Stuttgart 2023: Qinwen Zheng vs Alycia Parks Tennis Prediction

TennisSection previews the 2023 Stuttgart Open first-round match featuring Qinwen Zheng vs Alycia Parks on Monday, April 17, 2023.

Zheng vs Parks Match Preview and Prediction

Alycia Parks gets into the Stuttgart Open draw as a lucky loser, but her task looks daunting on paper as she is slated to play China’s newest star, Qinwen Zheng. Who will prevail?

Qinwen Zheng has landed in the most difficult section of the draw, having to lock horns with Iga Swiatek in the second round of the Stuttgart Open. Zheng first has to win her opener here, unlike Swiatek who has a bye. She will take on American young gun Alycia Parks who seems to have gone off the boil in recent weeks.

Alycia Parks has had three matches on the clay already, with two of those on the indoor surface at the Stuttgart Open. Parks lost in the second round of qualifying to Tamara Korpatsch but enters the main draw as a lucky loser following Petra Kvitova’s late withdrawal. Can she upset Qinwen Zheng?

Zheng vs Parks Prediction and Pick

Alycia Parks leads Qinwen Zheng 1-0 in their head-to-head, winning their only career meeting in Germany on the lawns of Berlin. The surface there is slick and plays extremely fast to Parks’ liking. She’s not expected to have joy at the Stuttgart Open despite acclimatizing to the court conditions. Obviously, the American’s form makes her a huge underdog here, and Zheng looks poised to set up a mouthwatering second-round collision against Swiatek.