LiontipsBegu vs Kasatkina. Predictions and Betting Tips for WTA Madrid
Command Analysis
During the 2021 season Irina-Camelia Begu's results are quite shaky. Romanian player advanced to the quarter-finals at Melbourne twice. But on every other competition she failed to get past the first round.
Madrid tournament will become her first one on clay in the current season. But she had practiced in two qualification rounds, where she beat Kalinskaya (4:6, 7:6, 6:0) and Vögele (6:3, 6:3).
Daria Kasatkina had a good start of the season. Russian player claimed two titles: at Melbourne and at Saint-Petersburg.
But after a short break and transition to clay things went not so good. In the previous week at Istanbul Kasatkina easily defeated Mrdeza (6:1, 6:0) in the first round, but then failed to beat Marta Kostyuk (3:6, 5:7). Nonetheless, Daria had some game practice and she is now capable of successful start at Madrid. Especially since she has a comfortable opponent - Begu. Russian won seven out of eight head-to-head matches. Last two of them were held on clay, at Charleston and at Rome. Both matches were won by Kasatkina in straight sets.
Trends
СтавкаSets total under 2.5
Last four head-to-head matches finished after two sets
СтавкаFirst set: total under 9.5
Only once out of eight H2H games players had more than nine games in the first set
Tip and bets
The key stat behind this match is Kasatkina's full dominance in head-to-head fixtures. Daria is a head above her opponent in technique and in baseline game. We expect another win for the Russian player.
In last four head-to-head fixtures Kasatkina beat her opponent in straight sets. Out of these matches, competitors never played for more than 21 games. So we offer to consider a bet on total under.
Second bet is on total under 21 games.
