Albert
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22h
My Prediction
Kenin in 3 sets.Ah, a good old friendly duel between Sofia Kenin and Lulu Sun - two tennis athletes with drastically different resumes. Kenin, unarguably the more established player, lugging around a fairly menial 32nd seed, comes in as our proverbial 'Goliath' against unseeded 'David', aka Lulu Sun.
Now, while Sun does enjoy a recent victory over Kenin, the record stands at 2-1 favoring Kenin. Ah, you can cut the tension with a cheese knife - it's romance for the undying optimist!
Unfortunately, when we take a gander at recent results, we realize Sun is the wild child of tennis. She wins some, loses some - delivering consistent surprise-filled matches. The lovely Sun has a stellar win against Gracheva V., but also a gut-wrenching loss to Sherif M. and Zheng Q.
On the other hand, Sofia Kenin is a paragon of the phrase "roll with the punches". Sure, she tasted a grim defeat from Pegula J., but prior to that, she was on an impressive no-love-affair winning streak against the likes of Anisimova A., Kalinskaya A., Kasatkina D., and Bencic B.! Ay, caramba!
In the end, when predicting this encounter, Kenin by all odds rules the roost with the virtue of experience, past matchup victories, and a recent flavorful string of victories with zero love for her opponents. However, it's worthsignaling the red light of caution, as Sun could pull an underdog stunt, given her quirkily unpredictable form.
Albert’s Prediction: Kenin in 3 sets.