WTA Bad Homburg Quarterfinal Predictions Including Iga Swiatek vs Ekaterina Alexandrova

The field at the WTA Bad Homburg Open is putting the final touches before Wimbledon. Quarterfinal action will feature four high-quality matches, with five-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek facing her biggest hurdle so far to reach the semifinal. Who will advance?

WTA Bad Homburg Quarterfinal Predictions

Jessica Pegula vs Emma Navarro

Head-to-head: Pegula 1-0 Navarro

This should be an interesting all-American clash, and the only Top 10 matchup in the quarterfinals. Jessica Pegula and Emma Navarro have only met once before, and it was the 31-year-old Pegula who came out on top on the Miami hard courts last season. Navarro has enjoyed a surge in rankings since that meeting and has developed an all-court game that has gelled so well on grass. She has a respectable 18-8 lifetime record on the surface, and maybe it will be Navarro who benefits in this contest from accumulating plenty of minutes this swing.

Prediction: Navarro in 3

Jasmine Paolini vs Beatriz Haddad Maia

Head-to-head: Paolini 3-0 Haddad Maia

Beatriz Haddad Maia needed two and a half hours and five match points to seal a three-set victory against Elina Svitolina in the last round. Jasmine Paolini took precisely the same amount of time to topple Leylah Fernandez in two tiebreaks. The Italian saved a pair of set points in both sets to register her first win of this year’s grass-court swing.

It’s one of those weeks where Haddad Maia’s game has clicked into gear. It is the third time this season that she’s won back-to-back matches, hardly the kind of stat that inspires so much confidence. But if she continues to showcase her intelligent point construction and take time away from Paolini, it’s likely to prove decisive.

Prediction: Haddad Maia in 3

Mirra Andreeva vs Linda Noskova

Head-to-head: Andreeva 3-1 Noskova

Mirra Andreeva produced a resilient performance to knock out Clara Tauson and secure the last quarterfinal spot in Bad Homburg. Andreeva’s comeback win ensures she’s on the board this swing after last week’s shock defeat to Magdalena Frech in Berlin. Linda Noskova, for her part, defeated Wimbledon semifinalist Donna Vekic in an entertaining three-set match. The Czech reacted brilliantly after dropping the first 6-2 in under half an hour. She kept her unforced error count in check and hammered 14 aces to power to victory. Noskova has found form with four wins from their last five matches. She’s also too talented for this match to be one-sided.

Prediction: Andreeva in 3

Iga Swiatek vs Ekaterina Alexandrova

Head-to-head: Swiatek 3-2 Alexandrova

Iga Swiatek started the tournament with a clinical 6-4 6-4 win against two-time Grand Slam champion Victoria Azarenka. Ekaterina Alexandrova is having a solid grass swing. And bar the unthinkable collapse in Den Bosch where she wasted a record-equaling 11 match points, she’s reached another quarterfinal on grass. Although Alexandrova’s strengths are limited, she shines on grass where her flat groundstrokes and a pacey serve even the field. Swiatek doesn’t possess a prolific grass-court record at the Tour level, but she’s still a formidable opponent on any surface.

Prediction: Swiatek in 2