LiontipsElena Rybakina vs Petra Kvitova. Prediction and Betting Tips for WTA Ostrava
Command Analysis
Elena Rybakina approached the start of Ostrava tournament after a disappointing performance in Tokyo. Kazakh player suffered a first round defeat to Liudmila Samsonova (2:6, 4:6).
Elena barely reached the quarter-final of Czech tournament. She had to play three sets in each of the matches against Sasnovich and Keys. Match against the Belarusian player was going on for two and a half hours long (6:7, 6:4, 7:5). Rybakina lost only two games at her serve and made four breaks.
Prior to the home tournament, Petra Kvitova had a long pause after US Open. Lack of match practice surely affected the Czech player's performance at the start of Ostrava tournament.
In the first round she had to play three sets against Bernarda Pera (6:2, 3:6, 6:4). In the second round Czech player secured another narrow victory over Paula Badosa (7:6, 6:4). In a match against the Spanish player Kvitova lost only one game at her serve, but opponent failed to convert nine break-points.
Trends
СтавкаTotal over 2.5 sets
In three of five latest matches of Rybakina three sets were played
Ставка1st set: total over 9.5
This bet played in three of five latest matches of Kvitova
Tip and bets
We offer to place a bet on total over. Both opponents were not so great on their way to the quarter-final. However, Petra and Elena are strong servers. In previous matches of the opponents in Ostrava more than 21 games were played.
Our prediction - total over 21 games
We also offer to place a bet on Rybakina. Kazakh player should be able to put up a better performance on the baseline. Elena also had more match practice in recent matches.
Our second bet is on Rybakina to win the match
