LiontipsAngelique Kerber vs Petra Kvitova. Predictions and Betting Tips for WTA Cincinnati
Command Analysis
During the grass part of the season Angelique Kerber gained an excellent form and is now playing successfully on hard courts as well. We can remind that German player won the title of grass tournament at Bad Homburg and reached the semi-final of Wimbledon. At Bad Homburg Kerber won her today opponent by a score of 3:6, 6:4, 7:6. It was the most recent head-to-head match between these players.
In Cincinnati Angelique played three difficult matches against strong opponents. First match against Sakkari was relatively easy (6:2, 6:2). But then Kerber needed three sets for victories in matches against Svitolina (7:5, 2:6, 6:4) and Ostapenko (4:6, 6:2, 7:5).
Before the start at Cincinnati Petra Kvitova was in a long slump. In five previous tournaments Czech player failed to win more than one match in the main draw.
However, Petra found her game at Cincinnati and won three matches without losing a single set. At the start she experienced some problems in the match against Madison Keyes (7:5, 6:4). After that Czech player put up a more confident performance against Veronika Kudermetova (6:2, 6:4) and Ons Jabeur (6:1, 6:2).
Trends
СтавкаFirst set: total over 9.5
In three of five most recent head-to-head matches Kerber and Kvitova played more than nine games in the first set
СтавкаSets total under 2.5
In four out of five most recent head-to-head matches only two sets were played
Tip and bets
Most recent head-to-head match at Bad Homburg turned out to be extremely contested, Kerber managed to record a victory only on a tiebreak. Kvitova's performance has improved at Cincinnati, she wasted not too much energy in comparision with a German player. In our opinion, Kvitova will record a victory this time.
Our prediction - Kvitova to win
In two most recent head-to-head matches at least 22 games were played. Kerber is a hard-working player, who is always fighting until the end, we saw it in the matches against Svitolina and Ostapenko. We are expecting a long match.
Our second bet is on total over 20 games
