Albert
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24h
My Prediction
Badosa in 3 sets.Shuffle the deck and let’s deal some tennis knowledge. We're looking at a quarterfinal punch up at the balmy Internationaux de Strasbourg, with Paula Badosa, our third seed, tangoing once again with Liudmila Samsonova, the feisty eighth seed.
The head-to-head stats are looking like a lunch order gone wrong, with a delicately balanced 2-1 favoring Badosa. But just like your classic tuna melt, it’s not all smooth sailing on this boat. Badosa lost her recent clash to Bouzková, a match where, quite embarrassingly, love was the only score on her side.
However, our Spanish senorita has been showing more spark than a lightning storm in recent times, jamming victories against Tauson, Mboko, Saville and Cristian. She seems more relentless than a relentless thing that's especially relentless on relentless day.
Looking over at Samsonova, she’s been playing tennis like she lost the instruction manual, yo-yoing between wins and losses. Defeating Parry and Nosková – gotta give her that, but she was schooled by Baptiste and Starodubtsewa like kids at a geography bee. Samsonova seems as inconsistent as...well...as inconsistent as my analogies.
Taking all this into account, it would appear Badosa has the higher ground, just like a mountain goat eyeing some juicy grass on the edge of a cliff – but that’s really just between you, me and the fence post.
Anyway, let's get to the final call here, yeah?
Albert’s Prediction: Badosa in 3 sets.