LiontipsVictoria Azarenka vs Peyton Stearns. Prediction and bets on the WTA match Toronto
Command Analysis
Azarenka switched to hard last week in Washington and, despite not playing the most confidently, managed to get to the quarterfinals largely due to her experience. In Toronto, Victoria started with a crushing 6-2, 6-2 victory over Pavlyuchenkova. Minnen was unable to go through the second round in the same style; the Belarusian tennis player entered the match with great difficulty (3-6, 7-5, 6-1).
Last week, Stearns managed to get through to the second round in Washington, where she lost to Raducan, although she was able to put up a fight (6-7, 2-6). In Toronto, Peyton started with a far from optimal Blinkova, whom she managed to beat in two sets (6-4, 6-2). Next, Stearns played against her compatriot Keys, who was forced to withdraw during the third set due to injury. The American has clearly been lucky so far, but a difficult test lies ahead – a match with Azarenka, to whom Peyton lost in three sets this year in Miami (5-7, 6-4, 3-6).
Trends
Match Tie-Break Bet – Yes
Stearns has played tiebreaks in three of her previous five matches
3.80Rate Set Result: 2=1
This is the scenario that unfolded in two of the Belarusian tennis player's last three matches.
4.20Tip and bets
Azarenka managed to play five matches on hard and only in one of them she won a confident victory with a handicap of eight games. Stearns played on hard, even in lost matches she does not leave the court without a fight. In a personal meeting this year in Miami, Victoria beat the American in only three sets. We expect a fairly close and equal game today.
Our prediction is Stearns' victory with a handicap of (+5) games at odds of 1.62
Bet on total
In five matches played on hard courts, Azarenka managed to exchange sets twice and played three tie-breaks. It is highly likely that, as in the recent personal meeting, the tennis players will play three sets today in Toronto.
The second bet is total over 20 games for 1.72
Bet on the second set
In four of Azarenka's last five matches, the most intense battles have come in the second set, where more than nine games have been played.
Forecast - total over 9.5 games in the second set with odds of 2.29
