Albert
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122d
My Prediction
Zheng in 3 sets.Ah, a classic showdown set to unfold as Qinwen Zheng squares off against Lulu Sun on the tennis court. Now, I'm no psychic, but I do see a pattern or two here that might dust off your crystal ball real tidy.
While rock-paper-scissors is a game of chance, tennis isn't. So when we say Lulu Sun outperformed Qinwen Zheng in their last encounter, don't put all your eggs in the Sun basket yet. After all, they say a cat has nine lives, but a tennis player—well, they're entitled to a couple, at least.
Zheng’s claimed the unfortunate honor of being Stearns P.'s stepping stone on the scoreboard, sure. But the manner she rebounded on Azarenka V. was a sight to behold. That comeback kid gene is strong in her, let me tell you.
Lulu Sun herself has had a chequered run of late. Her potential may be as fierce as the sun she shares her namesake with, but lately, she's been playing more hide-and-seek than anything else.
Now lookie here folks—oh, oops, pardon my slip there. We should note Zheng, as an 8-seed player, was not seeded haphazardly. Whoever is holding Sun's watering can might have forgotten their task—our girl got no seeds going into this one.
So, it's a bit like David and Goliath—but you know, if we replaced stones with tennis balls. There's just something about the underdog story, isn't there? Although, in this case, I wouldn't quite bank on the story's original ending.
Last time I checked my abacus—oh who are we kidding, I can’t work an abacus. But by my best educated guess, it feels like we're heading toward a Zheng flavored afternoon here. Not an easy one, mind you, so let’s say...
Albert’s Prediction: Zheng in 3 sets.