Sloane Stephens vs Naomi Osaka. Prediction and Betting Tips for WTA Indian Wells

Sloane Stephens

USA

BNP Paribas Open

10 March 15:00

Finished1 : 2

Naomi Osaka

Japan

61-й сет3

12-й сет6

23-й сет6

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On March 10, a match between Sloane Stephens and Naomi Osaka will surely be most entertaining fixture of the second game day of Indian Wells tournament. American player has two victories over the former World No. 1. Should we expect another victory? The answer is in our expert's prediction.

Command Analysis

Sloane Stephens

Sloane Stephens rarely performs at WTA tournaments in 2022. On January, American player only appeared at Australian Open, in the first round she was beaten by Raducanu (0:6, 6:2, 1:6). At the end of February Stephens had a successful Guadalajara tournament, she won a title there. It is the first trophy for Stephens since 2018.

After a success at Guadalajara Stephens withdrew herself from Monterrey tournament. Seems like she is pretty content with her form ahead of the prestigious Indian Wells tournament.

Naomi Osaka

Since the start of the season Naomi Osaka is far from her best form, plus she was without any match practice after Australian tournaments. She managed to reach the semi-final of a pre-Slam tournament at Melbourne, but chose to withdraw. Osaka decided to save the energy for Australian Open, but this tournament didn't bring any success - she was defeated by Amanda Anisimova in the third round (6:4, 3:6, 6:7).

Due to a low rankings (78th position) Osaka will start the Indian Wells tournament from the first round and she got an unlucky draw. Osaka faced Stephens two times in her career and lost both matches.

Tip and bets

TipHandicap (+1.5) sets for Stephens

1.90

It's hard to assess Osaka's current form. Japanese athlete didn't play any matches after the Australian Open. Stephens, on the other hand, put up an amazing performance at Guadalajara, she won a trophy, so we can't underestimate her. Stephens should be able to at least win one set in this match.

Our prediction - Stephens to win with a handicap of (+1,5) sets

Will the prediction win?

Tiptotal over 20.5 games

1.87

We also offer to place a bet on total over for this match. Since the start of the year Stephens has played six matches - in five of them more than 20 games were played. Opponents also played at least 21 games in each of two head-to-head matches.

Our second bet is on total over 21,5 games

Will the prediction win?