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Begu vs Schmiedlova: who will be stronger?
On July 12, Begu and Schmiedlova will play against each other in the first round of Budapest tournament. Slovakian player won four out of last six head-to-head matches. Will she beat the Romanian player once again? The answer is in our prediction.
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Irina-Camelia Begu
RomaniaAn experienced Romanian player Irina Camelia Begu is not so consistent throughout the current year. She can put up a great performance on a single tournament and then completely fail a few next ones. In 2021 she reached the quarter-final on two Melbourne tournaments. But on clay Irina Camelia failed to win a single match in the main draw of WTA tournaments.
Begu put up a decent performance at Wimbledon. She managed to advance through two rounds, beating Volynets and Martic. But in the third round she was smashed by Iga Swiatek (1:6, 0:6).
Anna Karolina Schmiedlova
SlovakiaAnna Karolina Schmiedlova is currently trying to make her way back to the Top-100. She is not successful on that so far. A former No. 26 is currently only at 126th position in the WTA standings.
Mexican tournaments on hard surface were the most successful for Schmiedlova in the current year. She reached the quarter-final at Guadalajara and at Monterrey. After a failure at Wimbledon, where she was defeated in the second qualifying round, Slovakian player participated on a clay tournament at Bastad in the previous week. On that tournament after a victory over Burel (0:6, 7;5, 6:2) she was beaten by Buzarnescu (2:6, 2:6).
Trends
СтавкаSets total under 2.5
In four out of six head-to-head matches the winner was decided in straight sets
СтавкаSecond set: total over 9.5
In three out of last four head-to-head matches more than nine games were played in the second set
Tip and bets
Throughout the entire season Schmiedlova and Begu were not so consistent. But the Slovakian player is ahead on head-to-head matches, she won four out of six. Anna Karolina also got some match practice on clay during the previous week. With that being said, we are offering a bet on the Slovakian player.
Our prediction - Schmiedlova to win
Choosing a bet on total, we should look at the history of head-to-head matches. In three of them players had at least 24 games and in two of them a set exchange took place.
Our second bet is on total over 20 games
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