LiontipsAna Konjuh vs Zhang Shuai. Predicitons and Betting Tips for WTA San Jose
Command Analysis
A former World No. 20 Ana Konjuh is trying to come back on tour after a number of surgeries on her hand. Overall, it is safe to say that her comeback is successful. She managed to reach the round of 16 at a prestigious Miami tournament, then she played in the final of Belgrade tournament and climbed to 116th position in the rankings.
In San Jose Konjuh had to start from qualification and then beat Bouzkova (7:5, 3:6, 7:5) and Riske (6:1, 6:4) in the main draw. We should mention that Croatian player have already repeated her best result at San Jose tournament - she reached the quarter-final of that competition in 2017.
An experienced 32-year old Zhang Shuai completely failed the start of the season. Chinese player recorded her first victory in 2021 only at Strasbourg tournament, which was played in May. But after that Chinese player gained momentum and reached the final of grass tournament in Nottingham, then she reached the semi-final of clay tournament in Palermo.
Zhang Shuai was not successful at San Jose before. On three most recent Californian tournaments she was beaten in the first round. But in 2021 she managed to reach the quarter-final after victories over Raducanu (6:3, 6:2) and Keys (7:5, 7:6).
Trends
СтавкаSecond set: total under 9.5
In both head-to-head matches Konjuh and Zheng Shuai played less than ten games in the second set
СтавкаSets total under 2.5
Both head-to-head matches ended with a 2:0 victory on sets for Konjuh
Tip and bets
Konjuh won two head-to-head matches against Zhang Shuai. In 2021 Croatian player is coming back on tour and she wants to climb back to Top-100. So far everything is going well for Ana and an inconsistent Chinese player is unlikely to stop her from going into the semi-final of San Jose tournament.
Our prediction - Konjuh to win
Choosing a bet on the total, we should look at the history of head-to-head matches. Konjuh and Zhang Shuai never played more than 22 games on head-to-head fixtures, so we are expecting a low number of games in this match.
Our second bet is on total under 22 games
