Analysis for Benesova-Wickmayer (WTA Tokyo)

Head-to-head record 1:0

Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium will play the Czech clay-courter Iveta Benesova in the first round. Benesova has achieved her career best results on clay. She uses extreme topspin on her forehand and slower topspin and slice on her backhand. She prefers slow surfaces and is patient baseliner who wins matches by disrupting her opponents' rhythm through changes of spin, pace, depth, height, and angle. Her hard court results are far from being as impressive as those coming from dirt and we think she will have difficult time against Belgian young gun. Last week she lost to Shvedova in qualifiers to Beijing tournament but she advanced as the lucky looser to be beaten by Chakvetadze in the first round. Her opponent will be the Belgian prodigy Wickmayer who certainly has the bright future ahead of her.She is just 18 years old but already made some great results this year. In the 2008 Fed Cup tie versus the Ukraine, Wickmayer sprung a surprising victories over reigning Australian Open women's doubles champions Katerina and Alona Bondarenko. She added several solid results beating some of the big names and even if her odds aren´t brilliant, we still think there is a value on her side.

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