Women’s Olympic Tennis Round of 16 – Alison Van Uytvanck vs Garbine Muguruza Preview & Prediction
THE FACTS
When is Alison Van Uytvanck vs Garbine Muguruza taking place? Alison Van Uytvanck vs Garbine Muguruza will take place on Tuesday 27th July, 2021 at (not before) 03:00 (UK)
Where is Alison Van Uytvanck vs Garbine Muguruza taking place? Alison Van Uytvanck vs Garbine Muguruza will take place at Ariake Tennis Park in Tokyo
What surface is Alison Van Uytvanck vs Garbine Muguruza played on? Alison Van Uytvanck vs Garbine Muguruza will be played on hard courts
Where can I get tickets for Alison Van Uytvanck vs Garbine Muguruza? There are no tickets for Alison Van Uytvanck vs Garbine Muguruza as Olympic Tennis will take place without spectators.
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Where can I stream Alison Van Uytvanck vs Garbine Muguruza in the UK? If Alison Van Uytvanck vs Garbine Muguruza is televised on BBC then it can be streamed live on the BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website & app. If Alison Van Uytvanck vs Garbine Muguruza is televised on Eurosport then subscribers can stream the match live on Eurosport Player
THE PREDICTION
World number nine Garbine Muguruza has been relatively untroubled so far at Tokyo 2020 with two straight-set wins over tough opponents in Veronika Kudermetova and Qiang Wang. The 27-year-old is part of a brilliant Spanish contingent at the Olympic Games with both Sara Sorribes Tormo and Paula Badosa taking out two medal contenders in Ash Barty and Iga Swiatek, respectively. Another shock defeat came at the hands of her next opponent, as world number 59 Alison Van Uytvanck knocked out Petra Kvitova in the second round. Van Uytvanck, also 27, has been threatening a performance like that for some time and took full advantage of the Czech’s current fitness issues to claim one of the biggest scalps of her career.
This will be the fifth meeting between the two as Muguruza leads their head-to-head 3-1 with all three wins on a hard court. However, Van Uytvanck was the player to knock out the 2017 Wimbledon champion from the second round at SW19 in 2018 and they have shared a couple of real battles over the years. Muguruza should be coming through this in straight sets at her best but take this as an outright win with the Belgian looking capable of forcing another decider.
