WTA Finals: Karolina Pliskova vs. Garbine Muguruza 11/10/21 Tennis Prediction

Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic will play Spaniard Garbine Muguruza in the Group Stages of the WTA Finals in Guadalajara, Mexico. The match will be played on Wednesday November 10th, 2021 at 9:30pm EST.

The season ending WTA Finals is finally upon us and there is a star-studded cast assembled here in Guadalajara. Eight of the best women in the world will play each other in a high-quality event that will signal the end of the WTA season. Karolina Pliskova and Garbine Muguruza are both former world number ones and will provide a very exciting match for the fans here. Who will win and get their tournament off to a great start?

Garbine Muguruza is the world number five and has had a very up and down season. After getting her season off to a flyer at the beginning of the year by winning the title in Dubai she struggled mightily for for a lot of the season. She recently won a title in Chicago and reached the Round of 16 in Flushing Meadows, a sign that she is getting back to her best. Her powerful all-court game is perfectly suited for this hard court surface, and she is able to dominate most players from the baseline. She is meeting her old rival Karolina Pliskova here, someone that she has played a whopping ten times. However, she has only been victorious on two occasions, a statistic that will definitely be on her mind heading into this match.

Karolina Pliskova, like her opponent Garbine Muguruza is a former number one who has been struggling with consistency lately. She had a poor start to the year but then rebounded to reach the Wimbledon Final, and the US Open Quarter-Finals. She has not played much tennis since, so some rust may be expected here as she works her way into form. She has a very big serve and a powerful forehand, and will be looking to take the game to her opponent from the start. The main thing that is working in her favor is her superior head to head record, and she will be very confident here despite not playing much tennis lately.

This will definitely be an exciting match between two very dynamic shot makers. Both women are highly experienced and are familiar with each other’s games having played ten times. Despite Pliskova’s overwhelming lead in the head to head, I am backing Garbine Muguruza to win here. She has significantly improved as the year went on, and Pliskova has not played much tennis lately. She is very much a confidence based player, and I don’t expect her timing to be up to par initially, something that will frustrate her and allow the Spaniard to take advantage. Garbine Muguruza will win in two tough sets here, getting off to a strong start at the WTA Finals 2021.