Pliskova vs Sakkari: prediction for the WTA Dubai match

On February 21, Karolina Pliskova will play against Maria Sakkari in one of the most anticipated second round matches of Dubai tournament. Who will get a victory? The answer is in our prediction.

Command Analysis

Karolina Pliskova

Karolina Pliskova had only one successful tournament at the start of the season. Czech player reached the quarter-final at Australian Open. She failed to get past the second round in other tournaments.
Pliskova easily beat her compatriot, Marketa Vondrousova (6:3, 6:4), in the first round of Dubai tournament.

Maria Sakkari

Maria Sakkari is enjoying a solid season. Greek player has won 11 of 15 matches since the start of the year. She reached the semifinals at Doha and Linz.
Maria is always unsuccessful in Dubai. She failed to get past the first round in any of her three attempts. Now Sakkari earned a chance to start from the second round as a 6th seed.
Trends
Ставка Sets performance: 1=2
This bet played in three of four latest head-to-head matches

Ставка Total over 2.5 sets
This bet played in four of five latest matches of Sakkari

Tip and bets
Opponents are familiar with each other, they already had four head-to-head matches. Pliskova won the most recent one, which took place at Toronto one year ago. Karolina should be able to secure another victory.
Our prediction - Pliskova to win the match
Opponents played 29 games in the previous head-to-head match. Sakkari had to play three sets in four of five latest matches. We are expecting a long battle here.
Our second bet is on total over 21 games