Tennis Prediction
Find our tennis tips and analysis on each Master, the Davis Cup and the four major tennis tournaments (Grand Slam tournaments): Roland Garros, the US Open, Wimbledon, and the Australian Open. Each pick offered is analysed carefully so that you have all the elements before wagering on the announced match or meetings.
Diyas defeated McHale en route to the Tokyo title last year (SF). Their other meeting happened on clay in Strasbourg 2014 (QF) when Diyas was forced to retire trailing 2-6 1-3 (Hamstring).
Zarina Diyas News
Zarina Diyas posted her best Premier Mandatory result (round of 16) at the Miami Open last week. She defeated Brady, Kuznetsova, and Witthoeft to set up a clash with Pliskova, but had to retire in the second set due to the abdominal injury.
Diyas, making her third main draw appearance at Charleston, has never won a match in her previous two visits. In 2015, she lost to the Czech Lucie Hradecka, and in 2016, she lost to Gavrilova (both being three-set defeats).
Diyas won her first WTA title in September last year. Entering as a qualifier, the Kazakh won eight matches in a row to emerge victorious in Tokyo.
Christina McHale News
Christina McHale got her first main draw win since October 2017 by being the beneficiary of Kaia Kanepi’s retirement in the first round of Miami Open. After upsetting #24 Strycova in the second round, she disintegrated in front of Muguruza in 70 minutes (0 winners).
McHale posted good results in her first two appearances at Charleston. She reached the round of 16 on her debut in 2010 (as a qualifier) by defeating Azarenka, and in 2011, she reached the quarterfinal by knocking out Hantuchova and Watson.
However, since 2011, she has made five more main draw appearances in Charleston, but could not win a match in any of them.
Tennis Prediction: Zarina Diyas to win the match
Odds: 1.97
