournament, she knocked out of the draw stars such as Rybakina and Muguruza. We bet on her confident victory in two sets. 

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