Qinwen Zheng vs Liudmila Samsonova – Final – Preview & Prediction | 2022 Pan Pacific Open
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THE FACTS
When is Qinwen Zheng vs Liudmila Samsonova on and what time does it start? Qinwen Zheng vs Liudmila Samsonova will take place on Sunday 25th September, 2022 – not before TBC (UK)
Where is Qinwen Zheng vs Liudmila Samsonova taking place? Qinwen Zheng vs Liudmila Samsonova will take place at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan
What surface is Qinwen Zheng vs Liudmila Samsonova being played on? Qinwen Zheng vs Liudmila Samsonova will take place on an outdoor hard court
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What channel is Qinwen Zheng vs Liudmila Samsonova on in the UK? Qinwen Zheng vs Liudmila Samsonova will be televised live on the Amazon Prime app on Smart TVs
Where can I stream Qinwen Zheng vs Liudmila Samsonova in the UK? Amazon Prime subscribers can stream Qinwen Zheng vs Liudmila Samsonova live on the Prime Video app
THE PREDICTION
19-year-old Qinwen Zheng has enjoyed a fabulous breakthrough season in 2022 and reaching the Tokyo Open final is the perfect way to cap it off after an incredible comeback victory over Veronika Kudermetova. The rising star will set a new career-high WTA world ranking of around 28th no matter the outcome of this seriously tough final against Liudmila Samsonova but she can be confident in the fact that she beat the Russian in their only previous meeting, on clay at the Palermo Open back in July. 23-year-old Samsonova, though, has significantly improved since the summer to win back-to-back WTA titles in Washington and Cleveland and reach the round of 16 at the US Open earlier this month. The world number 30 is yet to drop a set this week after ousting current and former Grand Slam champions in Elena Rybakina and Garbine Muguruza, as well as most recently beating in-form Shuai Zhang in the semi-finals.
The sensible pick here is taking Samsonova to win at least a set but the Russian has won all three of her WTA tour finals so far whilst this is young Qinwen Zheng’s first. The Chinese could feed of the crowd’s support here but Samsonova has gotten used to winning against the wishes of audiences and backing her to come through the outright winner seems a reasonable risk.
