LiontipsBernarda Pera vs Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Predictions and Betting Tips for WTA Kremlin Cup
Command Analysis
In 2021 Bernarda Pera is not performing well. Since the start of the season American player failed to advance past the second round in any tournament. Overall, she has 22 victories and a same number of defeats, in some tournaments she had to start from qualification.
Pera also started the Moscow tournament from qualification, where she beat Andreeva (6:2, 6:3) and Lapko (6:1, 6:4). In the first round of the main draw Pera played against Krunic. First set was extremely contested, but American player performed better on a tiebreak. A second set was much easier for Pera (7:6, 6:3).
After a successful summer Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova's results declined. In three tournaments after US Open Russian player won only two matches. At Indian Wells she was eliminated in the third round by Leylah Fernandez (7:5, 3:6, 4:6).
In two most recent editions of Kremlin Cup in Moscow Pavlyuchenkova performed successfully. In 2018 she reached the quarter-final and in 2019 she played in the final, but failed to beat Belinda Bencic (6:4, 1:6, 1:6).
Trends
СтавкаTiebreak: yes
In two out of four most recent matches of Pera tiebreaks were played
СтавкаFirst set: total over 10.5
This bet played in three out of five most recent matches of Pavlyuchenkova
Tip and bets
In recent tournaments Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova was not looking flawless, to say the least. She will play her first match at Moscow, so she will need some time for adaptation. Opponents already played three matches, got some match practice, so she should be able to avoid a blowout.
Our prediction - Pera to win with a handicap of (+5) games
First matches at the Kremlin Cup were always difficult for Pavlyuchenkova, many games were played in those fixtures. In each of three most recent Moscow tournament Pavlyuchenkova played at least 20 games in the first match, so we offer to place a bet on total over.
Our second bet is on total over 20 games
