LiontipsAnastasia Potapova vs Simona Halep. Predictions and Betting Tips for WTA Kremlin Cup
Command Analysis
Anastasia Potapova had a transition to indoor courts during September and since then she played at three tournaments, at Luxembourg, at Ostrava and at Nur-Sultan. In Czech competition Potapova reached the second round of the main draw, starting from qualification, and had a chance to beat Petra Kvitova (1:6, 7:6, 3:6). Russian player also reached the quarter-final of Nur-Sultan tournament.
Potapova got a wild card for Moscow tournament, so she will try to live up to expectations. But in three most recent editions of the Kremlin Cup Potapova failed to advance past the first round, but in each of those matches she managed to put up a fight and managed to snatch a set in matches against Kontaveit and Kalinskaya.
After an injury and wedding Simona Halep is trying to close out the season on a good note. Romanian player performed at Indian Wells without much success. She recorded a victory over Kostyuk (7:6, 6:1) and then suffered a defeat to Sasnovich (5:7, 4:6).
Halep has good memories about the Moscow tournament. For the most recent time she performed here in 2013 and won a title. But after that Romanian player never participated at Kremlin Cup.
Trends
СтавкаTiebreak: yes
In three out of five most recent matches of Potapova tiebreaks were played
СтавкаFirst set: total over 10.5 games
This bet played in three out of five most recent matches of Halep
Tip and bets
As we saw at Indian Wells, Simona Halep still needs time to find her game and to record confident victories over her opponents. Potapova played well at recent indoor tournaments, so she will be incredibly motivated to put up her best performance at Moscow. In the beginning of the year Potapova was beaten by her opponent at Melbourne, but she managed to hold on to a five-game handicap. We are expecting the same result this time.
Our prediction - Potapova to win with a handicap of (+5) games
Most recent matches of both players were extremely contested with a number of tiebreaks. In the only head-to-head match 20 games were played. We are expecting another long match.
Our second bet is on total over 20 games
