LiontipsNadia Podoroska vs Ekaterina Alexandrova. Predictions and Betting Tips for Summer Olympics
Command Analysis
Throughout the entire season Nadia Podoroska failed to repeat results she had in the previous season. Argentinian player reached the quarter-final on three low-prestigious tournaments at Bad Homburg, Belgrade and Melbourne.
In the Olympic Games at Tokyo Podoroska managed to beat Kazakhstan representative Yulia Putintseva. Opponents played only one full set, in whic Nadia won a tiebreak. Yulia retired from a match during the second set.
Ekaterina Alexandrova prepared for the Olympic Games in the training camp at Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. She got off to a great start at Tokyo.
In the first round of Olympic tournament Ekaterina had a dangerous opponent, Elise Mertens. It was a nervous and intensive match with a number of mistakes. Eventually Alexandrova recorded a victory in three sets (4:6, 6:4, 6:4). We should mention that Russian player 80% of points on the first serve.
Trends
СтавкаFirst set: total under 8.5
In both head-to-head matches no more than eight games were played in the first set
СтавкаSets total under 2.5
Alexandrova won both head-to-head matches in straight sets
Tip and bets
Nadia Podoroska is a comfortable opponent for Ekaterina Alexandrova. Opponents played against each other in 2020 and in 2021, in both matches Russian player recorded confident victories without losing a set. We don't think that something will change in Tokyo.
Our prediction - Alexandrova to win with a handicap of (-3) games
Choosing a bet on the total, we should look at the history of head-to-head matches, in which 15 and 16 games were played respectively.
Our second bet is on total under 20 games
