Zidansek vs Cirstea: who will become the first quarter-finalist of Roland Garros?
Tamara Zidansek and Sorana Cirstea will decide the first quarter-finalist of 2021 Roland Garros in a head-to-head match. Who will secure a win in this clash? You can find out in our prediction.

Command Analysis

Tamara Zidansek

Tamara Zidansek already achieved her best result in Roland Garros. In two previous years Slovenian player was beaten in the first round both times. In 2021 Tamara has already reached the round of 16.
Zidansek had a difficult path to that stage in Paris. In the first round she narrowly beat Bianca Andreescu in three sets (6:7, 7:6, 9:7). Second opponent, Brengle, failed to put up a fight against Zidansek (6:4, 6:1). In the third round Tamara recorded an amazing comeback victory over Siniakova after a bagel in the first set (0:6, 7:6, 6:2).

Sorana Cirstea

Sorana Cirstea gained an excellent form for the start of Roland Garros. One week ago she reached the final of Strasbourg tournament, but was beaten by Barbora Krejcikova in the title match (6:3, 6:3).
In Paris Cirstea's impressive run of form continued. In three matches at the French capital she lost only one set. It happened in the second round match against Trevisan (6:4, 3:6, 6:4). Before that she secured a win over Konta (7:6, 6:2). In the round of 32 Cirstea recorded a very confident victory over the Russian player Daria Kasatkina, despite many experts predicted a defeat for Sorana (6:3, 6:2).
Trends
СтавкаSets performance: 1>2
In all three matches of the current tournament Romanian player had more games in the first set than in the second one

СтавкаTiebreak: yes
In two out of three Zidansek's matches in Paris tiebreaks were played

Tip and bets
Bookmakers have not choose a clear favourite for this match. In our opinion, Romanian player is looking more consistent in Paris, while Zidansek failed the first half of the match against Siniakova in the previous round and got into the round of 16 mainly because of her opponent's mistakes.
Our prediction - Sorana Cirstea to win
This will be a match of even opponents and the odds are proving that statement. We think that there is high possibility of a long match.
Our second bet is on total over 20 games