Garbine Muguruza vs Sloane Stephens. Prediction and Betting Tips for WTA Madrid (April 29, 2021).

Garbine Muguruza had 27 matches in 2021, and she won 21 of them. She won the title in Dubai, and also reached the finals in Melbourne and in Doha. However, Muguruza yet can't return to the top 10 of the WTA rankings. At the moment, she is on the 13th line. Perhaps success at the home tournament in Madrid will allow Garbine to get back into the Top 10.

In recent years, Muguruza has had varying success in the capital of Spain. In 2018, she got to the 1/8 finals. But at the same time, in the 2017 and 2019 seasons, Garbine lost in the first rounds.

The last time she appeared on court was in Charleston. During the 1/8 finals game against Putintseva, the Spanish player withdrew from the match because of leg pain. Luckily it wasn't a serious injury, and Garbine is ready to show her game in Madrid.

Sloane Stephens is having another bad season. The American currently has only four victories in ten matches. Moreover, three of them were won at the home tournament in Charleston. Before that, Sloane had won only one of her six matches.

It's hard to say in what form Stephens will approach the start of the tournament in Madrid: more than two weeks since Charleston, and the game conditions in Madrid are somewhat different.

It is worth mentioning that Sloane won two out of four head-to-head matches against Muguruza. But in their last game in 2020 in Rome on clay, the Spanish player was stronger (6-3, 6-3).