With the bottom half opening-round matches out of the way, Thursday at WTA Beijing will feature the top half women’s singles first-round encounters. Katerina Siniakova will look to build on a strong week in Seoul against Anastasia Potapova, while Sonay Kartal is facing the ever-dangerous Alycia Parks. Who do you think is coming out on top?

WTA Beijing Day 2 Predictions

Zeynep Sonmez vs Sijia Wei

Head-to-head : Sonmez 2-0

Zeynep Sonmez will soon defend that Merida title, and her ranking might suffer significantly as she hasn’t been as good this year. But she still defeated Sijia Wei pretty comfortably when they played each other in Indian Wells qualifying. The Chinese posted a surprise win over Elena-Gabriela Ruse here last year, but typically, she should be finding herself a little ou

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