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Lulu Sun vs Varvara Gracheva Preview & Prediction | 2025 Madrid Open | First Round

by Alex Meechan · April 21 2025, 22:05
Updated April 21 2025, 22:27
Lulu Sun vs Varvara Gracheva Preview & Prediction | 2025 Madrid Open | First Round

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Lulu Sun is up against Varvara Gracheva in the first-round of the Madrid Open.

Ranking points: WTA 1000

Start date/time: Tuesday 22nd April, 2025: UK – not before 1:30pm / US ET – not before 8:30am / US PT – not before 5:30am

Venue: Park Manzanares, Madrid, Spain

Surface: Outdoor clay

How to watch on TV: UK – Sky Sports Tennis / US – Tennis Channel

How to watch online: UK – Sky Go / US – Tennis Channel

Tickets: Visit this link for the latest Lulu Sun vs Varvara Gracheva ticket information

Lulu Sun vs Varvara Gracheva prediction

Lulu Sun has struggled to make much of an impact this season, with a string of first-round losses over a host of tournaments. She did make the third-round of Indian Wells and that remains her best finish at an event so far. 

She now takes on Varvara Gracheva for a place in the second-round. Gracheva got through both of her first-round matches in Charleston and Rouen but wasn't able to get any further in either competition, losing to Elise Mertens and Jessica Bouzas Maneiro respectively. The Frenchwoman lost at the same stage last season to Lucia Bronzetti and will hope to go much further this time around. 

Gracheva leads the head-to-head 1-0 after a win in Auckland early last year but they’ve never faced each other on clay before. Despite being lower-ranked, Gracheva has more clay court tennis under her belt and we’re backing her to win this.

Lulu Sun vs Varvara Gracheva tip: Varvara Gracheva to win

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