LiontipsKarolina Pliskova vs Camila Giorgi. Predictions and Betting Tips for Summer Olympics
Command Analysis
Karolina Pliskova arrived to Tokyo as the runner-up of Wimbledon. Czech player was beaten in the final of Grand Slam tournament by Ashleigh Barty (3:6, 7:6, 3:6). But a successful performance in London surely boosted Karolina's self-confidence.
Seventh WTA player started a Tokyo tournament with an impressive victory over Cornet (6:1, 6:3). But in the second round Pliskova gave a second set to Carla Suarez Navarro (6:3, 6:7, 6:1).
Camila Giorgi played great during the grass part of the season. Her best result is a semi-final of Eastbourne tournament. In the first round of that tournament she beat her today opponent, Karolina Pliskova (2:6, 6:2, 6:2).
Giorgi is performing well at Tokyo so far. In the first round she left no chance to Brady (6:3, 6:2) and then secured another confident victory, this time over Elena Vesnina (6:3, 6:1). With that level of performance Italian player should be able to put up a fight against Pliskova.
Trends
СтавкаSecond set: total under 9.5
Only in one out of seven head-to-head matches Pliskova and Giorgi played more than nine games in the second set
СтавкаSets total over 2.5
In three most recent head-to-head matches the winner was decided in three sets
Tip and bets
Giorgi's victory in a head-to-head match at Eastbourne happened one month ago. So far we can't say that Giorgi is looking worse than Pliskova at Tokyo. In our prediction we are expecting a contested match, so we can offer to place a bet on the underdog.
Our prediction - Giorgi to win
Players exchanged sets in each of three most recent head-to-head matches. We are expecting another contested match in Tokyo.
Our second bet is on total over 20 games
