Sasnovich vs Halep: prediction for the WTA Linz match

Austria

Aliaksandra Sasnovich

Belarus

Upper Austria Ladies Linz

centre-court

9 November 09:00 UTC

Simona Halep

Romania

In two head-to-head matches Aliaksandra Sasnovich and Simona Halep exchanged victories. On November 9, opponents will play each other in the second round of Linz tournament. Our expert prepared a prediction for this match.

Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs Simona Halep Prediction and Betting Tips (09.11.2021)

Command Analysis

Aliaksandra Sasnovich

Belarus

Aliaksandra Sasnovich is playing at Linz tournament after her performance for the national team at the Billie Jean King Cup. Belarusian player was unable to carry her team at Prague and lost both of her matches, but she managed to put up a fight to Mertens and Tomljanovic.

She also managed to beat Fiona Ferro in a contested first round match at Linz (6:2, 3:6, 6:2). Sasnovich is not looking so confident at her serve, but due to a great receive and technical skills she is able to put up a fight even against higher-ranked opponents.

Simona Halep

Romania

Simona Halep missed many tournaments in the season, so now, in the autumn, she doesn't want to miss any competition. On October 11, Romanian player suffered a defeat to her today opponent in the third round of Indian Wells tournament (5:7, 4:6).

After that failure Halep played in two indoor tournaments at Moscow and at Cluj-Napoca. She managed to reach the quarter-final at Russian capital. Halep also reached the final of a home tournament, but failed to beat Anett Kontaveit (2:6, 3:6).

Trends

СтавкаSets performance: 2>1

This bet played in four out of five most recent matches of Sasnovich

2.21

СтавкаFirst set: total over 9.5

In each of two most recent head-to-head matches opponents played more than nine games in the first set

2.35

Tip and bets

1.79Handicap (+5.5) for Sasnovich

Aliaksandra Sasnovich is not a comfortable opponent for the Romanian player, this statement was proven in the recent head-to-head match at Indian Wells. Belarusian player has the same playing style as Simona Halep, she is able to play well on the baseline and plays well at the serve. We are not expecting a blowout at Linz.

Our prediction - Sasnovich to win with a handicap (+5.5) games

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1.92total over 20

In each of two most recent head-to-head matches opponents played at least 22 games. We don't think that something will change at Linz.

Our second bet is on total over 20 games

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