LiontipsSerena Williams vs Irina Camelia Begu. Prediction and Betting Tips for WTA Roland Garros
Command Analysis
Serena Williams still has a hope to win another Grand Slam tournament. On Australian Open at Melbourne she reached the semi-final and lost to Naomi Osaka (3:6, 4:6). American player said many times that her only objectives are the Grand Slam tournaments.
But before the start of Roland Garros the former World No. 1 participated on two clay tournaments. Nothing special from Serena there, only one victory over an obscure player Pigato at Parma (6:3, 6:2). She lost to Podoroska at Rome (6:7, 5:7) and to Sinyakova at Parma (6:7, 2:6). At the two most recent Paris tournaments Serena also performed badly - defeats in second and then in third rounds.
An experienced Romanian player Irina Camelia Begu had the best result of the season at Australia. At two Melborne tournaments she reached the quarter-final. But at Australian Open Begu lost in the first round to Stojanovic (3:6, 4:6).
On clay, Irina Camelia participated only on two tournaments. At Madrid she advanced through qualification, but in the first round of the main draw lost to Kasatkina (6:4, 4:6, 6:7). At Rome she lost in the first qualification round to Petkovic (4:6, 7:5, 3:6). We should note that Begu put up a fight in all of those matches. She has a powerful serve, which keeps her in the game.
Trends
СтавкаTiebreak: yes
In two out of three Williams' clay matches tiebreaks were played
СтавкаFirst set: total over 9.5
This bet played in four out of last five Begu's matches
Tip and bets
Serena Williams is not looking confident at the first matches of big tournaments. For example, in the previous year at Paris she had to play tiebreak in the first round match. At Rome and at Parma Serena was not looking unbreakable. In our opinion, experienced Begu won't lose to American with a large margin, so we offer a bet on plus handicap for underdog.
Our prediction - Begu to win with a handicap of (+5) games
Both players have a powerful serve, it is a great weapon even on clay. Begu played four matches on clay and three of them ended in three sets. Serena also had long matches against Podoroska and Sinyakova. We offer a bet on total over.
Our second bet is on total over 19 games
