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Sakkari vs Potapova: prediction for the WTA Saint Petersburg match
The first round of the Saint Petersburg tournament pits Maria Sakkari against Anastasia Potapova on February 8. An exciting encounter, for sure. But who will win? Here is our prediction for the encounter.
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Maria Sakkari
GreeceMaria Sakkari suffered an unsavory exit from the Australian Open at the hands of Jessica Pegula(6:7, 3:6)- the latter progressing to the quarter-finals. Well, theSaint Petersburg tournament presents another opportunity for Maria to resurrect her ailing reputation. Note that in two Australian tournaments Sakkari has not had it easy in her first round matches. She has failed to beat opponents by a handicap of more than three games.
Sakkari put up a successful performance in the previous Saint Petersburg tournament, she reached the semi-final. Before that success she was twice eliminated in the first round.
Anastasia Potapova
Russian FederationAnastasia Potapova got off to a great start of the 2022 season at Melbourne. She reached the quarter-final of that tournament. But after that the Russian player was twice eliminated in the first round. At the Australian Open Potapova was eliminated by Camila Giorgi (4:6, 0:6).
In the previous season, Potapova missed the Saint Petersburg tournament. Before that, she played here twice. She reached the second round and, in 2020, a quarter-final.
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СтавкаSets performance: 1>2
This bet played in each of two most recent head-to-head matches
Ставка1st set: total over 9.5
In four out of five most recent matches of Sakkari more than nine games were played in the first set
Tip and bets
Leveraging a «home advantage», Potapova will be extremely motivated to put up her best performance against her Greek contender. While Sakkari is not an opponent to underestimate, she is infamous for suffering slow starts in tournaments. We favorPotapova to come on top at the end of the contest.
Our prediction - Handicap (+6) games for Potapova
Players faced each other twice and exchanged victories in those matches. In each of those matches more than 18 games were played and we are expecting the same result in this match.
Our second bet is on total over 18 games
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