Pick 3 : Jasmine Paolini ML -110

Paolini is not only a clay specialist anymore. Having won her first career title a month ago in Portoroz, Jasmine showed in her R1 match at Linz that she still keeps her top level form by removing hard hitter Yastremka out of the tournament. Winning %65 of her serve points and keeping Dayana around %50 of total points tell us that Paolini played both offense and defense skillfully. This would be crucial to beat Zheng-like all court players too.

Saisai is a very experienced player and she has amazing court coverage. However, Paolini`s footwork is enough to neutralize Zheng`s excellency on movement. The two met two years ago when Paolini was a newcomer and Saisai having one of her best seasons and Jasmine managed to win in 3. I believe that this tight match will turn to Paolini`s favor at some point like in their previous meeting as she would punish Zheng`s extermely soft second serves on this surface!