Yue Yuan vs Emma Navarro Prediction: No one is giving Yue Yuan a chance

Yue Yuan vs Emma Navarro both progressed to the semifinal of the WTA Hobart alongside Elise Mertens and Daria Saville. The competition gets to its critical stage and each of these players are hoping to make it to the final round. It's a time for no mistakes as they could prove deadly. Yue Yuan and Emma Navarro hope to prove their credentials as they prepare to take on each other in this match. Emma Navarro boasts of a perfect win record over Yue Yuan, but she hopes to maintain her focus and win this game, while Yue Yuan hopes to break the deadlock against Emma Navarro.

Yue Yuan will be looking for a better result when she meets Emma Navarro for the third time; she lost both encounters in 2022 and 2023, but she has every right to feel confident with her current form in the tournament.

Yue Yuan got a perfect record in the qualifying round of the tournament, as she defeated both Diana Shnaider and Nadia Podoroska.

Her first tournament match was against Sloane Stephens and she won the game in 3 sets. And at the end of the game she won 16 games and scored 115 points in total. In her next game, she defeated Xinyu Wang in straight sets, and she won 13 games and scored 62 points.

Her third and most recent game against Yulia Putintseva ended in similar fashion and she won once again in straight sets. Her stats in the game were: 6 aces, 1 double fault, 30/52 first serve points won, 16/30 second serve points, 6/11 breakpoints saved, 6 breakpoints converted, 14 games won and a total of 103 points.

Emma Navarro comes into this game as favorites but only by a very narrow margin. She also boasts of a very good record coming into this game and there’s a reason why she made it this far in the tournament. After her loss to Cori Gauff in the semifinal of the WTA Auckland earlier this year, Emma Navarro bounced back with a win in her opening game of the WTA Hobart.

Her first win was against Clara Burel and she won the game in 3 sets, she also won 16 games and had a total of 111 points in that match. Then she faced Magdalena Frech and she won in straight sets, and she won 12 games and had a total of 68 points at the end of the game.

Her last and most recent game was against Viktoriya Tomova and she won in 3 sets. Her stats were as follows: 1 ace, 4 double faults, 41/62 first serve points, 13/33 second serve points, 7/12 break points saved, 7 break points converted, 16 games won and 98 points won in total.

Emma Navarro dominates the head-to-head against Yue Yuan. The pair met only twice and Emma won both games. First at the ITF Women Liepaja qualifiers in 2022 and she won in straight sets. Then the next encounter was in the ITF Women USA in 2023 and she also won in straight sets.

The bookmakers are not giving Yue Yuan a chance in this game and it is quite understandable because she has the records in her favor. Emma Navarro is expected to approach this match with lots of confidence and experience, both are vital tools in her kit at the moment. Expect Emma to come out of this game with a convincing win.

• Emma Navarro to Win by (-1.5) Handicap at 1.64 Odds
• Emma Navarro to Win by (-2.5) Handicap at 1.61 Odds
• Emma Navarro to Win 2:0 at 2.10 Odds