Krejcikova vs Muguruza: will Barbora level the score on head-to-head matches?
In 2021 Krejcikova was beaten by Muguruza in the final of Dubai tournament. On August 19, Czech player will have the chance to get revenge at Cincinnati. Will Barbora use that opportunity? The answer is in our expert's prediction.

Command Analysis

Barbora Krejcikova

A winner of 2021 Roland Garros Barbora Krejcikova is having a successful hard part of the season. World No. 10 player won a home tournament at Prague, reached the third round at the Olympic Games and is playing great at Cincinnati.
In the first round of that competition she left no chance to Kasatkina (6:3, 6:2). After that she beat Yastremska in straight sets, despite some problems in the second set (6:1, 7:6). Now she will face her principal rival, Muguruza. In 2021 Spaniard beat Krejcikova in the final of Dubai tournament (7:6, 6:3).

Garbine Muguruza

In recent tournaments Garbine Muguruza's results are too inconsistent. Spaniard was beaten in the third round of Wimbledon tournament by Ons Jabeur (7:5, 3:6, 2:6). In the quarter-final of the Olympic tournament she was unexpectedly beaten by Rybakina (5:7, 1:6).
In the previous at Montreal she was eliminated in the very first round by Siniakova (2:6, 6:0, 3:6). There were some concerns about Garbine's performance in the first round match against Caroline Garcia. But this time she experienced no problems (6:4, 6:3).
Trends
СтавкаSecond set: total under 9.5
Five most recent matches of Muguruza ended with a total under 9,5 games in the second set

СтавкаSets performance: 2>1
In three out of five most recent matches of Krejcikova more games were played in the second set than in the first one

Tip and bets
In the recent tournaments Barbora Krejcikova was looking more confident. Czech player will be extremely motivated to get revenge over Muguruza for the defeat in the final of Dubai tournament. In our opinion, Krejcikova will be the winner of this match.
Our prediction - Krejcikova to win
Players don't have a significant difference on class, as we saw in thr Dubai match. In that head-to-head fixture they played 22 games. In our prediction, we are expecting another long match at Cincinnati.
Our second bet is on total over 21 games