It promises to be an entertaining first day at WTA Cincinnati with a number of entertaining of matches on the slate in Ohio – including the appearance of one of the sport’s legendary figures. As ever, we here at LWOT will be offering our predictions for every match on the slate–including Donna Vekic vs Sorana Cirstea and Marketa Vondrousova vs Jaqueline Cristian –but who will secure their spot in the second round?

WTA Cincinnati Day 1 Predictions

Maya Joint vs Greet Minnen

Head-to-head: first meeting

Maya Joint’s narrow loss in the first round in Montreal against McCartney Kessler does not take the shine off her breakthrough season so far. The Australian looks like she has a good chance of overcoming Greet Minnen, who tries to hit flat and aggressively in the rallies but comes int

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