LiontipsDanielle Collins vs Greet Minnen. Predictions and Betting Tips for WTA Linz
Command Analysis
In the previous week Danielle Collins put up a successful performance for her national team at the Billie Jean King Cup. She won all of her matches, but USA team was eliminated in the semi-final by Russia.
Overall, we can say that Collins is in a great form during the autumn part of the season. In each of three most recent WTA tournaments World No. 29 player managed to win at least one match. She was losing only to higher-ranked opponents.
Greet Minnen performed well at US Open tournament, she started the tournament from qualification and reached the third round of the main draw. But Belgian player failed to retain the high level of form. She failed to beat the second round in any of three most recent tournaments.
In the first round of Linz tournament Minnen recorded a narrow victory over Oceane Dodin, who was surely exhausted (6:4, 6:3). Minnen lost three games at her serve in this match. She recorded a victory in straight sets only due to her opponent's mistakes, Dodin made 11 double faults in the match.
Trends
СтавкаSets performance: 1>2
This bet played in three out of five most recent matches of Minnen
СтавкаFirst set: total under 9.5
In four out of five most recent matches of Collins no more than nine games were played in the first set
Tip and bets
In our opinion, Collins is a much better player than Minnen at the current moment. American player put up a great performance at Prague tournament for USA team and she managed to prepare for Linz tournament. Minnen advanced into the second round of Austrian tournament only due to her opponent's mistakes. We think that Collins will perform better and won't let Minnen to record a victory.
Our prediction - Collins to win with a handicap of (-3.5) games
Collins usually easily beats lower-ranked opponents quite easily. For example, Schmiedlova and Sorribes Tormo won only six games combined in matches against the American player at Prague. We offer to place a bet on total under.
Our second bet is on total under 20.5 games
