🎾 Lamens vs Kudermetova – WTA Montreal R1 Preview
🧠 Form & Context
Suzan Lamens 🇳🇱✨ Career resurgence: WTA champion in Osaka (Oct ’24) as a qualifier, semifinal in Rouen, QF in Rosmalen this year.
🛤️ Steady hard-court play: 8–7 on hard in 2025, showing solid serve and flat groundstrokes.
🔄 Inconsistent overall: 24–18 season with peaks but occasional early exits.
🇨🇦 Montreal debut: Fresh to the National Bank Open main draw but battle-tested at 250 and 500 levels.
Polina Kudermetova 🇷🇺
📉 Freefalling: On an 8-match losing streak since March (last win vs Begu at Charleston).
🆙 Rapid rise then stall: Jumped 50 spots early 2025 after Brisbane final, but no wins since.
❌ Confidence drained: Lost in Citi Open qualies to world No. 354 Alana Smith.
💪 Talent intact: Still packs deep ground game and fight when in form—just hasn’t shown it of late.
🔍 Match Breakdown
Lamens brings recent confidence and a flatter, more penetrating hard-court game. Her serve and depth will test Kudermetova’s footwork and rhythm. The Russian, by contrast, looks physically and mentally drained; her feistiest baseline game has lacked consistency this season.Expect Lamens to dictate with first-strike aggression, pinning Kudermetova deep and forcing errors. If the Dutchwoman holds serve comfortably, she can capitalize on the Russian’s shaky returns. Kudermetova’s sole path is to up the intensity early, but that seems unlikely given her form slump.
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