Tokyo 2020: Belinda Bencic vs. Marketa Vondrousova 7/31/21 Tennis Prediction

Belinda Bencic meets Marketa Vondrousova in the final of Tokyo 2020 on Saturday, July 31st, 2021.

Will Belinda Bencic continue to improve and impress us as she aims to reach her peak heights and go even further after many years of injuries and lack of confidence, or will Marketa Vondrousova come out here and put on a good show in a good win as she has done all week?

Belinda Bencic came out here in amazing fashion, fighting through an extremely tight match against the young up and coming Elena Rybakina, beating her in 3 sets 7-6/4-6/6-3. Belinda Bencic has shown everyone that she is back here and ready to give it her best, but she will want to go one step further and get the biggest win of her career under her belt as she aims to set herself back as a superstar in the WTA Tour.

Marketa Vondrousova put on a great showing of tennis in the semi finals against Elina Svitolina, beating the Ukrainian in 2 sets, 6-3/6-1. Vondrousova has shown amazing tennis all week, beating the likes of Naomi Osaka along the way which showed her incredible level, allowing her to have the confidence in her win over Belinda Bencic. Marketa will come out here ready to fight and she knows that if she does not give it her absolute best coming into this match, she might as well hand Belinda the gold medal. I expect her to come in here and bring out her fighting tennis from the baseline to put on a show.

This is going to be the 2^nd meeting between both players, with Marketa having won their only prior encounter earlier this year in a very tight 3 set battle in Miami. They are both deserving of the win, but I think one player wants this more than the other in this match, Belinda Bencic. The emotions, passion, and determination shown by Belinda make us see that she is going to leave it all out on the line because she does not want to come second best. It will be tight, but Belinda will win the gold.