LiontipsAnastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs Paula Badosa. Prediction and bets on the WTA match Cincinnati
Command Analysis
Current form
It took Pavlyuchenkova a long time to get into the necessary shape after switching to hard. At the tournaments in Washington and Toronto, she did not impress in any way. However, by Cincinnati, Nastya had already warmed up and passed through three difficult opponents in the tournament grid, and from match to match she improved in terms of reliability, first of all. The most difficult match for her was the opening match with Haddad Maia (4-6, 7-6, 6-3). Then, as the bookmakers' underdog, she dealt with Wozniacki and Zheng Jingwen without losing any games.
Professional qualities
Pavlyuchenkova has a huge experience, which often helps her. The technical arsenal is very rich, Nastya loves to "drive" her opponents around the court, but all this only works when she is in shape and when she is not bothered by any health problems. Now is exactly such a moment.
Current indicators in the tour
On hard courts, the world's 28th-ranked player has impressive results this season – 18 wins and nine losses. Let's recall that back in February she reached the semi-finals in Doha.
Interesting facts for betting
In all three matches in Cincinnati involving Pavlyuchenkova, the first set was the most intense, with more than nine games played.
Current form
Badosa has now completely gotten rid of all her health problems and is demonstrating the tennis of a top-10 player, where she herself was not so long ago. Paula played all three matches in Cincinnati literally in one breath, played at a high pace with a minimum number of mistakes and without giving up sets she passed Stearns, Kalinskaya and Putintseva. Putintseva was “lucky” to score the most games (eight).
Professional qualities
When Paula is in shape, she gets what she wants through speed, her ability to pick up the pace, which becomes simply too much for her opponents. The same tenacious Putintseva often couldn't keep up with the Spaniard on the court.
Current indicators in the tour
The Spanish tennis player did not play her best in the first half of the season, when she still had health problems. However, now she has already managed to win a hard title in Washington, made it to the quarterfinals in Cincinnati. We think that a return to the top 20 is not far off, given her game. Today, Badosa is the 37th racket in the world.
Interesting facts for betting
In her last four winning matches on tour, Paula has won with a precise score of 2-0 in sets.
Trends
Rate Set Result: 1>2
This is the scenario that unfolded in Pavlyuchenkova's last two matches.
2.25Bet 1st set: total over 9.5 games
This bet was successful in all three matches of the Russian tennis player in Cincinnati
2.08Tip and bets
At the beginning of the year, Badosa confidently beat Pavlyuchenkova with a score of 6-2, 6-3 at the Australian Open. At that time, both tennis players were not yet at the peak of their form, unlike the tournament in Cincinnati. At the same time, Paula certainly did not become weaker, we think that due to her speed and more stable actions on her serve, she will be able to win and advance to the semifinals.
Our prediction is Badosa's victory with a handicap of (-3) games at odds of 1.78
Bet on total
Badosa won all her victories in Cincinnati with a precise score of 2-0 in sets and did not give up more than eight games to her opponents. It is unlikely that the upcoming meeting will be an exception.
The second bet is total under 22 games for 1.85
Bet on the second set
Badosa knows how to "press" her opponents and rarely allows them to return to the game. This was very noticeable in her match against Putintseva, who made active attempts to turn the situation around on the court in the second set. We believe that today more than nine games will not be played in this game segment.
Betting Tip - total games in the second set under 9.5 with odds of 1.73
