LiontipsStorm Sanders vs Aryna Sabalenka. Predictions and Betting Tips for WTA Australian Open
Command Analysis
Australian player Storm Sanders is currently at 128th position in WTA rankings, she was never in Top-100 in her career. Nonetheless, she is always extremely motivated for home tournaments.
During the current season Sanders already won one set in the match against Rybakina (4:6, 6:1, 1:6) at Adelaide, she recorded a victory over Flipkens (6:3, 6:4). Sanders posseses a very powerful first serve, which is her primary weapon.
Aryna Sabalenka finished the previous year with an unsuccessful performance in WTA Finals, she failed to advance into the playoffs. Start of the new season is not going well for the World No. 2 player.
Sabalenka failed to win a single match in two Adelaide tournaments. She was beaten by Juvan (6:7, 1:6) at first. After that she suffered a defeat to Peterson (7:5, 1:6, 5:7) in three sets. She made too many double faults in this matches - 18 against Juvan and 21 against Peterson.
Trends
СтавкаSets performance: 2>1
In two out of three most recent matches of Sanders this bet was successful
СтавкаSets total over 2.5
The only head-to-head match ended in three sets, most recent match of Sabalenka also ended in three sets
Tip and bets
Aryna Sabalenka will probably be able to improve her performance at Melbourne and to showcase her potential. But it is hard to expect that after matches at Adelaide - a huge number of mistakes and an inconsistent performance led to defeats. With such a performance it will be difficult for her to record a confident victory over a local player.
Our prediction - Sanders to win with a handicap of (+5) games
In two Sabablenka's matches of the new season at least 20 games were played. Belarusian player is in a poor form, so we think that a match against Sanders will also be a long one.
Our second bet is on total over 20 games
