Peterson vs Golubic: who will record a victory?
On August 25, Rebecca Peterson and Viktorija Golubic will fight for a spot in the quarter-final of Chicago tournament. Who is going to get the victory? You can find out in our prediction.

Command Analysis

Rebecca Peterson

Rebecca Peterson's most recent successful tournament was a competition at Bastad on clay, in her homeland. She managed to reach the semi-final of that tournament. After that Sweden player never won more than one match in the main draw on hard tournaments.
In Chicago Peterson started with a match against Marie Bouzkova. In a closely contested match Peterson managed to clinch a win after two tiebreaks (7:6, 7:6). Rebecca lost four games on her serve, but played confident on the receive.

Viktorija Golubic

Viktorija Golubic had a magnificent grass part of the season, reaching the quarter-finals at Eastbourne and at Wimbledon. However, Swiss player failed to keep the same level of form on hard. In three next tournaments she won only one match.
In the first round of Chicago tournament Golubic played against a comfortable opponent for her, Osorio Serrano. She already had one victory over her, at the Olympic Games in Tokyo. But Chicago match was way more difficult (7:6, 6:3).
Trends
СтавкаTiebreak: yes
In their first matches at Chicago Peterson and Golubic played tiebreaks

СтавкаFirst set: total over 9.5
Four most recent matches of Peterson ended with a total over 9.5 games in the first set

Tip and bets
Viktorija Golubic was at the peak of her form during the grass part of the season. Swiss player is not looking so well on hard, we already saw it in the match against Osorio Serrano. Peterson is able to put up a fight against Golubic, in head-to-head matches players exchanged victories. We think that Viktorija is overrated by the bookmakers.
Our prediction - Peterson to win
Both players had long matches in the first round at Chicago. In both head-to-head matches Peterson and Golubic had more than 20 games. In our prediction we are expecting another long match.
Our second bet is on total over 20 games