LiontipsAshleigh Barty vs Heather Watson. Predictions and Betting Tips for WTA Cincinnati
Command Analysis
World No. 1 player Ashleigh Barty confirmed her status at the Wimbledon. Ashleigh won the title in London, beating Karolina Pliskova in the final (6:3, 6:7, 6:3). She arrived to Tokyo for the Olympic tournament as one of the main favourites. But she was sensationally beaten in the first round by Sorribes Tormo (4:6, 3:6).
After a failure at Tokyo Barty took a break and missed the Montreal tournament. For the most recent time Ashleigh played at Cincinnati in 2019 and reached the semi-final, but was beaten by Svetlana Kuznetsova (2:6, 4:6).
Heather Watson is having an unsuccessful season. Since the start of the year British player recorded only ten victories in 24 matches. Watson is currently on 67th position in WTA rankings.
British player already won three matches at Cincinnati, she started from qualification. All matches were contested, in each of them three sets were played. In the qualification Watson beat Volynets and Peterson. In the first round of the main draw she had a difficult match against Sasnovich (6:2, 3:6, 6:1).
Trends
СтавкаFirst set: total under 8.5
In three out of five recent matches of Watson no more than eight games were played in the first set
СтавкаSets performance: 2>1
In three out of five most recent matches of Barty more games were played in the second set than in the first one
Tip and bets
Watson is approaching the battle against the World No. 1 player after three difficult matches at Cincinnati. British player is not looking confident, she is unable to play consistently on her serve. Watson will have a hard time against powerful Barty. We are expecting a confident victory from the favourite.
Our prediction - Barty to win with a handicap of (-5.5) games
Ashleigh Barty is head above her opponents on all attributes, so she should be able to record an easy victory. We offer to place a bet on total under.
Our second bet is on total under 19 games
