Anna Kalinskaya vs Qinwen Zheng Prediction: Anna looks more promising

Anna Kalinskaya and Qinwen Zheng both qualified for the Quarter Finals of the Australian Open. Anna Kalinskaya defeated Jasmine Paolini in the last round in straight sets, while Qinwen Zheng defeated Oceane Dodin in the last round. This will be the second meeting between both players since their last meeting in Mexico back in 2022.

Anna Kalinskaya

Anna Kalinskaya is currently number 75th on the WTA ranking. She has no titles to her name and her win-loss record is currently 58-72. Anna played in 4 Australian Open tournaments before this one and she failed to progress from the 1st round on all 4 occasions. She qualified for the 2023 edition, but failed to progress from the 1st round after losing to Danielle Collins.

This year, she won all 4 games in the competition to earn her place in the Quarter Final for the first time. She defeated Katie Volynets (2-1) in her first match, then she defeated Arantxa Rus in straight sets in the next round. In her next game, she defeated Sloane Stephens (2-1), before beating Paolini Jasmine in straight sets in the last round.

Qinwen Zheng

The Chinese international is currently the world number 15 on the WTA rankings. So far, she has 2 career singles titles and she will be hoping to add another title here and her win/loss ratio is currently 60/40. Qinwen Zheng had featured in the Australian Open only twice before now, in 2022 and 2023 editions and on both occasions, she crashed out in the 2nd round. Her last involvement ended in the 2nd round when she lost to Bernarda Pera.

Qwinwen Zheng won all 4 games of this tournament to qualify for the Quarterfinals. She started with a win over Ashlyn Krueger (2:1), and then she beat Katie Boulter in the next round in straight sets. Her next game against Yafan Wang also ended in a 2:1 win before she defeated Oceane Dodin in the last round.

Head to Head

Anna Kalinskaya vs Qinwen Zheng met only once prior to this game and that was in Mexico back in 2022. Anna Kalinskaya won the game 2:1.

Analysis and Predictions

Both players are getting to this stage of the Australian Open for the very first time in their careers. Both players have been in fine form in this tournament, even though they are not favored to lift the trophy, we can expect a very entertaining game.

• Anna Kalinskaya Over 10.5 Games at 1.75 Odds
• Set Handicap 1 (+1.5) at 1.71 Odds
• Anna Kalinskaya to Win at 2.75 Odds