Gauff vs Osaka: prediction for the WTA San Jose match
On August 5, Cori Gauff will face Naomi Osaka in one of the most exciting matches of the second round at San Jose tournament. Who will secure a victory? The answer is in our prediction.

Command Analysis

Cori Gauff

Cori Gauff has a great chance to break into the Top-10 of WTA rankings after the San Jose tournament. 18-year old player is currently at the 11th position in the standings. American player is yet to win a title in the current season, but she managed to reach the final of Roland Garros.
Cori approached the series of American hard tournaments in a great shape. In the first round of San Jose tournament she hammered Anhelina Kalinina (6:1, 6:0).

Naomi Osaka

A former World No. 1 player is currently only at the 41st spot in the WTA rankings. 2022 season is not going great for Osaka - she has won only 13 matches out of 18. Miami tournament was the most successful for Osaka in this season - she reached the final.
Naomi started the San Jose tournament with a narrow victory over Qinwen (6:4, 3:6, 6:1). Only in the third set Osaka managed to put up a consistent performance. In the whole match Japanese player lost only one game at her serve, though her opponent had seven more breakpoints.
Trends
СтавкаSets performance: 1>2
This bet played in two of three head-to-head matches

Ставка2nd set: total under 9.5
In five latest matches of Gauff no more than nine games were played in the second set

Tip and bets
Gauff and Osaka had three head-to-head matches before. All of these matches were played on hard. Japanese player is currently 2-1 ahead on head-to-heads. But Gauff should be able to level the score today. American player is looking more confident in the current season, she also put up a fantastic performance in the first round at San Jose, unlike Naomi, who lost a set to Qinwen.
Our prediction - Gauff to win the match
We will see a battle between two evenly-matched opponents. In the previous head-to-head match opponents exchanged sets and we are expecting the same result today.
Our second bet is on total over 21 games