LiontipsDaria Kasatkina vs Sara Sorribes Tormo. Prediction and Betting Tips for WTA Madrid
Command Analysis
Daria Kasatkina underperformed in recent tournaments, so there were no high expectations for her performance at Madrid tournament. However, Russian player has already won two matches in the main draw, for the first time since February, and now she is looking to advance into the quarter-final.
In both of her previous matches Kasatkina lost first sets. However, she managed to mount comebacks against Bondar (4:6, 6:4, 6:3) and Sakkari (3:6, 6:3, 6:1).
Sara Sorribes Tormo made her successful transition to clay one week ago, she has reached the quarter-final of Istanbul tournament. Match practice and support of local audience surely helped the Spaniard at Madrid.
At the start of the tournament Sorribes Tormo narrowly beat out-of-form Pavlyuchenkova (6:3, 2:6, 6:3). After that she secured a much more confident victory over Naomi Osaka (6:3, 6:1).
Trends
Ставка1st set: total under 9.5
In each of six latest Sorribes Tormo's matches no more than nine games were played in the first set
СтавкаSets performance: 1=2
This bet won in each of three Kasatkina's matches at the current tournament
Tip and bets
In the upcoming match we will see a battle of two defensive players. Both opponents performed well in first matches of Madrid tournaments. Kasatkina is slightly more favoured by bookmakers and we also fancy Daria to win this one, she was always successful in matches against defensive opponents.
Our prediction - Kasatkina to win the match
We are not expecting an easy victory from any of the opponents here. There is no huge difference in class between the players. Only in one of four head-to-head matches two sets were played.
Our second bet is on total over 21 games
