LiontipsAnett Kontaveit vs Anastasia Potapova. Prediction and Betting Tips for WTA Prague
Command Analysis
Last week, Anett Kontaveit participated at Hamburg tournament. It was a successful competition for the Estonian player, she reached the final, but lost the title to Bernarda Pera (2:6, 4:6). In the semi-final of German tournament Kontaveit managed to beat her today's opponent, Anastasia Potapova (6:3, 7:5).
Kontaveit is maintaining a high level of performance at Prague, she easily beat Gorgodze (6:0, 6:1) and Havlickova (6:4, 6:3) in two first rounds.
Anastasia Potapova is pretty successful on European tournaments during the summer. Russian player reached semifinals at Lausanne and at Hamburg. After a few clay tournaments, she returned to hard here, at Prague, and she is on the verge of breaking into the semifinals.
At the start of Czech tournament Potapova crushed Wang Xinyu (6:1, 6:2). In the second round Russian player secured a narrow victory over another China representative, Zhu Lin (6:4, 7:6).
Trends
СтавкаSets performance: 2>1
This bet played in both head-to-head matches
Ставка1st set: total under 9.5
Only in one of five latest matches of Potapova less than nine games were played in the first set
Tip and bets
Both players are in a fantastic form now, so we are expecting an exciting battle for the semi-final spot. One week ago, Potapova managed to put up a fight at Hamburg, so she will be extremely motivated to get revenge. Russian player should be able to hold on to a four-game handicap.
Our prediction - Potapova to win with a handicap of (+4) games
In each of two previous head-to-head matches opponents played at least 21 games. We are expecting a highly contested match at Prague.
Our second bet is on total over 21 games
