LiontipsKarolina Pliskova vs Yulia Putintseva. Predictions and Betting Tips for WTA Cincinnati
Command Analysis
Since the Wimbledon tournament Karolina Pliskova is in a great form. Czech player managed to reach the final in London, where she was stopped by the World No. 1 player Ashleigh Barty (6:3, 6:7, 6:3). At the Olympic Games in Tokyo Karolina reached the third round.
In the previous game week Pliskova put up a successful performance at Montreal. She reached the final of that competition. But just like at Tokyo Czech player was beaten by Camila Giorgi (3:6, 5:7). But she recorded victories over Vekic, Anisimova, Sorribes Tormo and Sabalenka in the main draw.
Yulia Putintseva is having a successful summer part of the season. Kazakhstan representative won the title of clay tournament at Budapest. She also reached the quarter-final of hard tournament in San Jose.
Despite all of her achievements, player still lacks consistency. In the previous week she failed to beat Veronika Kudermetova in the first round of Montreal tournament, despite the lead after the first set (6:1, 2:6, 4:6).
In Cincinnati Putintseva started in the first round. She had no problems in the first round against Zhang Shuai (6:2, 6:0).
Trends
СтавкаSecond set: total under 9.5
In all five head-to-head matches Pliskova and Putintseva had no more then nine games played in the second set
СтавкаSets performance: 1>2
In four out of five head-to-head matches more games were played in the first set than in the second one
Tip and bets
Karolina Pliskova is ahead on head-to-head matches, she won four most recent head-to-head fixtures. In the previous week at Montreal Pliskova was almost flawless on her serve. We think that inconsistent Putintseva won't have many chances in the match against an uncomfortable opponent.
Our prediction - Pliskova to win with a handicap of (-3) games
As for the second prediction, we offer a bet on total under. In the previous week at Montreal only one out of five Pliskova's matches ended with a total over 21 games.
Our second bet is on total under 21 games
