WTA Strasbourg – Beatriz Haddad Maia vs Clara Tauson
🧠 Form & Context
Beatriz Haddad Maia🆘 Enduring a nightmare 2025 season, with just 3 wins to her name — two of them coming back in January at the Australian Open.
📉 Her Rome loss to Bouzková extended a grim clay campaign, which briefly showed life with a win over Bernarda Pera in Madrid.
📆 Once a top-tier threat — with a title in Seoul and a US Open quarterfinal in late 2024 — she now looks a shadow of that form.
🧠 The losing streak has clearly taken a toll on her confidence, resulting in shaky shot selection and breakdowns in match control.
Clara Tauson
🎾 Her 2025 resume is among the strongest on tour: champion in Auckland, finalist in Dubai, and semifinalist in Linz.
🏆 Though inconsistent with early losses in Stuttgart and Madrid, she made up for it with a R4 showing in Rome, including a quality win over Navarro.
🚀 Closing in on the Top 20 and continuing to prove she belongs with the elite.
⚡ While not a classic clay-courter, her aggressive baseline game — quick take-backs and compact power — plays well on slower surfaces when she’s striking cleanly.
🔍 Match Breakdown
Tauson arrives with the advantage in virtually every metric: form, confidence, recent competition level, and match rhythm. Her high-intensity, first-strike style will aim to take time away from Haddad Maia and deny her any chance to settle into rallies.Haddad Maia’s game can be dangerous when she’s confident — the lefty spin, high topspin balls, and patient construction are well-suited for clay. But her current mindset and results show a player lacking belief and composure.
Unless Tauson starts slowly or lets nerves creep in, she should dominate from the baseline and expose the Brazilian’s lack of form and consistency.
🔮 Prediction
Haddad Maia’s ceiling is high, but Tauson’s current trajectory is much steadier. Expect the Dane to impose early pressure and maintain it throughout.🧩 Prediction: Clara Tauson in 2 sets — early break likely to set the tone.
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