Bencic vs Martincova: prediction for the WTA Toronto match

Belinda Bencic secure victories over Tereza Martincova in four head-to-head matches, all in straight sets. Should we expect another victory from the Swiss player in the first round of Toronto tournament on August 9? The answer is in our prediction.

Command Analysis

Belinda Bencic

Belinda Bencic has pleasant memories about Toronto tournament. In 2015, she won a title here. However, Swiss player approaches the current tournament without any match practice on hard.
For the most recent time we saw Bencicin action at the clay tournament in Lausanne three weeks ago. She reached the quarter-final in there and got eliminated by Petra Martic (3:6, 6:7). In 2022, Belinda is not perfect on hard, she recorded seven victories and suffered five defeats throughout the season.

Tereza Martincova

At the start of June, Tereza Martincova put up an impressive performance at Nottingham and reached the semi-final of that grass tournament. After that Czech player had a massive losing streak - she was unable to get past the first round in four consecutive tournaments.
However, last week marked an end of Martincova's misfortunes. She beat Wang Xinyu at Washington (0:6, 6:4, 6:4). After that Tereza got eliminated by Azarenka (6:7, 2:6). Tereza started the Toronto tournament from qualification, where she coasted past Bektas (6:3, 7:5) and Stakusic (6:4, 4:6, 6:1).
Trends
СтавкаSets performance: 2>1
This bet played in each of three latest head-to-head matches

Ставка2nd set: total over 9.5
In four of five latest matches of Bencic more than nine games were played in the second set

Tip and bets
Bencic is an uncomfortable opponent for Martincova. Swiss player has won all four head-to-head fixtures without losing a single set. Belinda beat Tereza on hard, on clay and on the grass. Martincova is also far from her perfect form now, so we are expecting a fifth victory for the Swiss player.
Our prediction - Bencic to win with a handicap of (-4) games
Swiss player has total domination in head-to-head matches. In none of four previous fixtures more than 21 games were played. Taking that into account, we offer to place a bet on total under.
Our second bet is on total under 21 games