LiontipsElina Svitolina vs Wang Yafan. Prediction and bets on the WTA match Cincinnati
Command Analysis
Current form
After the Wimbledon quarterfinals, Svitolina managed to play at the Olympics and at the hard court tournament in Toronto last week. In Paris, Elina had a quarterfinal under her belt, and in Canada, she confidently beat Shelby Rogers (6-0, 6-2), after which she lost to her compatriot Marta Kostyuk in a tough fight (2-6, 6-2, 2-6). Svitolina has not played in Cincinnati since 2021, there is an opportunity to earn ranking points.
Professional qualities
Recently, after the birth of her child, Svitolina has not been known for her high speed of movement on the court, but her physical endurance is in perfect order. She is capable of playing at least one long match at a high level, without a slump, as was the case in Paris with Pegula in the second round. Undoubtedly, experience and the ability to play tactically correctly in important moments on key balls help significantly.
Current indicators in the tour
At the moment, Svitolina is ranked 30th. Her best result in her career is third place. It should be noted that Elina finished last year in 25th place. There is no noticeable breakthrough, but there is no decline either, as evidenced by the overall statistics of wins and losses for the season: +25 -15. Since the beginning of the year, the tennis player has played 17 matches on hard, in which she won 11 victories. Her best result is the final in Auckland , and she can also put the 1/8 finals at the Australian Open and in Dubai to her credit.
Interesting facts for betting
Since the beginning of the year, Svitolina has taken part in six tournaments on hard courts and has made it through at least one round in five of them. Moreover, she has won four of her opening matches with an exact score of 2-0 in sets.
Svitolina currently has an open streak of seven matches in which the bet on the total under 9.5 games took place in the second set.
Current form
Wang Yafan switched to hard in Washington, where she managed to get through to the second round. Last week in Toronto, the Chinese tennis player advanced from the qualifying round to the second round, but failed to beat Cori Gauff (4-6, 4-6). In Cincinnati , Wang Yafan has two successful qualifying matches under her belt again, in which she managed to beat Errani (6-3, 6-0) and Erika Andreeva (6-7, 6-3, 6-3).
Professional qualities
Wang Yafan is only 170 cm tall, so it is no surprise that she focuses on stable play on the back line. Agility, physical endurance and reliable reception with a minimum number of unforced errors are the key to her success. At the same time, her weak serve allows her opponents to immediately indicate their advantage in individual rallies; the same Erika Andreeva made three breaks in the previous match.
Current indicators in the tour
Throughout her long career, Wang Yafan has never risen above 47th place in the ranking. Today, the tennis player is ranked 62nd in the world. Her main surface is hard, on which she has played 27 matches since the beginning of the year and won 17 victories . Wang Yafan demonstrated her best results at not the most prestigious tournaments in Hua Hin and Charleston – the semi-finals. She can also add the third round of the Australian Open to her assets.
Interesting facts for betting
In her last five hard court matches, Wang Yafan has only played three sets once.
The Chinese tennis player finished the last three sets with an exact score of 6-3 in games.
Trends
Total under 2.5 sets bet
In two head-to-head matches, the tennis players did not exchange winning sets
1.41Rate Set Result: 1>2
This is the scenario that unfolded in Wang Yafan's two previous matches.
2.25Tip and bets
The tennis players have played each other twice and exchanged victories, but both meetings were played a long time ago. Today, in our opinion, Svitolina has a good chance of winning confidently. Wang Yafan is betting on the game on the back line with protracted rallies, with her Elina will definitely be quite comfortable. Plus, the day before Wang Yafan had a protracted match with Andreeva in the qualification and may simply not have enough strength.
Our prediction is Svitolina's victory with a handicap of (-3.5) games at odds of 1.62
Bet on total
In five of her last six victories, Svitolina won with a precise score of 2-0 in sets. We expect that the upcoming match will also end quite quickly.
The second bet is total under 21 games for 1.83
Bet on the second set
In the two head-to-head encounters, the most intense struggle was in the second set, where more than nine games were played. We expect a tough battle in this game segment this time too.
Betting Tip - total games in the second set over 9.5 with odds of 2.35
