Barbora Krejcikova vs Liudmila Samsonova Prediction: Both Players are evenly matched.

12th place Barbora Krejcikova will face 15th place Liudmila Samsonova in the Quarter Final of the WTA Abu Dhabi tournament. Barbora Krejcikova saw her last game end early as Sarra Sorribes Tormo retired a few minutes into the second set. And for Liudmila Samsonova, she's been absolutely excellent in the tournament, winning her opening 2 games in straight sets.

This will be the third meeting between Barbora Krejcikova and Liudmila Samsonova in their careers. Both players won 1 game each in their last 2 meetings.

Barbora Krejcikova

Barbora Krejcikova is a Czech Republic international player ranked 12th on the WTA ranking. She was once ranked number 2 in the WTA singles in February 2022. Krejčíková has won one Grand Slam singles title and ten major doubles titles, including the career Super Slam in women's doubles. She won all seven of her women's doubles majors. She also won all three of her mixed doubles titles at the Australian Open, in 2019 and 2021.

Barbora Krejcikova played only 1 game in the Abu Dhabi tournament and that was against Sarra Sorribes Tormo. She won the first set 6:2 but Sarra Sorribes Tormo was unable to continue after losing the first 1 of the second set. Meaning Barbora Krejcikova qualified for this round automatically.

Liudmila Samsonova

Liudmila Samsonova is a Russian tennis player that currently ranks 15th on the WTA ranking. She won her first WTA Tour title at the 2021 German Open, a WTA 500 title, and has overall won four singles titles and one doubles title on the WTA Tour. She has also won a total of six titles on the ITF Circuit. 

In the singles Grand Slam, she made it to the 2nd round of the French Open in 2023 and in the Australian Open in 2021, 2022 and 2023. She made it to the 4th round of Wimbledon in 2021 and the US Open in 2022.

Liudmila Samsonova won both games she has played in so far in this tournament. She defeated Lesia Tsurenko in straight sets in the opening game and also defeated Anhelina Kalinina in straight sets in the last round. 

Head to Head

Barbora Krejcikova and Liudmila Samsonova played 2 games against each other prior to this meeting. Liudmila Samsonova won the first meeting at the Abu Dhabi tournament last year, while Barbora Krejcikova won the second meeting at the Stuttgart tournament the same year.

Analysis and Predictions

It will be a tough decision to pick either player as they are both in very fine form at the moment. But at the moment Barbora Krejcikova is getting the nod to advance for some reason. But in terms of form and quality, both players are evenly matched in all respects.

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