Tokyo 2020: Elina Svitolina vs. Marketa Vondrousova 7/29/21 Tennis Prediction

Elina Svitolina meets Marketa Vondrousova in the semi final of Tokyo 2020 on Thursday, July 29th, 2021.

Will we see the experience of Elina Svitolina finally paying off as she gets herself in probably the biggest final of her career in a few years or will Marketa Vondrousova hurt the feelings of yet another top 10 player this week?

Marketa Vondrousova knows that she can come out here and disrupt anyone and everyone if she is at her best, especially as she has been in top form this week, beating Naomi Osaka and then winning the first set easily 6-3 before Badosa retired with injury issues before the second set started. Marketa has nothing to lose here so she should come out in this match swinging freely, but she needs to ensure she does not let the moment get to her as this will give her too much pressure and can result in errors.

Elina Svitolina is finally showing us some amazing tennis after having not played at her best over the last 2 years, not reaching the Final of big tournaments or living up to her ranking. Elina cruised in her quarter final match, beating Camila Giorgi in 2 sets 6-4/6-4. Elina will know that she has an incredible chance of giving Ukraine a medal here in Tokyo and looking at the draw she knows that she is the highest ranked player left, so she should be giving it her all for the Gold. 

This is going to be the 5^th meeting between both players, with Elina having won 3 of their 4 prior encounters. Both of them can win this match because they have been in strong fashion all week. However, Elina should come through this match in my opinion. Marketa is not used to big matches and big moments, whilst Elina is. This will mean Marketa will feel the pressure more and she will be more prone to errors, whilst Elina can come out here and know that if she plays like she has in the quarter finals and slightly improves, she can get into the Final.