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Pliskova vs Martic: will Karolina advance to her third straight Rome final?
Czech player had reached the final of Rome tournament for two years in a row. On May 15, Karolina Pliskova will have a chance to advance to the final for the third time, but for that she needs to beat Petra Martic. Who will secure a victory? You can find out in our prediction.
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Karolina Pliskova
Czech RepublicKarolina Pliskova is having a great result at Rome for the third consecutive year. In 2019 she claimed a title and in the previous season she reached the final, but lost to Simona Halep because of the injury.
In the current year Pliskova's performance at the Italian capital is not so confident. The most obvious example of that is the quarter-final against Ostapenko (4:6, 7:5, 7:6). In the third set Karolina got away from three match-points. Czech player lost seven games at her serve and made 13 double faults. Only a clumsy performance from Ostapenko on the crucial moments of the game let Pliskova to win and advance to the semi-final.
Petra Martic
Croatia (Hrvatska)Rome tournament is the most successful for Petra Martic during this season. A cooperation with Schiavone finally paid off. Petra gained some self-confidence and now it will be hard to stop her. Moreover, Martic knows how to play against Pliskova, because Croatian player is ahead on head-to-head matches (4-2). Both head-to-head matches on clay surface ended with a win for Petra.
On her way to the semi-final of Rome tournament Martic beat Rodgers (5:7, 6:3, 6:4), Mladenovic (7:5, 6:3), Podoroska (3:6, 6:1, 6:2). In the quarter-final Croatian representative, despite all odds, beat Pegula in straight sets (7:5, 6:4).
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СтавкаSecond set: total under 9.5
In five out of last six H2H matches no more than nine games were played in the second set
СтавкаSets total under 2.5
All six H2H matches ended in straight sets
Tip and bets
Karolina Pliskova managed to secure a win over Ostapenko, despite a high number of mistakes, and advanced to the semi-final by some miracle. But it will be hard for Karolina to claim a victory over Martic, who is a tricky opponent for her. We offer to bet on Croatian player.
Our prediction - Martic to win
Players had six matches against each other and all of them ended in straight sets. In our second prediction we expect this tendency to be continued.
Our second bet will be on total under 22 games
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