LiontipsAnett Kontaveit vs Jelena Ostapenko. Predictions and Betting Tips for WTA Eastbourne
Command Analysis
The best result of Anett Kontaveit in 2021 was achieved at Melbourne, in a lead-up tournament to Australian Open. Estonian player won a semi-final in there, but the final match wasn't played. After that Anett was not even close to that achievement.
Eastbourne is the first grass tournament in the season for Kontaveit and she reached the final right away. We can say that Estonian player was fortunate, because her semi-final opponent, Camila Giorgi, couldn't finish the match. In other three matches Anett managed to get only one victory in straight sets, over Andreescu (6:3, 6:3). Matches against Kuznetsova and Golubic were pretty difficult for the Estonian player and she needed three sets for a victory.
Jelena Ostapenko's fans are tired of waiting a successful results from her. Before the start of Eastbourne tournament her best result was the quarter-final of clay competition at Rome.
In our predictions for Jelena's matches we were mentioning that she is improving from match to match. In the semi-final Ostapenko showed her full potential, beating Elena Rybakina (6:4, 6:1). Before that she defeated Pavlyuchenkova, Jabeur and Kasatkina. Ostapenko had a more difficult draw than her opponent, Kontaveit.
Trends
СтавкаFirst set: total under 9.5
In all three head-to-head matches there were less than ten games played in the first set
СтавкаSets total over 2.5
In two out of three head-to-head matches between Kontaveit and Ostapenko a set exchange took place
Tip and bets
Kontaveit recorded three victories in head-to-head fixtures. But in the Eastbourne final Ostapenko has a great chance for a win. Jelena is improving in accuracy with every single match, she beat some difficult opponents on her way to the final. In our prediction we offer a bet on Latvian player to win a title.
Our prediction - Ostapenko to win
In two of three head-to-head matches players exchanged sets. Before the final each of the opponents played two matches with three sets. We offer to place a bet on total over.
Our second bet is on total over 21 games
