LiontipsKostyuk vs Cirstea. Predictions and Betting Tips for WTA Istanbul
Command Analysis
18-year old Marta Kostyuk is playing in the WTA tour semi-final for the second time of the season. In January at Abu-Dhabi Ukrainian player failed to advance through semi-final falling to Veronica Kudermetova (6:7, 4:6). But after the coronavirus and couple of unfortunate matches Marta is on a great form again.
On her road to the semi-final Ukrainian representative had a couple of scary opponents. In first two rounds she defeated Russians Rakhimova (6:4, 6:3) and Kasatkina (6:3, 7:5). But the hardest match for the Ukrainian player was a quarter-final against Ana Konjuh (7:5, 4:6, 6:3). It was a long match with many mistakes from both players and Marta is probably exhausted now.
Romanian player Cirstea is having a best tournament of this season. She never considered as a title contender, but she surely improved her game during the tournament. Of course she got a little lucky: her quarter-final opponent Fiona Ferro has withdrawn from the match during the game.
On her road to the quarter-final Cirstea overcame Kozlova (6:4, 7:6) and Potapova (7:6, 6:4). Worth noting that Sorana won both tie-breaks and managed to play better in crucial moments of the games due to her advantage in experience over her younger opponents.
Trends
СтавкаTie-break: yes
In two Cirstea's matches at Istanbul tie-breaks were played
СтавкаFirst set: total over 9.5
In all three Cirstea's matches at Istanbul more than nine games were played in the first set
Tip and bets
In an upcoming semi-final game bookies are on Ukrainian player side. But you should underestimate Cirstea. She is more experienced and she is in better shape, because she played only one set in the quarter-final. We think that it will be a wise move to put a bet on Cirstea.
Our prediction - Cirstea to win.
In two full matches of Romanian player and in two last Kostyuk's matches total over 20 games were recorded. And since the ticket to the final is at stake, we should expect an intense battle.
Our second bet is on total over 20 games.
