LiontipsPaula Badosa vs Petra Martic. Prediction and Betting Tips for US Open
Command Analysis
Paula Badosa is not looking great in the second half of the season. After a run to round of 16 at Wimbledon, Spanish player reached the semi-final at San Jose, but completely failed Toronto and Cincinnati tournaments, losing to Putintseva and Tomljanovic.
World No. 4 player barely beat Lesia Tsurenko at the start of New York tournament (3:6, 7:6, 6:3). Paula lost six games at her serve and made 57 unforced errors.
Before the start of US Open Petra Martic participated only in one hard tournament, at Cincinnati. Croatian player managed to beat Yastremska in qualification (6:2, 6:2).
As it was expected, Petra had a tough start to New York tournament. She barely beat Varvara Gracheva (6:4, 7:6). Petra lost two games at her serve and made 43 unforced errors.
Trends
СтавкаTiebreak: yes
In two of the last three matches of Badosa and Martic tiebreaks were played
Ставка1st set: total over 10.5
In three of the last five Badosa's matches no less than ten games were played in the first set
Tip and bets
Both players failed to impress at the start of the tournament. Petra and Paula made a number of unforced errors, but managed to beat their respective opponents. We are not expecting a top-notch performance tonight and favourite is not too obvious here, so a bet on a plus handicap for the underdog is a reasonable choice.
Our prediction - Martic to win with a (+4) handicap
One year ago, opponents exchanged sets at Cincinnati, Badosa clinched a victory on a decisive tiebreak. We might see the same outcome in New York.
Our second bet is on total over 21 games
