Kamilla Rakhimova vs Kayla Cross Preview & Prediction | 2025 Canadian Open (National Bank Open presented by Rogers) | First Round
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Kamilla Rakhimova starts as favourite but will have to keep the Canadian crowd quiet as she faces 20-year-old leftie Kayla Cross.
Ranking points: WTA 1000
Start date/time:
Venue: IGA Stadium, Montreal, Canada
Surface: Outdoor hard
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Kamilla Rakhimova vs Kayla Cross prediction
When comparing these two players, Kamilla Rakhimova has to be seen as superior at this point in time. She proved her quality recently in a Grand Slam when she dumped out Italian Jasmine Paolini at Wimbledon and looks just about ready to take the next big step in her career, specifically going deep in tournaments such as this and challenging for WTA 500 and WTA 1000 titles.
Kayla Cross will of course have the home crowd behind her across this contest, which you would expect should help see her come out of the traps aggressively, channelling her adrenaline onto the court. But the 20-year-old is still very raw as a player and it would be no surprise to see a fair few unenforced from her over the course of this one.
In the end, Rakhimova really should wind up too good for Cross and any outcome other than victory for the former would be seen as a surprise.
Kamilla Rakhimova vs Kayla Cross tip: Kamilla Rakhimova to win
