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Kvitova - Gracheva: betting tip for the WTA Indian Wells match
On March 5, Petra Kvitova will play Varvara Gracheva in the opening round of the Indian Wells tournament. The Czech tennis player barely returned to the tour after giving birth to a child and played only one match this year, in which she was defeated. Will Varvara be able to take advantage of her opponent's less than optimal playing conditions today? - it will tell you our betting tip
Command Analysis
Petra Kvitova
Czech RepublicCurrent form
Kvitova has not performed on tour for more than a year, which was due to the birth of her son. Only a week ago, at the tournament in Austin, the former world number two played her first match after returning. It was quite expected that Barrage lost at the start, although Petra scored a set win (6-3, 4-6, 4-6). It should be noted that the Czech last played in Indian Wells in 2023 and was able to reach the quarterfinals then.
Professional qualities
Petra is a southpaw with a very powerful first serve, which earns her a lot of easy points on fast surfaces. She doesn't always act consistently on the back line, plus she often makes a lot of double mistakes. So, with Burrage, she made six aces, but at the same time allowed herself 12 doubles.
Current indicators in the tour
The best achievement in the career of an experienced tennis player is second place in the world ranking. Now Petra occupies only the 1448th place, she has to make a difficult way to the top. It's hard to judge in the betting tips how well the 34-year-old tennis player will succeed.
Interesting facts for betting
- Petra has never made it past the quarterfinals at Indian Wells in her entire career.
- Kvitova has played three sets in her last three matches on local courts.
Varvara Gracheva
FranceCurrent form
Gracheva is not doing much this season – only three wins in eight matches played. Last week, Varvara played in Austin, where she was able to defeat Stearns in the first round (6-2, 6-3), after which she lost to another American Dolhide (7-5, 2-6, 2-6). In Indian Wells, the former Russian showed the best result in 2023, when she was able to reach the 1/8 finals.
Professional qualities
Varvara tries to play in an aggressive style, boldly goes on the attack, but instability does not allow her to achieve great success on a regular basis. You can often see how, after a single great match, she completely fails in the very next game.
Current indicators in the tour
Gracheva is currently only the 70th racket of the world. Her highest career achievement is the 39th position. Varvara did not go further than the second round this year.
Interesting facts for betting
- In her previous five matches at Indian Wells, Gracheva had played two sets apiece.
- Only in one of Barbarians' five previous matches, more than nine games were played in the second game.
Trends
Bet Effectiveness of sets: 2>1
This is how events unfolded in two of Gracheva's three previous fights.
2.21Bet 2nd set: total less than 9.5 games
This bet has been successful in three of Kvitova's last five matches on the courts at Indian Wells.
1.71Tip and bets
Kvitova does not have a full-fledged playing practice, and the courts at Indian Wells are not the fastest, which is clearly not to the Czech's advantage. In her only match since returning to the tour, she lost to Burrage and is clearly far from being in more or less optimal shape. We do not think that Petra deserves the status of the favorite at the moment, which the bookmakers assign to her in the confrontation with Gracheva.
Our betting tip is Gracheva's victory with a coefficient of 2.10
Bet on the total
In her only match after returning to the tour with Burrage, the Czech tennis player played three sets. Gracheva is not stable and is unlikely to win a very confident victory today.
The second bet is a total of more than 21 games in 1.83
Bet on the first set
It should be noted that since the beginning of the season, Gracheva has played eight matches in the round, and in six of them, more than nine games were not played in the first set. Based on these statistics, we recommend another reliable betting tip.
The betting tip is that the total number of games in the first set is less than 9.5 with a coefficient of 1.72
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