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Barty vs Zidansek: Ashleigh is unstoppable
In the second round of Madrid tournament Ashleigh Barty will play against Tamara Zidansek on May 1. Will the No. 1 WTA player continue her string of victories? You can find out in our prediction.
Command Analysis
Ashleigh Barty
AustraliaAfter she won a title at Stuttgart Ashleigh Barty had a successful start at Madrid as well, she has now won five matches in a row.
Australian player gave only three games to Shelby Rogers (6:2, 6:1). Barty had no problems with adaptation. She dominated the match since the first games. Stuttgart tournament light some fire in World No. 1 and she is on her way to another title now.
Tamara Zidansek
SloveniaTamara Zidansek didn't blossom on hard surface this year. On January, Slovenian player advanced through two rounds at Abu-Dhabi tournament.
But already at her first clay tournament this year Zidansek started to shine. In the beginning of April at Bogota she reached the final of the competition. But of course there were not any opponents from Top-10 participating.
Tamara started Madrid tournament from qualification rounds. She already played three matches here. Two of them were against Su-Wei Hsieh. She won both of them without any problems - 6:1, 6:0 in qualificaion and 6:2, 6:4 in the main draw. But there is much more serious challenge ahead.
Trends
СтавкаZidansek's breaks total under 2.5
In two last Barty's matches her opponents failed to get more than two breaks
СтавкаFirst set: total under 9,5
In four out of last five Barty's matches there were no more than nine games played in the first set
Tip and bets
Barty is only playing better and better with every single match starting from Stuttgart tournament and leaves no chance to her opponents. In the first round Rogers didn't get any break-point throughout the entire match. We expect another effortless victory for the No. 1.
Our prediction - Barty to win with a handicap of (-5.5) games.
Barty is on a great form. In the first round she gave away only three games. We expect the same scenario in this game, so we are suggesting to bet on total under.
Second bet - total under 20 games.
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