Published on 03/01/2025 03:58
by Léo Measson
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Tennis Predictions
In New Zealand, a duel between two Americans awaits us for this quarter-final of the Auckland tournament between Katie Volynets and Alycia Parks. Katie Volynets won her first round against Erika Andreeva, 83rd in the world, losing the second set. She then beat her compatriot and world 96th Ann Li, this time much more easily in a 2-set match. These victories must have done good for the American who concluded her last season with 3 consecutive defeats and she should want to start her season very well by reaching a first semi-final.
-Alycia Parks, for her part, concluded her season by winning the Angers Challenger title against world number 489 Belinda Bencic. A level therefore quite different from the opponents encountered in this Auckland tournament. However, she won a good first round since after coming back to score against the 36th in the world Amanda Anisimova, she concluded their duel with a victory. She then beat the Belgian Greet Minnen, 95th in the world, with a score of 7-5, 6-3 to reach this quarter-final. This duel against Katie Volynets is the first in a tournament of this level since their previous and only duel dates back to the year 2022 during the ITF in Arcadia where Alycia Parks then won their duel in a match in 3 sets. The result should be quite different this time.
