Parrizas-Diaz vs Kudermetova

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Parrizas-Diaz vs Kudermetova — US Open R1 Preview

WTA US Open Hard Court Round 1

🧠 Form & Context

Nuria Parrizas-Diaz (No. 135, age 34)

• 🇪🇸 Veteran who earned direct entry by peaking just inside the top 100 earlier this summer.
• 🏆 Built her ranking through ITF/125K success: nine SFs and three titles between July 2024–June 2025.
• 📉 Recent form: Only two qualifying wins across her last six events; one main-draw tour-level win in 15 months (vs No. 542 in Austin).
• 🏟️ Slam record: 1R exits at US Open 2021 & 2022, failed in qualifying in 2023–24.
• ⚡ Strengths: Experience, solid backhand, ability to grind.
• ⚠️ Weaknesses: Fitness concerns, struggles against higher pace, poor recent WTA record.

Polina Kudermetova (No. 64, age 22)

• 🇷🇺 Began 2025 brightly with a Brisbane final, but since then collapsed to a 1–10 record in her last 10 tournaments.
• 📉 Slam record: 0–4 in R1 matches, still chasing her first Grand Slam win. Losses to top-30 opponents in AO, FO, Wimbledon.
• 🏟️ US Open: Main draw debut (lost in 2024 qualies).
• ⚡ Strengths: Offensive baseline game, capable of beating top-20 players when confident.
• ⚠️ Weaknesses: Confidence is shot, lacks consistency, vulnerable mentally under Slam pressure.

📜 Head-to-Head

Kudermetova leads 1–0 (2024 W100 Barcelona QF, 7-5 6-0).

🔍 Match Breakdown

Form comparison: Both arrive in New York badly out of form. Parrizas has been ineffective at WTA level; Kudermetova is in freefall since spring.

Experience vs youth: Parrizas brings veteran know-how, while Kudermetova has more raw weapons but less composure.

Surface stats: Parrizas 7–8 on hard this season; Kudermetova 14–11, though most of those wins came early in 2025.

Key factor: This is a rare opportunity for both—Parrizas can exploit Kudermetova’s fragile confidence, but if the Russian steadies, her higher pace and more aggressive shotmaking should decide it.

🔮 Prediction

This is one of the most unpredictable R1 matches of the draw: both players are vulnerable, both on losing streaks. Parrizas has the steadiness to drag it into long rallies, but Kudermetova’s ceiling is higher if she manages nerves.

Pick: Kudermetova in 3 sets – Expect a scrappy, momentum-swinging battle where the younger player’s extra firepower edges out the veteran’s resilience.