The First Round will be completed by Monday evening at the tournament, while the ATP events in Rotterdam, Buenos Aires and Delray Beach make quieter starts to their respective events.
We should have some big names out on the courts over the next few days, but the Tennis Picks need to step up after a poor Saturday ended the last week on a sour note.
It was obviously a much tighter week, but a positive is needed to get things going in 2024.
Any selections from Buenos Aires or Delray Beach will be added to this thread from the matches scheduled for Monday.
Emma Raducanu - 3.5 games v Anhelina Kalinina: The return to the Tour has had some ups and downs and that has to be expected for fans of Emma Raducanu.
A couple of solid wins will give her confidence though and she may be facing a good opponent in the First Round in Doha, even if Anhelina Kalinina has a win over the British player in the only previous meeting on the Tour.
2024 has started really poorly for Kalinina and four losses in five matches means she is going to be playing with a lack of confidence. In a game of fine margins, that can be the key and Kalinina is going to have to dig deep against someone like Emma Raducanu, even in her current position as a returning player to the Tour.
She was well beaten by Ons Jabeur last week in Abu Dhabi, but Emma Raducanu played out a close first set before falling away.
That will have felt disappointing, but Raducanu has been playing the stronger tennis of the two in this First Round match in Doha and that should show up in the scoreline.
Where Emma Raducanu has been serving well enough, Anhelina Kalinina has struggled this season and it is hard to just turn it on. Her return play has not been nearly as effective and the edge has to be with the British player to come through this opening Round match.
MY PICKS: Emma Raducanu - 3.5 Games @ 1.70 Coral (2 Units)
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