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Irina Bara managed to make one of the surprises of her first tour of the Jurmala tour, passing by Margarita Gasparyan, and in the second round will meet the Russian Valeaniana Ivaknenko, winner of Sorana Cirstea in the first round.

Valentyna Ivaknenko

The 26-year-old Russia player now occupies the 228th place in the WTA rankings, the highest position being the 168th place.He took part in most of his career so far in small-sized ITF tournaments, managing several important victories this season.In this tournament he had to win 2 matches in the qualifying tournament to get on the main board, and in the first set he defeated Sorana Cirstea very clearly with 2-0 in sets.

Irina Bara

The 24-year-old star is on the 184th place in the WTA standings, being a player with no notable results in the circuit so far.It alternates small WTA tournaments with ITFs, most of which take place on the slow slag surface, and this season only managed a few semifinals in ITF tournaments.After a bad performance in Bucharest, the Jurmala tournament feels great, showing a solid tennis both in the simple test against Margarita Gasparyan, and in the double trial with Dalila Jakupovic.

🎾 Direct meetings

The two players met twice so far, both meetings being won by Irina Bara, the last one taking place at the end of last year in an ITF tournament, where Irina scored 2-0 in sets.

Tennis Prediction of the Day Valentyna Ivakhnenko vs Irina Bara

Between the two I expect to be a long-term match, most likely decided in 3 sets. Exchanging balls will be long, making it hard to believe that one of the players will be able to maintain the “momentum” on their side for the duration of the match, and the domination times will be split, with a long match being played, chances of victory being almost equal.

Prediction Today: Valentyna Ivakhnenko

Odds: 1.70