LiontipsSofia Kenin vs Jelena Ostapenko. Predictions and Betting Tips for WTA Roland Garros
Command Analysis
Since the beginning of the 2021 year Sofia Kenin is not demonstrating the game that we saw from her a year ago. We can remind that in the previous year USA representative played in the final of Roland Garros, but lost in the decisive match to Iga Swiatek (4:6, 1:6).
Sofia won only seven matches in 2021 and lost eight. It's important that Kenin failed to find a win on clay this season. Her most recent tournament were at Rome, where she was beaten by Barbora Krejcikova in the first match (1:6, 4:6).
Jelena Ostapenko also had some success on Roland Garros. In 2017 Latvian player became an unexpected winner of the competition. Though, after that she wasn't even close to repeat that result. After 2017, her best result at Paris was the reaching of a third round in the previous year.
In 2021, results of Ostapenko are not so consistent. But Jelena had a successful performance at Rome, where she managed to reach the quarter-final. During that tournament, in three out of four matches Latvian competitor played at least 21 games.
Trends
СтавкаFirst set: total over 9.5
In four out of last five Kenin's matches there were at least ten games played in the first set
СтавкаSets total over 2.5
Opponents played three sets in their only head-to-head match, plus Ostapenko's two most recent matches ended in three sets
Tip and bets
In our opinion, the first-choice bet for this match should be a bet on total over. Kenin is currently far from her best form, but she will try her best to defend her points for the previous year final. Ostapenko was never a consistent player, so she is unlikely to defeat Sofia in straight sets. We are also remembering that in the last year head-to-head match three sets were played and 25 games.
Our prediction - total over 20 games
Looking at the odds on both players, we recommend you to put a bet on Kenin to win. We believe that Sofia will be extremely motivated for this important tournament and will try to finally break her string of failures.
Our second bet is on Kenin to win
