LiontipsViktoria Kuzmova vs Varvara Gracheva. Predictions and Betting Tips for WTA Gdynia
Command Analysis
A former 43rd WTA player Viktoria Kuzmova is having a disastrous 2021 season and now she is only at the 156th position in the WTA rankings. Overall, Slovakian player has eight victories and 11 defeats since the beginning of the season.
Quite interesting that two of those wins were recorded in the previous week at Prague tournament. She managed to advance through two rounds in a Czech capital, beating Barthel (2:6, 6:4, 6:3) and Sramkova (6:4, 7:5). Probably the fact that she reached the quarter-final of Prague tournament will gain Kuzmova's self-confidence and she will keep her level of performance in Gdynia.
Varvara Gracheva has finally reached the Top-100 of the world rankings, but she still lacks consistency. In 2021 Russian player had a great run at Roland Garros, reaching the third round. But she failed to keep up that level of results.
On three tournaments after the Roland Garros Varvara Gracheva was beaten in the first round. On the grass she was defeated by Siniakova and Martic. A transition to clay in the previous week at Lausanne tournament was also unsuccessful for Varvara - she was eliminated by Minella in the first round (3:6, 2:6). Odds on the victory of Gracheva's opponent in that match were higher than 3.00.
Trends
СтавкаSets performance: 1>2
In three most recent matches of Gracheva more games were played in the first set than in the second one
СтавкаSecond set: total under 9.5
In three out of last five Kuzmova's matches more than nine games were played in the second set
Tip and bets
After a success at Roland Garros Varvara Gracheva failed to win a single match. In the previous week young Russian player was beaten by Minella, who was in a bad form. Kuzmova managed to break her string of failures at Prague and now she will try to extend her success. We think that Varvara's chances are overrated by bookmakers, so we offer to place a bet on the underdog.
Our prediction - Kuzmova to win with a handicap of (+5) games
It will be a match of similar players, both opponents are lacking accuracy on the serve. We think that it will be a long match.
Our second bet is on total over 20 games
