LiontipsLiudmila Samsonova vs Victoria Azarenka. Predictions and Betting Tips for WTA Cincinnati
Command Analysis
It is the most successful season for Liudmila Samsonova, she rose to 52nd spot in WTA rankings. She had some very successful tournaments this year. For example, Russian player reached the third round of Miami tournament in March, despite starting from qualification. Then she had a successful grass part of the season, she won a title at Berlin and reached the round of 16 at Wimbledon.
In the previous week at Montreal Samsonova recorded a victory over Elena Rybakina in the first round (6:4, 5:7, 6:4). In Cincinnati Liudmila had to start from qualification again, where she beat her compatriots, Zvonareva (7:5, 6:3) and Blinkova (7:5, 7:6) without losing a single set.
Throughout the season Victoria Azarenka is struggling with back problems, that's she had to change her schedule. Nonetheless, Belarusian player gained a decent form for the start of American series of hard tournaments.
In the previous week Azarenka won two matches at Montreal over Cirstea (6:2, 6:2) and Sakkari (6:4, 3:6, 7:6). In the quarter-final Victoria was beaten by her younger compatriot, Sabalenka (2:6, 4:6).
Trends
СтавкаSecond set: total under 9.5
In four out of five most recent matches of Azarenka no more than nine games were played in the second set
СтавкаSets performance: 2>1
In three out of five most recent matches of Samsonova more games were played in the second set than in the first one
Tip and bets
Liudmila Samsonova doesn't want to stop after a success on the grass. Russian player won two matches in qualification, beating strong opponents in Cincinnati, now she is in a great form. Azarenka is not consistent enough to beat Samsonova without any problems. We offer a bet on the underrated underdog.
Our prediction - Samsonova to win with a handicap of (+4) games
Samsonova played four matches at Montreal and Cincinnati and only in one of them less than 20 games were played. We are expecting at least 20 games to be played in the match against the Belarusian player.
Our second bet is on total over 20 games
