LiontipsDaria Kasatkina vs Tereza Martincova. Predictions and Betting Tips for WTA Birmingham Classic
Command Analysis
Daria Kasatkina failed to put up a competent performance at the Roland Garros, where she was beaten in the third round by Sorana Cirstea (3:6, 2:6). But transition to the grass turned out to be pretty successful for the Russian player.
In Birmingham she had some problems with adaptation in the first round match against Polona Hercog (4:6, 6:3, 6:3). In the second round Daria quite easily took the victory over Marta Kostyuk (6:2, 7:5), but almost created problems for herself in the second set, barely avoiding a tiebreak.
Hardly anyone could predict that Tereza Martincova would reach the quarter-final of Birmingham tournament. Ranked 90th in WTA rankings started the competition from the qualification, where she played two matches. After that Czech player won two matches in the main draw.
She easily beat Samantha Stosur, who has been without a match practice for a long time (6:3, 6:4). But in the round of 16 Tereza had a difficult match against Jelena Ostapenko (7:6, 4:6, 6:2). Both players had problems with consistency, but in the third set Tereza played better. But she wasted a lot of energy, so there are some concerns, whether she will recover in time for the quarter-final.
Trends
СтавкаFirst set: total under 9.5
In four out of last five Kasatkina's matches no more than nine games were played in the first set
СтавкаSets performance: 2>1
In four out of previous six Martincova's matches there were more games played in the second set than in the first one
Tip and bets
Daria Kasatkina has successfuly adapted to grass surface, beating two dangerous opponents. Now she will play against Martincova, who is not good enough to compete against Daria on the baseline. Moreover, Czech player has just played a difficult match in the round of 16. We offer a bet on Russian player to win.
Our prediction - Kasatkina to win with a handicap of (-3) games
Martincova is too exhausted now, so we don't think that this match will take long. We offer a bet on total under.
Our second bet is on total under 21 games
