Tsurenko vs Rybakina: prediction for the WTA Portoroz match
Lesia Tsurenko managed to beat Elena Rybakina in the only head-to-head match. Should we expect another victory from the Ukrainian player on September 16? The answer is in our prediction.

Command Analysis

Lesia Tsurenko

Lesia Tsurenko is looking great at Portoroz so far. She had tough opponents in first two rounds, but managed to secure victories over Ruse (6:4, 1:6, 6:4) and Alexandrova (7:5, 7:6).
Lesia put up a poor serving performance, but she was much better on the receive. In a match against the Romanian player Tsurenko broke the opponent's serve seven times. She also made six breaks in the match against Alexandrova.

Elena Rybakina

Elena Rybakina failed to achieve success at US Open, losing the first round match to Clara Burel (4:6, 4:6). Kazakh player was close to a defeat at the start of Portoroz tournament, but managed to win the decisive tiebreak (6:7, 6:4, 7:6).
Rybakina performed much better in the second round and secured an easy victory over Martincova (6:4, 6:1). Elena is too inconsistent after her triumph at Wimbledon, so her matches are hard to predict.
Trends
Ставка1st set: total over 9.5
This bet played in three latest matches of Rybakina

СтавкаTiebreak: yes
Tiebreaks were played in three of five latest matches of Tsurenko

Tip and bets
Tsurenko and Rybakina faced each other once in 2022, it happened at Eastbourne grass tournament. Ukrainian player won that match in three sets. Current holder of the Wimbledon title is too inconsistent right now, so Tsurenko should be able to put up a good fight.
Our prediction - Tsurenko to win with a handicap of (+5.5) games
Opponents exchanged sets in the only head-to-head match. In each of two previous Tsurenko's matches more than 20 games were played. We offer to place a bet on total over.
Our second bet is on total over 19.5 games