LiontipsGarbine Muguruza vs Sloane Stephens. Prediction and Betting Tips for WTA Madrid (April 29, 2021).
Command Analysis
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).
Trends
СтавкаTotal under 2.5 sets
All four H2H matches ended in two sets.
Ставка1st set: total under 9.5
Less than 9.5 games were played in the first set in three out of four head-to-head matches.
Tip and bets
In general, Garbine Muguruza is performing much better than Sloane Stephens during the season. The last head-to-head game on clay ended in a convincing victory for the Spanish player. In the prediction for this match, we hope that Garbine will have another landslide victory against Sloane Stephens in Madrid.
Our prediction is Muguruza to win with a handicap (-5) games.
All head-to-head matches between the players ended in two sets and the opponents never scored more than 19 games. Based on these stats, we recommend betting on the total under.
The second bet - total under 19 games.
