Azarenka – Pavlyuchenkova: forecast for the WTA Toronto match
Victoria Azarenka and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova will meet in one of the most interesting matches of the first round in Toronto on August 6. Who will win today and what exact bets to choose? – the answer is in our expert’s forecast

Command Analysis

Victoria Azarenka

Azarenka was unable to play at Wimbledon due to health problems, but is clearly now betting on playing the hard court series of tournaments to the fullest. Last week, Victoria played in Washington, where she managed to get to the quarterfinals. Her game showed noticeable problems, she was inconsistent on her serve, barely beat Baptiste and Wang Yafan, and lost to her compatriot Sabalenka in the quarterfinals (4-6, 4-6).

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

Pavlyuchenkova achieved her greatest success this season on hard courts, where she won 15 of 23 matches. On the way to Toronto, Anastasia got some practice in Washington. There, she managed to beat Krueger with difficulty (6-3, 4-6, 6-4), after which she lost to Anisimova (1-6, 7-6, 4-6). It should be noted that the Russian tennis player has never made it past the second round on the courts in Toronto.
Trends
Match Tie-Break Bet – Yes
Three of Azarenka's previous four matches have gone to tiebreaks
3.50Rate Set Result: 2>1
This is the scenario that unfolded in Pavlyuchenkova's last two matches.
2.21Tip and bets
Azarenka leads in personal meetings with a score of 6-2 and is the bookmakers' favorite in the upcoming match. However, last week in Washington Victoria did not demonstrate more or less stable play, she barely passed two rounds, we do not think that at the moment the Belarusian tennis player is able to easily deal with Pavlyuchenkova , who is showing the most successful results on hard this year.
Our prediction is Pavlyuchenkova's victory with a handicap of (+4) games for a coefficient of 1.84 in the bookmaker Winline
Bet on total
In the last four matches on the tour, Azarenka played four tie-breaks and exchanged winning sets with her opponents twice. Pavlyuchenkova also often plays long matches. We believe that today the opponents will have a tight and largely equal match.
The second bet is total over 20 games for 1.68 on the Zenit BC line
Bet on the second set
Note that in two of the last three head-to-head matches, the most intense struggle unfolded in the second set, where more than nine games were played. Accordingly, we recommend another option for betting.
Forecast - total games in the second set over 9.5 with odds of 2.21