LiontipsJohanna Konta vs Kateryna Kozlova. Predictions and Betting Tips for WTA Nottingham Open
Command Analysis
Johanna Konta performed not so well during the first five months of a 2021 season. She had only three wins on hard and clay surfaces combined. A grass portion of the season is a great opportunity for Johanna to improve her results. She had some success on grass throughout her career. For example, at Nottingham tournament for two years in a row, in 2017 and 2018, British player reached the final.
Start of the tournament is a hope for Konta to show a good result at home tournament. Johanna lost only four games to Kerkhova (6:1, 6:3).
Kateryna Kozlova is not looking so impressive during this season. Ukrainian player completely missed the hard part of the season and she also failed to secure a single win in the main draw of WTA tournaments on clay.
Kozlova already played three matches in Nottingham, because she started from qualification. Kateryna secured all of her victories in three sets. In the main draw Ukrainian player managed to beat Gasanova (1:6, 6:4, 6:4) and Brengle (6:3, 5:7, 6:3).
Trends
СтавкаFirst set: total under 9.5
In last five matches of Ukrainian player a total in first set was never higher than 9.5
СтавкаSets performance: 2>1
On last eight Kozlova's matches there were more games played in the second set than in the first one
Tip and bets
Throughout her career, Konta is performing great on the grass. Her performance in the first match of the home tournament was pretty great, so she has a chance to perform well in here. Kozlova was not so impressive in three previous matches, so she won't have many chances to snatch at least one set from Johanna.
Our prediction - Konta to win with a handicap of (-1.5) sets
In her first match Konta gave away only four games to her opponent. Kateryna Kozlova won't be able to put up a resistance here. In our prediction we expect that no more than 20 games will be played.
Our second bet is on total under 20.5 games
