LiontipsEkaterina Alexandrova vs Barbora Krejcikova. Predictions and Betting Tips for WTA Roland Garros
Command Analysis
Ekaterina Alexandrova is performing way too inconsistently in 2021. Russian player often advances only through first of second round of WTA tournaments. She also managed to reach the semi-final at Malbourne tournament and reach the third round at Australian Open.
At Strasbourg tournament in previous week Ekaterina played three matches and gained some match practice before the start in Paris. That helped her to defeat Venus Williams in the first round without any problems. Her next match will be against Krejcikova. Alexandrova lost to Czech player in the quarter-final of Strasbourg tournament (6:7, 1:6). Ekaterina will be seriously motivated to take revenge.
Barbora Krejcikovaplayed great on clay tournaments during May. Czech player reached the round of 16 at Rome and claimed a title at Strasbourg in the previous week.
In Paris Barbora will defend her points for the reaching round of 16 on previous year. In the first round Krejcikova narrowly beat her compatriot, Krystina Pliskova (5:7, 6:4, 6:2). She probably had difficulties because of an intense schedule. Barbora played five matches in Strasbourg on last week and in two of them she had to play three sets.
Trends
СтавкаFirst set: total over 8.5
In three out of last four head-to-head matches there were more than eight games played in the first set
СтавкаTiebreak: yes
In last two head-to-head matches tiebreaks were played
Tip and bets
Opponents played against each other four times. In three of those matches Alexandrova came out on top. Czech player had some problems in the first round, it is not easy for her to play so intensively for two weeks in a row. We think that Ekaterina will try to take revenge on Krejcikova, so we offer to bet on Russian player to win.
Our prediction - Alexandrova to win
In last two head-to-head matches tiebreaks were played, plus players are pretty even on their level of play, so we should expect a long match.
Our second bet is on total over 20 games
