LiontipsDaria Kasatkina vs Magda Linette. Predictions and Betting Tips for WTA San Jose
Command Analysis
2021 is a successful season for Daria Kasatkina. She won two titles: at Saint-Petersburg and at Melbourne, she also reached the final of Birmingham tournament.
After the Wimbledon Daria took a month-long break. After a loss of game form first match at San Jose tournament turned out to be pretty difficult for her. However, she managed to beat Caroline Garcia in three sets (3:6, 7:5, 6:3). In our prediction we can expect an improvement of Daria's performance in the second match.
Magda Linette has completely failed the start of the season, but since May she started to put up good results on tour. Polish player reached the semi-final of Strasbourg tournament and then reached the third round at Roland Garros and at Wimbledon.
Magda played two matches in San Jose. First one, against Kerkhove, was not difficult at all (6:3, 6:3). In the second round Linette faced Petra Martic and Croatian player managed to put up some competition, but Polish player was more accurate on the crucial moments of the match (7:5, 7:6).
Trends
СтавкаFirst set: total under 9.5
In three of five most recent Linette's matches no more than nine games were played in the first set
СтавкаSets total over 2.5
Five most recent matches of Kasatkina ended in three sets
Tip and bets
Polish player shouldn't be underestimated in predictions, her victory over Martic in the second round was pretty impressive. But Kasatkinahas an advantage in technical skills and her results during the current season are better. We think that Kasatkina will be able to take revenge on Linette for a defeat in 2018.
Our prediction - Kasatkina to win
Five most recent matches of Kasatkina ended in three sets. Linette is unlikely to leave the court without a fight in an upcoming match.
Our second bet is on total over 20 games
