Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova - Katie Boulter: betting tip for the WTA Rome match

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova will play Katie Boulter in the first round of the Rome tennis tournament on May 7. The Russian tennis player was stronger than the British woman in the only personal meeting, but now she is clearly far from her best form, as evidenced by a series of four defeats in a row. Which of these couples should we expect in the second round in the Italian capital? - the answer is in our betting tip. Which bets should I pay close attention to?

Command Analysis

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

Current form
Pavlyuchenkova's last victory in the tour was back in early February in Abu Dhabi. Then we see a complete failure and a series of four defeats in a row. Switching to the ground did nothing to help Anastasia, as she lost to Sevastova at the start in Madrid, who did not really have any playing practice. In Rome, at the last six tournaments, the Russian tennis player did not make it past the second round.
Professional qualities
Pavlyuchenkova does not like to practice for a long time on the back line, she is always looking for ways to sharpen the game. With this approach, it is not always possible to play cleanly, with a minimum number of unforced errors. Plus, Anastasia often lacks speed when moving around the court.
Current indicators in the tour
Since the beginning of the year, Pavlyuchenkova has played only 11 matches on the tour, in which she won five, with four of them coming at the Australian Open. Anastasia currently occupies a modest 52nd place in the world ranking.
Interesting facts for betting
- Pavlyuchenkova's losing streak reached four matches.
- In the previous five matches, Anastasia played the minimum number of sets.

Katie Boulter

Current form
Boulter only played her first matches on clay in Madrid this season. In the Spanish capital, the British tennis player beat Sinyakova (4-6, 6-2, 6-1) in three sets at the start, after which she lost with a crushing score 1-6, 2-6 to Paolini. Katie has a start in Rome ahead of her, where she has only performed once, last year she lost in the opening match to Shramkova (4-6, 6-7).
Professional qualities
Katie relies most of all on a powerful serve and strong punches with both hands in her game. She feels uncomfortable on the back line in protracted draws, which could be seen from the last game in Madrid against Paolini, where she managed to take only three games.
Current indicators in the tour
Boulter has poor results for the season – six wins and the same number of losses. So far, we have managed to stay in the ranking at a high 40th position, but if we fail to improve the results, then there will inevitably be a drop in the ranking.
Interesting facts for betting
- In three of the previous five matches, Boulter played the minimum number of sets.
- In five consecutive matches with Katie's participation in the second game, more than nine games were not played.
Trends
Bet Effectiveness of sets: 1>2
In three of Boulter's last five bouts, events on the court developed exactly according to this scenario.
2.24Bet 2nd set: total less than 9.5 games
This bet has been made in the last five matches involving Boulter
1.65Tip and bets
The bookmakers in this pair give the advantage to Pavlyuchenkova, although she is clearly far from the samples of her best game now, she is on a series of four defeats in a row. Boulter's career on clay is not the best, but at the moment she is definitely not inferior to her opponent in any way. We believe that, taking into account the coefficients set, it is worth betting on the British.
Our betting tip is that Boulter will win with a coefficient of 2.12
Bet on the total
Both tennis players are not at their peak at the moment. It is unlikely that any of them will be able to arrange a landslide victory through the bottom of the total. We expect that more than 21 games will be played in the match.
The second bet is a total of more than 21 games in 1.81
Bet on the first set
In three of Pavlyuchenkova's four previous matches, more than nine games were played in the first set. We expect that in the upcoming meeting, the tightest fight will unfold at the start 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 2.09