LiontipsSorana Cirstea vs Barbora Krejcikova. Prediction and Betting Tips for WTA Strasbourg
Command Analysis
Sorana Cirstea has a chance of winning her second title in year 2021. Romanian player already secured a trophy at Istanbul clay tournament.
Cirstea played only three matches on her way to the final. The deal is, her quarter-final opponent Bianca Andreesku had withdrawn from the match before the fixture even started. In the first round Sorana needed three sets to beat Venus Williams (6:1, 2:6, 6:1). In the second round Romanian player secured an easy win over Zhang Shuai (6:2, 6:1). In the semi-final she again played three sets against Magda Linette (3:6, 6:4, 6:2).
For Barbora Krejcikova the starting match, against Dodin, was the easiest one at Strasbourg tournament. In that fixture, her opponent left the match during the second set. After that, Czech had a way tougher draw.
In the second round Barbora managed to come back in the game after a loss in the first set and won the match against Caroline Garcia (3:6, 6:2, 6:1). In the quarter-final against Alexandrova, Czech player also had a tough start of the match, but managed to secure a victory in straight sets (7:6, 6:1).
In the semi-final Krejcikova played against not so well known player, Niemeier. But Barbora again had a terrible start of the match and gave away the first set (5:7, 6:3, 6:4). Will the experienced Cirstea let Barbora to come back in the game like that?
Trends
СтавкаSets total over 2.5
In two head-to-head matches opponents had to play three sets
СтавкаFirst set: total over 9.5
In both head-to-head fixtures Cirstea and Krejcikova had to play more than nine games in the first set
Tip and bets
Cirstea and Krejcikova already played twice against each other and both fixtures were extremely contested, each player claimed one three-set victory. During this tournament we saw that Krejcikova experienced some problems during the start of matches, but her opponents were unable to get advantage of it.
Cirstea is able to get her second title during this year thanks to her great experience. In our prediction we can say that bookmakers are underestimating the Romanian player.
Our prediction - Cirstea to win.
Choosing the total bet, we can look back at two three-set head-to-heads between the players and their stats during the tournament. Each of the opponents played two three-set matches during the Strasbourg tournament. In our opinion, a bet on total over would be the right choice.
Our prediction - total over 21 games
