Halep vs Swiatek: prediction for the WTA Indian Wells match
On March 18, Simona Halep and Iga Swiatek will determine the first finalist of WTA Indian Wells tournament. We offer our prediction for the upcoming match.

Command Analysis

Simona Halep

On February, Simona Halep had an unsuccessful Doha tournament, she lost the first round match to Garcia (4:6, 3:6). However, that failure did not affect the Romanian player and she managed to reach the semi-final of prestigious Indian Wells tournament.
Only in the first round match against Alexandrova a former World No. 1 lost a set (6:4, 2:6, 6:2). In three next matches Halep recorded confident victories over Gauff (6:3, 6:4), Cirstea (6:1, 6:4) and Martic (6:1, 6:1). Halep had a relatively easy draw. She managed to keep much energy for the semi-final match.

Iga Swiatek

Iga Swiatek approached the Indian Wells tournament after winning a title at Doha. In five matches at Qatar she lost only one set.
However, Polish player had not such an easy way to the semi-final of Indian Wells tournament. She lost first sets in each of three first matches. Despite that, Iga still managed to earn comeback victories over Kalinina, Tauson and Kerber. In the quarter-final match against Keyes a World No. 4 was simply unstoppable, she left no chance to the American player (6:1, 6:0). Swiatek extended her winning streak to ten matches.
Trends
СтавкаSets performance: 1>2
In two of three latest matches this bet played

Ставка1st set: total under 9.5
In each of four matches of Halep in Indian Wells no more than nine games were played in the first set

Tip and bets
Halep won two of three latest head-to-head matches. But Polish player won nine matches in a row and can now level the score in head-to-head matches. She should be able to put up a more consistent serving performance than Simona. We offer to place a bet on Swiatek for this one.
Our prediction - Swiatek to win the match
In three of four Swiatek's matches in Indian Wells three sets were played. Latest head-to-head matches also ended in three sets. We offer to place a bet on total over this time.
Our second bet is on total over 20.5 games