WTA Adelaide Prediction: Emma Navarro vs Diana Shnaider
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The Line: Betting Odds: Emma Navarro -125 / Diana Shnaider -105
Emma Navarro vs Diana Shnaider Preview
Emma Navarro is coming off a straight-sets win over former Top 20 player Yulia Putintseva in the last round of the Adelaide International. The match took 17 games to decide. Navarro won the first set 6-1 in 29 minutes, breaking Putintseva’s serve twice.
The second set featured just one break and it was Navarro who earned it in the third game. She needed four match points to close out the win, 6-1, 6-4 in an hour and 25 minutes. Navarro hit 2 aces and 3 double faults in the victory. Navarro landed 51% of first serves in play and won 71% of first serve points (22/31). Navarro saved one break point on her serve. This is the American’s second successive quarterfinal in Adelaide. Last year, she fell at that stage to Liudmila Samsonova.
This time, it will be another Russian who awaits in the last eight. Diana Shnaider continued her great start to the season by reaching the Adelaide quarterfinals for a second time. She won the battle of the lefties in the opening round against Leylah Fernandez, taking under two hours to dismiss the Canadian 7-5, 6-3.
In the second round, Shnaider beat the tricky Katerina Siniakova in three sets. The match took 27 games to decide. Shnaider prevailed 6-1, 2-6, 7-5 in an hour and 54 minutes. Shnaider hit 2 aces and 6 double faults in the victory. She landed 59% of first serves in play and won 68% of first serve points (34/50). Shnaider won 51% of second serve points (18/35) and saved one of five break points in the match.
Emma Navarro vs Diana Shnaider Head-To-Head
Navarro and Shnaider have met three times and it is the Russian who leads the series 2-1. Navarro did pick up a win in their most recent match at the 2024 Wimbledon Championships. All three matches between them have lasted three sets.
Emma Navarro vs Diana Shnaider Prediction
This match could be a solid contender for over 2.5 sets and I expect both women to push each other to the limit. Navarro is one of the best movers on tour, but she’ll be up against a powerful hitter like Shnaider whose tennis tends to overwhelm opponents when it clicks and the Russian has been blazing in this opening weeks of the new season. I’m leaning Shnaider here.