Jessica Pegula and Qinwen Zheng meet in the first round of the 2023 tennis Eastbourne International. Let’s preview this game and give out a pick and prediction.

Jessica Pegula Betting Preview

Jessica Pegula will play her first match since losing in the third round of the French Open. It will be interesting to see if there’s any rust with Pegula after not playing a match in almost a month. This will also be Pegula’s first match on grass since the third round of last year’s Wimbledon. Pegula has still won 14 of her last 19 matches overall and has to be considered a contender to win this tournament. Pegula has lost her opening match once this year, which was Rome. Pegula has won 6 of her last 10 matches on grass court.

Qinwen Zheng Betting Preview

Qinwen Zheng lost her opener in Berlin and is looking for her first win since the first round of the French Open. Zheng has lost 3 of her last 4 matches overall and is coming off a loss where she got just 38 percent of her first serves in play. The good news is Zheng has lost her opening match just twice since Doha back in February. Still, Zheng is in shaky at best form and could use a confidence booster here. Zheng has 3 career wins over top-10 players, and 1 of those wins came this year. Zheng has lost 5 of her last 7 matches on grass court. 

H2H History

There’s no match history between these 2 players.

Randy’s Pick

Zheng isn’t in great form at the moment, to say the least, so excuse me if I’m not high on her upsetting a top-5 player in this spot. If Zheng continues to have issues getting her first serve in play, this is going to be a painless match for Pegula.

Give me Pegula and the more than reasonable price.