Paolini and Errani have been one of the most productive pairings in 2024, reaching three tournament finals and winning the Linz Open and the Italian Open.
The Italian pair also reached the French Open final, losing to Coco Gauff and Katerina Sinyakova in the final. They continued their form at the Olympics. They beat New Zealand pair Erin Routliffe and Lulu Sun in the first round, then beat French pair Caroline Garcia and Diane Perry in the third set in a super tiebreaker. The Italians then beat British pair Heather Watson and Katie Boulter and Czech pair Linda Noskova and Karolina Muchova.
Mirra Andreeva and Diana Schneider have not played a single doubles match together before the 2024 Olympics. Both are promising tennis players who recently won their first titles on the WTA Tour. However, two young Russian tennis players have performed well at the Olympics. They started their tournament with a decisive victory over Olivia Gadeki and Ajla Tomljanovic of Australia.
The Russian pair then faced three seeds: fifth seeds Leila Fernandez and Gabriela Dabrowski of Canada, second seeds and reigning Olympic champions Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic, and eighth seeds Cristina Buscha and Sara Sorribes Tormo of Spain. The Russian pair won all three matches in straight sets.
This is the first time that Russian pair Mirra Andreeva and Diana Schneider play together in doubles, so they do not have any personal meetings with the Italians.
Poll for the match:
Paolini and Errani are experienced players who have already played in the Roland Garros final this year. In addition, Errani has won in all TBS, in a pair with Roberta Vinci (from 2012 to 2014). Errani has a total of 30 career doubles titles. Sarah is also a former world number one in doubles.
Andreeva and Schneider have played several doubles matches on the WTA Tour. Neither has a career doubles title, but Schneider has won junior Grand Slam titles in women’s doubles. Given their experience and form, Italy’s Paolini and Errani are the favorites, but it’s worth considering that in the previous three matches, Andreeva and Schneider were also potential outsiders, but they ultimately won against the Spanish, Czech and Canadian teams, so they have a chance at Olympic gold.
Forecast: Andreeva and Schneider will win in three sets.
Vyacheslav Gorbachev, Athletistic
Source: Sport
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