2023 WTA Open de Limoges Weekend Preview
As tennis fans worldwide await the start of the 2024 season in Australia, there are still some intriguing matchups on the WTA Tour, most notably this weekend in the 2023 Open de Limoges. This WTA 125 series event, played on indoor hard courts in Limoges, France, began on Monday with a 32-player draw and is now into the quarter-finals. It features five players inside the top-100 world rankings, including top seed and No. 48 Elisabetta Cocciaretto and world No. 50 Anna Blinkova, both of whom are into the quarters.
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Tournament Recap
Cocciaretto, the top seed in the Open de Limoges, dropped the opening set in her first-round match against Amandine Hesse, but rebounded to win the match 1-6, 6-2, 6-3. She cruised to a straight set victory against Darja Semenistaja in the second round and is due to face Erika Andreeva in the quarters on Friday. Blinkova, the second seed, advanced to the quarters via consecutive straight set victories over Veronika Podrez and Nigina Abduraimova.
The quarter-finals also features the fifth and seventh seeds (Cristina Bucsa and Andreeva), along with wild cards Anastasija Sevastova and LOis Boisson, and Elsa Jacquemot and Harmony Tan, the latter of whom has only played one match after earning a walk/over victory against fellow French player and sixth seed Alize Cornet in the second round.
Quarter-Final Matches
Cristina Bucsa vs. Lois Boisson
Bucsa led the match 1-0 after winning the first set in a tiebreaker as of press time. Assuming she holds on for the victory, she would play the winner of Tan and Blinkova in the semi-finals.
Harmony Tan vs. Anna Blinkova
Tan comes into this match more rested than Blinkova, but that shouldn’t be an issue for the world No. 50 as Blinkova has a 1-0 career advantage over Tan, beating her in three sets last year on clay at the Open 35 de Saint-Malo.
Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Erika Andreeva
Cocciaretto is the top seed in the tournament and, outside of a surprising loss in the first set of her first match, has looked good thus far. Andreeva, meanwhile, is the world No. 120, but has a victory over Cocciaretto, beating her on clay in 2022. Although her victory was on clay, she has been a much better indoor hard court player this season, with an 11-10 record. Cocciaaretto is just 8-10 on the surface.
Elsa Jacquemont vs. Anastasija Sevastova
These two players have never met on the WTA Tour. Sevastova, a former world No. 11, has the experience advantage and is 13 years older than Jacquemont. However, she has only played five matches this season and may hit a wall in the quarters. Jacquemont is also 16-12 on indoor hard courts, so she’s a good option for an upset victory.
Weekend Predictions
Blinkova is the second-highest seed in the tournament and one of the tennis betting favorites to win. She should cruise to victory against Tan and is arguably the best bet to make the finals as she would be favored against either Bucsa or Boisson. The top half of the bracket is a little tougher to predict, but Andreeva might be the favorite.
Finals Prediction: Blinkova def. Andreeva