LiontipsPaula Badosa vs Yulia Putintseva. Prediction and Betting Tips for WTA Miami
Command Analysis
Paula Badosa approached the start of Miami tournament after a successful competition at Indian Wells. World No. 6 player achieved the semi-final of that tournament and had been stopped by Maria Sakkari (2:6, 6:4, 1:6).
At the first round of Miami tournament Paula recorded a narrow victory over Marie Bouzkova (7:5, 7:5). Spaniard lost only two games at her serve. She put up a great performance, winning 74% of points at the first serve.
Yulia Putintseva is performing unsuccessfully since the start of the season. She recorded her first victory in the main draw of WTA tournaments in Indian Wells, Kazakhstan representative managed to beat an obscure player, Krueger (6:3, 6:2).
Yulia has recorded two victories in Miami. But her performance was not so convincing. Her victories over Schunk and Tsurenko were recorded in three sets. In the match against Tsurenko (6:3, 4:6, 7:5) Putintseva let her opponent to do seven breaks, winning only 53% points at her serve. With that performance it won't be easy to fight against Badosa. One year ago, Putintseva was beaten by Badosa (4:6, 1:6) at Wimbledon.
Trends
Ставка2nd set: total under 9.5
Only in one of five latest matches of Putintseva more than nine games were played in the second set
СтавкаSets total under 2.5
In seven of eight latest Badosa's matches only two sets had been played
Tip and bets
Putintseva experienced some problems on her way to the third round, just narrowly beating lower-ranked opponents. Now she is approaching the match against the Top-10 player. Looking at her previous matches, we can't see a possibility of sensation here. In the previous year Badosa recorded a victory over Putintseva by a (-7) handicap. We are expecting a similar result here.
Our prediction - Badosa to win the match by a handicap of (-5) games
Putintseva failed to put up a consistent performance at her serve in previous matches. Without it, she is unlikely to put up a serious fight to Badosa.
Our second bet is on total under 20 games
