LiontipsAnastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs Jelena Ostapenko. Predictions and Betting Tips for WTA Eastbourne
Command Analysis
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova had a breakout performance in the Roland Garros. For the first time in her career Russian player reached the final of a Grand Slam tournament. She failed to win a title though, losing the final match to Barbora Krejcikova (1:6, 6:2, 4:6).
After that huge success Anastasia took a break. Now she will play on the grass. Russian player has a mediocre record on that surface: she won only 23 matches and lost 26. But we should remember that Anastasia is in a great form now.
Jelena Ostapenko achieved her best result of the season in Rome, where she reached the quarter-final. At Roland Garros Jelena lost in the first round to Sofia Kenin (4:6, 6:4, 3:6).
In comparision with her opponent, Latvian player already had one tournament on the grass. Ostapenko failed to achieve a success in Birmingham. After a confident win over Davis (6:4, 6:1) she took a defeat from Martincova (6:7, 6:4, 2:6).
Trends
СтавкаSets performance: 1>2
In three out of the last five head-to-head matches more games were played in the first set than in the second one
СтавкаSecond set: total under 9.5
In four out of last five H2H matches Pavlyuchenkova and Ostapenko had no more than nine games in the second set
Tip and bets
Jelena Ostapenko won four out of five head-to-head matches and one of them was on the grass. But the most recent match between the players was played in 2019. Pavlyuchenkova is currently on a good mood and she probably didn't lose her game form, that we saw at Paris tournament. We offer a prediction on a Russian player to win.
Our prediction - Pavlyuchenkova to win
It will be the first match on the grass for the Russian player, so she will need some time for adaptation. Ostapenko was never a consistent player, so she won't be able to close this match in straight sets. We offer a prediction on total over.
Our second bet is on total over 21 games
