Gauff vs Kasatkina: prediction for the WTA Finals match
Cori Gauff and Daria Kasatkina suffered defeats in the first match of the WTA Finals. Who will get the first victory on November 4? The answer is in our prediction.

Command Analysis

Cori Gauff

Cori Gauff approached the start of WTA Finals in a great form. She reached the quarterfinals in recent tournaments at San Diego and Guadalajara. But a World No. 4 player failed to start the current tournament with a victory.
Gauff suffered a defeat to Garcia in straight sets (4:6, 3:6). American player failed to put up an aggressive performance in this match. Gauff has lost four games at her serve, but also managed to break the opponent's serve twice.

Daria Kasatkina

Daria Kasatkina hasn't been so successful on autumn tournaments before the WTA Finals. She was eliminated in the second round at San Diego and at Guadalajara.
Russian player started the Fort Worth tournament with a match against the best player in the world, Iga Swiatek. Despite a decent performance, Daria was unable to put up a fight to the superior opponent (2:6, 3:6). Polish player has converted three break-points in that match. Kasatkina had three break-points, but was unable to break the opponent's serve.
Trends
СтавкаSets performance: 1>2
Two latest head-to-head matches went by that scenario

Ставка1st set: total over 9.5
This bet played in three of five latest matches of Gauff

Tip and bets
Now is the moment of truth for the opponents. A second defeat will leave no chance for a play-off spot. Kasatkina had two victories over Gauff in her career. Cori failed to impress in the first match, she made way too many mistakes in the encounter against Garcia. We think that Daria has a chance for a victory.
Our prediction - Kasatkina to win the match
In each of two previous head-to-head encounters opponents failed to beat the total of 18 games. Taking that into account, we offer to place a bet on total under.
Our second bet is on total under 21 games