LiontipsOceane Babel vs Elina Svitolina. Predictions and Betting Tips for WTA Roland Garros
Command Analysis
17-year old Frenchwoman Oceane Babel will debut in woman's Roland Garros on June 1. She reached the quarter-final on girls' Roland Garros in 2018. This time talented player was awarded a wildcard for the tournament.
So far Babel doesn't have any achievements in her professional career. In 2021 she participated on four ITF tournaments. She managed to won only one match.
Elina Svitolina is, as always, one of the Roland Garros' favourites, but so far she is not so impressive. In the previous season everything were going pretty well for her at Paris, where she reached the quarter-final and were drawn to a low-ranked Podoroska. But match ended with a defeat (2:6, 4:6).
Svitolina is approaching the Roland Garros tournament after an unconsistent performance in three tournaments. At Stuttgart she reached the semi-final, where she lost to Ashleigh Barty (6:4, 6:7, 2:6). At Madrid Elina left the tournament after a surprising loss to Teichmann (6:2, 4:6, 6:7). At Rome tournament she managed to reach the quarter-final, but then she lost to an eventual winner Iga Swiatek (2:6, 5:7).
Trends
СтавкаSecond set: total under 8.5
Only in one out of five Babel's matches in 2021 there were no more than eight games played in the second set
СтавкаFirst set: total under 8.5
In three out of last four Svitolina's matches there were no more than eight games played in the first set
Tip and bets
We expect that in this match we will see a difference in class and in experience between the two players. Svitolina needs to feel confidence since the first match and to advance to the second round without any problems. We shouldn't wait for a surprise in this match.
Our prediction - Svitolina to win with a handicap of (-7.5) games
Even at the ITF level Babel was losing with total under 16.5 games. We think that French player will score no more than four games in this fixture.
Our second bet is on total under 16.5 games
