LiontipsRebecca Peterson vs Elena Rybakina. Predictions and Betting Tips for Summer Olympics
Command Analysis
Throughout the whole season it is always difficult to predict how will Rebecca Peterson perform on any tournament. Sometimes Swedish player can reach second or third round, beating dangerous opponents along the way, but sometimes she puts up a disastrous performance. Rebecca's best results during this season are the quarter-finals of Melbourne and Belgrade tournaments and the semi-final of home tournament at Bastad.
Peterson played her first match at Tokyo against Sherif. It was a contested match, which ended with a win for the Swedish player in straight sets (7:5, 7:6). Both players served pretty well, Sherif made only two breaks.
Elena Rybakina is having a great season and she is holding on to her position in Top-20 of WTA rankings. Before Tokyo Kazakhstan representative reached the semi-final of Eastbourne tournament and the round of 16 at Wimbledon.
Rybakina started the Tokyo tournament with a confident win over Samantha Stosur (6:4, 6:2). Throughout the whole match Elena didn't lose a single game on her serve and won 95% points on the first serve.
Trends
СтавкаSecond set: total over 9.5
In three out of last five Rybakina's matches more than nine games were played in the second set
СтавкаSets total under 2.5
Six most recent matches of Peterson ended in straight sets
Tip and bets
In 2019 players had a head-to-head match in the final of hard tournament. Back then Swedish player destroyed Rybakina with a 6:2, 6:0 score. In 2021 Elena is looking better than her opponent, but Peterson is able to play confident on her serve. It should be enough to hold on to a plus handicap.
Our prediction - Peterson to win with a handicap of (+5) games
In the first round of Tokyo tournament Rybakina and Peterson played confident while serving. In our prediction we are expecting at least 19 games to be played.
Our second bet is on total over 19 games
