Begu vs Bonaventure: will the Belgian player put up a surprise?
On July 20, Irina-Camelia Begu will play the first round match of Gdynia tournament against Ysaline Bonaventure. Will the Belgian player put up a fight against the favourite? The answer is in our prediction.

Command Analysis

Irina-Camelia Begu

Irina-Camelia Begu had a decent start of the season, back then she reached the quarter-final on two separate Melbourne tournaments. But the fans of Romanian player had to wait her next success for four months. On Wimbledon Begu quite unexpectedly managed to reach the third round, beating Volynets and Martic along the way.
On other tournaments of the season Irina-Camelia was not so successful, she rarely won matches in qualification for WTA tournaments. In the previous week Begu played on Budapest tournament. In the first round of that competition Romanian player was beaten by Schmiedlova (3:6, 4:6).

Ysaline Bonaventure

Since the start of the season Belgian player Ysaline Bonaventure had only one successful tournament. In the beginning of July she reached the quarter-final at Hamburg. Overall, Ysaline won 8 matches out of 22 played in 2021.
Bonaventure's most recent match was played in previous week at Prague. In that competition she recorded an easy victory over Bains in the first round (6:3, 6:2). In the second one Ysaline managed to put up a fight against the eventual winner of the tournament, Barbora Krejcikova (6:7, 4:6).
Trends
СтавкаSets performance: 1>2
In two most recent Bonaventure's matches a total of the first set was higher than the total of the second one

СтавкаFirst set: total over 9.5
In five out of last seven Begu's matches more than nine games were played in the first set

Tip and bets
Right now we can't say that Begu is at the peak of her form. Romanian player lost four most recent matches on clay. Bonaventure put up a decent performance at Prague last week, so she should be able to put up a fight against the Romanian player.
Our prediction - Bonaventure to win with a handicap of (+4) games
We also offer a bet on total over. In three of last four Begu's defeats on clay she put up a fight and total was higher than 20 games.
Our second bet is on total over 20 games