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Samsonova vs Azarenka: another sensational victory for Liudmila?
Hardly anyone could predict that Liudmila Samsonova will play against Victoria Azarenka in the semi-final of Berlin tournament, but that match will be held on June 19. Russia player already made a few sensations, does she have enough energy to prolong her streak? The answer is in our prediction.
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Liudmila Samsonova
Russian FederationBefore the success at Berlin Liudmila Samsonova had a decent performance in Miami tournament, where she started from qualification, but reached the third round. But in Germany she is performing even better.
In Berlin Liudmila started her path from qualification, where in the decisive match she narrowly beat Ana Konjuh (4:6, 6:1, 7:6). In the main draw she defeated Vondrousova (6:4, 7:6) and Kudermetova (6:4, 6:3).
In the quarter-final we were expecting Samsonova to be beaten by Madison Keys. But to her fans' delight, Samsonova recorded another victory in three sets, winning two tiebreaks (7:6, 2:6, 7:6). In the decisive tiebreak Liudmila secured a 7:0 victory, which is a rare occasion in tennis.
Victoria Azarenka
BelarusAt Roland Garros Victoria Azarenka proved that her performance is finally starting to improve after problems with her back. We should remind that in Paris Belarusian player reached the round of 16.
In Berlin Azarenka is looking pretty confident throughout the main draw. In the first two matches she beat Petkovic and Kerber in straight sets. Only in the quarter-final Belarus representative gave one set away to Jessica Pegula (6:2, 5:7, 6:4).
Trends
СтавкаFirst set: total over 9.5
In last four Samsonova's matches at Berlin she played more than nine games in the first set
СтавкаTiebreak: yes
In five Berlin matches Samsonova played four tiebreaks
Tip and bets
Liudmila Samsonova played five matches at Berlin already, so she is probably exhausted now. She is approaching the match against Victoria Azarenka, who is playing great on the receive and can cause problems to any opponent. We are not expecting a sensation in this match, so we offer to place a bet on a confident win for the favourite.
Our prediction - Azarenka to win with a handicap of (-3.5) games
Azarenka is having an advantage in experience and in skill-set. Liudmila doesn't have much energy left, so she is unlikely to survive another long match. We offer a prediction on total under.
Our second bet is on total under 22 games
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