“The match will take place on January 12, the approximate start time of the meeting is 03:30 Kyiv time”, — write: sport.ua
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Dayana Yastremska finished the last season on the 33rd line of the world ranking, significantly improving her position after the beginning of the year at the beginning of the second hundred. The Ukrainian achieved her greatest success on the Melbourne courts, reaching the semi-finals of the Grand Slam tournament for the first time in her career. This result became one of the main achievements in her career, but it will be extremely difficult to repeat it.
Yastremska is known for her aggressive style of play. She constantly attacks, tends to control rallies and shows high speed on the court. Her game is built on powerful forehands and backhands, as well as a desire to dominate every rally. However, her main drawback is instability: the Ukrainian often fails at the beginning of matches, conceding the first set. In the last five games against tennis players from the top-100, it was repeated without change. However, she started the new season with encouraging results, which allows us to hope for a successful performance.
Getty Images/Global Images Ukraine. Diana Yastremska
Mayar Sheriff
Mayar Sheriff – a strong tennis player of the first hundred, but her strong side is clay tournaments. In 2024, she played 42 matches on clay, winning 26 of them, which allowed her to stay in the ranking. On hard, however, the Egyptian shows extremely weak results: in the last seven matches on this surface, she managed to win only three.
Sheriff doesn’t have a strong serve and can’t adapt to high-tempo plays on fast coverage. Her style of play is more suited to clay, where she can comfortably build plays at a slower pace. However, on fast courts it is difficult for her to compete with opponents who have a more powerful game.
Getty Images/Global Images Ukraine. Mayar Sheriff
Prediction for the match
Previously, the tennis players did not meet each other, but their style and form obviously speak in favor of the Ukrainian. Yastremska is not only stronger on the hard court, but also has a sufficient level to win a convincing victory in two sets. Sherif, on the other hand, has practically no experience of successful performances at hard Grand Slam tournaments.
Forecast: victory of Yastremska with a score of 2:0 for a coefficient of 2.03. The Ukrainian’s aggressive style and high tempo will not leave Sherif any room to play, which will allow Dayana to finish the match in her favor without too much struggle.
Diana Yastremska 13.01.2025 –
05:30
Mayar Sheriff