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Krejcikova vs Sabalenka: predictions for US Open
On September 8, Barbora Krejcikova and Aryna Sabalenka will fight for a semi-final spot of US Open. Should we expect a sensation in this match? The answer is in our prediction.
Command Analysis
Barbora Krejcikova
Czech RepublicAfter her triumph at Roland Garros Barbora Krejcikova lost only three matches. In two of them Czech player was beaten by Ashleigh Barty, the World No. 1 player. At the Olympic Games Krejcikova was beaten by the eventual winner of the tournament, Belinda Bencic. There are no signs of decline in the performance of Czech player.
In first three rounds of New York Krejcikova recorded victories over Sharma, McHale and Rakhimova. But in the round of 16 she had a difficult opponent - Garbine Muguruza. It was a contested match, but Krejcikova took the victory once again (6:3, 7:6).
Aryna Sabalenka
BelarusThis year marked the end of Aryna Sabalenka's failures at New York. For two consecutive years Belarusian player had been eliminated in the second round at US Open.
In four matches of the current tournament Sabalenka lost only one set. It happened in the first round against Nina Stojanovic (6:4, 6:7, 6:0). After that Belarusian player recorded confident victories over Zidansek (6:3, 6:1), Collins (6:3, 6:3) and Mertens (6:4, 6:1). In the most recent match, despite a relatively low number of games, Sabalenka made 10 double errors.
Trends
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
СтавкаSecond set: total over 9.5
This bet was successful in three out of five most recent matches of the Czech player
Tip and bets
In the end of the previous season players faced each other at the indoor tournament in Linz. Sabalenka was in a wonderful form, but she still needed three sets to beatKrejcikova. Now Czech player is looking significantly better than in the previous season. Sabalenka is not performing better than Krejcikova at New York. We think that Czech player should be able to record a victory in an upcoming match.
Our prediction - Krejcikova to win
Choosing a bet on the total, we should remember that opponents are pretty even on class and they proved it in the match at Linz, where they played three sets.
Our second bet is on total over 21 games
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