6th seed Chanelle Scheepers is into her second WTA semifinal of 2013. |
My predictions for Budapest went awry as 3 of my 4 semifinalists went out in the first round. However, I did correctly predict 4 of 8 quarterfinalists. However, in this crazy part of the season, it is expected to get a lot of wrong predictions as there are a lot of unknown names making the cut off for the main draw.
(6)Chanelle Scheepers RSA vs Yvonne Meusburger AUT
Scheepers has had a so-so year, but has had some decent results in some smaller tournaments. Meusburger has mostly been playing on the ITF tour this year, and jumped Tamira Paszek in the rankings for the #1 Austrian. Truthfully, I know nothing about either players style of play though I know they have had decent results before. However, I think Meusburger is picking up speed as she picked off two seeds on her way to the quarterfinals and there is no reason why Scheepers can't be the 3rd straight... Scheepers will be tired after barely surviving Danka Kovinic in the quarterfinals.
Prediction: Meusburger in 2 tight sets
(3)Simona Halep ROU vs Alexandra Cadantu ROU
Halep has been on an absolute hot streak as of late, reaching the semifinals of a Premier 5 event in Rome in May and winning her first two WTA titles in June. Her only losses in the last 6 tournaments were to top 20 players in Serena Williams, Carla Suarez Navarro, and Li Na. She has not dropped a set all week, and faces fellow Romanian Cadantu, who is into her second WTA semifinal of the year. Cadantu took advantage of the upsets on her side of the draw, as well as a retirement in the second round to reach the semifinals. Halep knocked off two Hungarians, and will probably not be the crowd favorite in this semifinal. However, Halep's great run of form will be enough to see of Cadantu.
Prediction: Halep in 2 sets (1 easy, 1 tight)
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