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Liu vs Riske: prediction for the WTA Tokyo match
On September 19, Claire Liu will take on Alison Riske in the first round of Tokyo tournament. Who will advance into the next round? The answer is in our prediction.
Command Analysis
Claire Liu
USAClaire Liu achieved best results of the season on clay tournaments. On May, she won the title at Paris and reached the final at Rabat. But after that, American player failed to retain that level of performance.
Claire is approaching the start of Tokyo tournament after four consecutive defeats. Last week, she played in Portoroz and suffered a first round defeat to Potapova (4:6, 6:7).
Alison Riske
USAAlison Riske put up her best performance on American hard tournaments. She reached the round of 16 at Cincinnati and achieved the same result at US Open.
Overall, Riske won 15 matches on hard in the current season and suffered 12 defeats. Last week, American player participated at Chennai Open. In the first round Riske suffered a defeat to Gasanova (2:6, 3:6).
Trends
Ставка1st set: total under 9.5
This bet played in three of five latest matches of Liu
СтавкаSets performance: 2>1
In three of five latest matches of Riske more games were played in the second set than in first one
Tip and bets
Judging on Chennai tournament, Riske is not in the same form as she was on American hard tournaments. Claire Liu is trying to put an end to her string of defeats, she came close to a victory in the first round of Portoroz tournament. We think that Riske is overrated by the bookmakers, so we offer to place a bet on the underdog.
Our prediction - Claire Liu to win with a handicap of (+4) games
Riske and Liu are both in poor form, so we are not expecting a confident victory from anyone here.
Our second bet is on total over 20 games
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