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Makarova vs. Bulgaru: WTA Buenos Aires Match Prediction
A year ago, Ekaterina Makarova lost to Miriam Bulgaru in the Roland Garros qualification. In Buenos Aires on November 25, the Russian tennis player has a chance to take revenge. Will Ekaterina be able to defeat her opponent today and what exact bets should she choose? – the answer is in our forecast
Command Analysis
Ekaterina Makarova
Russian FederationCurrent form
Makarova had a not so pleasant losing streak of three defeats. However, last week in Charleston, Ekaterina interrupted her bad luck. In the first round of that competition, she confidently defeated the difficult Zavatskaya (6-0, 6-1). Next, she had an experienced opponent Lepchenko, who managed to impose a fight, but there was no victory (4-6, 7-5, 3-6).
Professional qualities
It cannot be said that Makarova has any truly serious skills, due to which one could count, for example, on a place in the top 100. Nevertheless, when she is in shape, then against not the strongest opponents she is able to reliably work on her serve and without problems keep the ball in the court, waiting for the opponents to make a mistake.
Current indicators in the tour
In the world ranking, the 28-year-old tennis player is only in 200th place. Makarova best result in her entire career is 158th place. On clay, Ekaterina statistics since the beginning of the year show 29 wins and 24 losses.
Interesting facts for betting
- Makarova played three sets in two of her last three matches
- No more than nine games in the first set were played in two of Ekaterina three previous matches on the tour
Miriam Bulgaru
RomaniaCurrent form
In September, Bulgaru "shot" at the home tournament in Bucharest, where she managed to win the title. After that success, the results of the Romanian tennis player noticeably declined - she managed to overcome the barrier of the first round of the main draw only once. Last week, Miriam played in Charleston, barely passed the qualification, after which she lost to the not very strong Serban (6-3, 3-6, 2-6).
Professional qualities
Bulgaru has played mostly on clay throughout her career. She does not have a powerful serve in her arsenal, she relies on long rallies, tries to wait for her opponents to make mistakes, but she herself is not particularly stable when exchanging blows.
Current indicators in the tour
In the world ranking, the Romanian tennis player is ranked 192nd, the best achievement in her career is 176th position. Since the beginning of the year, Bulgaru has played 44 matches on clay, winning 24 of them.
Interesting facts for betting
- In the last two matches, Bulgaru played three sets each
- In three of the Romanian tennis player four previous matches, no more than nine games were played in the first set.
Trends
Bet Total over 2.5 sets
Three sets were played in the only personal meeting and in the two previous matches of Bulgaru
2.45Rate Set Result: 2>1
This scenario has played out in three of Makarova five previous matches.
2.21Tip and bets
Bookmakers give a slight advantage to Bulgar in the upcoming match, which is hard to agree with. It is obvious that after her success in Bucharest, the Romanian has slowed down and is not demonstrating a stable game. Makarova showed herself well last week in Charleston, and is quite capable of going through at least one round in Buenos Aires and taking revenge on Miriam for last year defeat at Roland Garros.
Our prediction is Makarova victory with odds of 2.15
Bet on total
In their only personal meeting, the tennis players played three sets. Both are not known for their stable play, and they do not have a powerful serve in their arsenal. There is a high probability that today game will be drawn out.
The second bet is total over 21 games for 1.81
Bet on the first set
Only one of Makarova last five matches has had more than nine games in the opening set. We don't expect the first set to be too closely contested today.
Forecast - total games in the first set under 9.5 with odds of 1.65
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