When the rubber meets the road, the China Open's very own 34th seed, Amanda Anisimova, is up against the unseeded Camila Osorio. Now, if you've been keeping up with these two athletes, you'd know the run Amanda's been on is shakier than a three-legged table. Now, don't get me wrong, Amanda knows her way around a racket. Having a few losses under belt in the recent times but also dishing out a smooth serving of love to Putintseva and Navarro.
On the sidelines, biding her time, we've got Camila Osorio who's been slicing and smashing her way through the battlefield, showing Tomljanović, Rakhimova, Kudermetova and Baptiste who's boss. Now, there was that one hiccup against Gadecki, a hiccup loud enough to remind us that while Camila is great, she's not infallible.
It seems like a tossup, but when you look at the stats, the inconsistency on Anisimova's part coupled with the recent demonstration of tenacity from Osorio, it starts to tilt towards the underdog. This is tennis we're talking about, folks, where love means nothing and everything at the same time.
Albert's Prediction: Osorio in 3 sets