Sabalenka vs Kalinskaya: prediction for the WTA Cincinnati match

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Aryna Sabalenka

Belarus

Western & Southern Open

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17 August 16:00 UTC

Anna Kalinskaya

Russian Federation

On August 18, Aryna Sabalenka will take on Anna Kalinskaya for the round of 16 spot at the Cincinnati tournament. Who is better prepared for the match? The answer is in our prediction.

Aryna Sabalenka vs Anna Kalinskaya Prediction and Betting Tips (18.08.2022)

Command Analysis

Aryna Sabalenka

Belarus

Aryna Sabalenka put up her best performance at Cincinnati in 2018, reaching the semifinals. After that Belarusian player was unable to make it past the round of 16.

It won't be easy for the World No. 7 player to beat her best result at Cincinnati. In two latest tournaments at San Jose and at Toronto Sabalenka failed to impress, her results were disappointing. She has won only one match in each of these competitions.

Anna Kalinskaya

Russian Federation

Anna Kalinskaya is performing at Cincinnati for the first time in her career and she already achieved a respectable result. Russian player started the tournament from qualification, beating Maria (6:1, 6:0) and Potapova (7:5, 6:1).

In the first round of a main draw Anna narrowly beat Trevisan (7:6, 7:5). Kalinskaya surely gained more match practice at local courts, giving her a slight advantage over Sabalenka ahead of the match.

Trends

СтавкаSets performance: 1>2

This bet played in two of three head-to-head matches

2.26

Ставка1st set: total over 9.5

This bet played in each of four latest matches of Sabalenka

2.15

Tip and bets

1.65Handicap (+5) for Kalinskaya

Opponents are familiar with each other, they played each other three times. Sabalenka is currently 2-1 ahead on head-to-head matches. We believe that Kalinskaya will have a chance for the victory today. Aryna's performance is far from perfect, she makes way too many mistakes. Favourite is unlikely to improve her performance so quickly.

Our prediction - Kalinskaya to win with a handicap of (+5) games

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1.74total over 20

In four of five latest matches of Sabalenka three sets were playing. Aryna's performance is far from perfect, so we shouldn't expect a confident victory.

Our second bet is on total over 20 games

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