Polina Kudermetova - Kartal: betting tip for the WTA Indian Wells match
Polina Kudermetova will play against Sonai Kartal in the third round of the Indian Wells tournament on March 10. The bookmakers do not believe in the Russian tennis player and are leading her as an underdog in the upcoming meeting. Will Polina be able to make it to the 1/8 finals on local courts for the first time in her career? - the answer is in our betting tip. What are the best bets for the match?

Command Analysis

Polina Kudermetova

Current form
Polina Kudermetova is competing in Indian Wells for the first time in her career and immediately managed to make it to the third round, which can be considered a great success for the 60th racket of the world. At the start, the Russian tennis player confidently beat Claire Liu in two sets (6-4, 6-2). This was followed by a stubborn confrontation with compatriot Alexandrova, who was also defeated in two games (7-5, 6-2).
Professional qualities
Polina tries to play number one, relies on her tight forehand and backhand, and strives to increase the tempo, although she is not always ready to maintain it herself. Of the weak points, we note that Kudermetova does not go forward to the net, she spends almost the entire match purely on the back line.
Current indicators in the tour
The Russian tennis player is currently ranked 60th, but she will definitely rise higher after Indian Wells. Since the beginning of the year, she has played 19 matches in the tour, in which she scored 13 victories. Polina's best result at the moment is the final in Brisbane.
Interesting facts for betting
- In the last 11 matches, Kudermetova has not exchanged won sets with her rivals.
- In the three previous matches involving Polina, more than nine games were played in the first set.

Sonay Kartal

Current form
Kartal did not have a single victory in the main draw before the start in Indian Wells. Moreover, Sonai did not qualify on the local courts, but as a lucky loser she reached the main draw and won two victories – over Lepchenko (7-6, 6-2) and Haddad Maya (6-2, 6-1). Thus, for the first time in her career, Sonai made it to the third round at Indian Wells.
Professional qualities
The British tennis player relies in her game on reliable actions on the back line, where it is not so easy to break through it. Kartal knows how to wait for her opponents to make mistakes, but she doesn't have a strong serve in her arsenal, which is a serious problem.
Current indicators in the tour
Kartal's season statistics are not the most impressive: six wins and four losses. She is ranked 83rd in the world ranking.
Interesting facts for betting
- In five of the previous six matches involving Kartal, the minimum number of sets was played.
- No more than nine games were played in the second set in four of the last five Kartal matches.
Trends
The Totalbetis less than 2.5 sets
In Kudermetova's last 11 matches, she played in two sets.
1.48Bet Effectiveness of sets: 1>2
In three of Kartal's previous five matches, events on the court developed according to this scenario
2.25Tip and bets
We do not think that Kartal deserves the status of a favorite in this pair, which the bookmakers have given her. Polina has crossed the net of two difficult opponents, plays in an attacking manner and is in no way inferior to the British woman in her current form with her largely defensive game. Taking into account the coefficients set, we recommend a betting tip for Kudermetova's victory.
Our betting tip is that Kudermetova will win with a coefficient of 2.40
Bet on the total
There is no noticeable difference in class between the rivals, so that you can expect a confident and relaxed victory. Both are unstable and there is a high probability that the upcoming meeting will not end quickly.
The second bet is a total of more than 21 games in 1.87
Bet on the first set
In Kudermetova's last three matches, more than nine games were played in the first set. In the betting tip, we expect that a tight struggle for the initiative will unfold just at this stage of the game.
The betting tip is that the total number of games in the first set is more than 9.5 with a coefficient of 2.14