LiontipsPetra Kvitova vs Angelique Kerber. Predictions and Betting Tips for WTA Madrid
Command Analysis
Petra Kvitova is currently on the 12th position of WTA rankings and is on her way back to top-10. Madrid is a perfect place for Kvitova - she won a title here in 2018, and in the most recent tournament, in 2019, she reached the quarter-finals. I guess we can expect another great performance at Spanish capital from Petra.
In the first round Kvitova played against her compatriot Marie Bouzkova. Petra took first set with ease (6:2) and in the second one her opponent withdraw from the match.
Kvitova is already familiar with Kerber. Opponents played 13 H2H matches, seven of them were won by Petra. Most recent head-to-head game was held at Sydney, where Kvitova took a confident win (6:4, 6:1).
Angelique Kerber is trying to get back on track for two years now. She is dreaming to get her previous form, where she was a member of Top-10. Now German player is only 26th WTA player in the world. Before the Madrid tournament Kerber won 5 matches out of 11 in 2021.
In the first round of Madrid tournament she was considered a clear underdog in a clash against Vondroušová, but managed to get a win in straight sets (7:6, 6:1). The key moment of the game was a win in tie-break in the first set. Marketa couldn't recover after this and gave away the second set pretty easily.
Trends
СтавкаSets performance: 1>2
In three out of four last H2H games there were more games played in first set than in second one
СтавкаSecond set: total under 9,5
In three most recent H2H games no more than nine games were played in the second set
Tip and bets
Angelique Kerber started to show flashes of the game that she had during her peak. But she didn't manage to gain stability in matches against higher ranked opponents. Kvitova is looking more confident so far and she is capable to get a win over Kerber at her favoured Madrid tournament.
Our prediction - Kvitova to win with a handicap of (-4) games.
Three of the most recent head-to-head games finished in straight sets and with a total under 17 games. We can expect that game won't take long this time as well.
Our second bet is on total under 20 games.
