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Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva vs Veronika Kudermetova — Guadalajara R2
WTA Guadalajara
Hard Court
Second Round
🧠 Form & Context
Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva (🇦🇩, #123, Lefty)
- 🔺 Qualified + R1 win (d. Pridankina) off a solid qualifying run.
- 🧱 Best work on hard in 2025: 12–5, mixing heavy lefty patterns into opponents’ backhands.
- 💥 Confidence uptick since Warsaw SF and this week’s Guadalajara MD win.
Veronika Kudermetova (🇷🇺, #26, Righty, 175 cm/63 kg)
- 🔥 North America highlight: Cincinnati SF (d. Bencic, Tauson, Linette, Gracheva).
- ↘️ US Open stumble (lost to Tjen in 3), but hard-court 2025 stands at 20–12.
- 🎯 First-strike tennis: big serve + forehand combos that travel well in Guadalajara’s livelier conditions.
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