Daria Kasatkina vs Barbora Krejcikova. Prediction and Betting Tips for WTA Dubai

Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, Qualification. court-3

Daria KasatkinaAustralia

Barbora KrejcikovaCzech Republic

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At the start of the season, Kasatkina managed to beat Krejcikova at Adelaide tournament. Will the Russian player get a victory over her Czech opponent in the second round of Dubai competition on February 21? The answer is in our prediction.

Command Analysis

Daria Kasatkina

Daria Kasatkina parted ways with her coach Carlos Martinez after four years of partnership. Now Russian player is working with Italian specialist Flavio Cipolla.

However, her first tournament with the new coach turned out to be unsuccessful. After a victory over Marino (7:6, 6:2), Daria suffered a defeat to Haddad Maia (3:6, 6:7) and got eliminated from Doha competition. Kasatkina had only one successful Dubai tournament in her career - she reached the final in 2018.

Barbora Krejcikova

Barbora Krejcikova had one successful Dubai tournament in her career. Czech player reached the final in 2021, but suffered a defeat to Muguruza (6:7, 3:6) in the title match.

This time, Krejcikova had to start from the first round, where she secured a confident victory over Irina Camelia Begu (6:4, 6:2).

Trends

Ставка Tiebreak: yes

This bet played in two latest matches of Kasatkina

3.80

Ставка 1st set: total over 9,5

This bet played in two latest head-to-head matches

1.60

Tip and bets

TipKasatkina to win

2.50

Kasatkina secured a 6:2, 7:5 victory over Krejcikova in Adelaide at the start of the season. Czech player is now in a much better form, she gained match practice and deserved to be a favourite. However, Kasatkina shouldn't be underestimated. A collaboration with a new coach should bring a positive result eventually. We offer to place a bet on the Russian player.

Our prediction - Kasatkina to win

Will the prediction win?

TipTotal under 22

1.72

Opponents exchanged victories in two latest head-to-head matches. Both of these fixtures finished with a total under 20 games. Taking that into account, we offer to place a bet on total under.

Our second bet is on total under 22 games

Will the prediction win?