Rybakina vs Samsonova: prediction for the WTA Tokyo match

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Elena Rybakina

Kazakhstan

Chile Cup 1

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20 September 22:00 UTC

Liudmila Samsonova

Russian Federation

On September 21, Elena Rybakina will take on Liudmila Samsonova in the first round of Tokyo tournament. Who will take the victory? The answer is in our prediction.

Elena Rybakina vs Liudmila Samsonova Prediction and Betting Tips (21.09.2022)

Command Analysis

Elena Rybakina

Kazakhstan

After winning a Wimbledon title, Rybakina is unable to achieve success on tour. Quarter-final of Cincinnati tournament and the final of recent Portoroz competition are decent results, but Rybakina suffered a devastating first round defeat at US Open by Clara Burel (4:6, 4:6).

Worth mentioning that Rybakina's run to the final of Slovenian tournament started with victory over Siegemund by the narrowest possible margin (6:7, 6:4, 7:6). Elena lost the final match to Siniakova, putting up an underwhelming performance (7:6, 6:7, 4:6).

Liudmila Samsonova

Russian Federation

Liudmila Samsonova got off to a slow start of the season, but finally managed to gain momentum at American hard tournament, putting up a satisfying performance.

Liudmila won 13 matches in a row, claiming titles of Washington and Cleveland tournaments. Samsonova's impressive winning streak was interrupted by Ajla Tomljanovic in the US Open round of 16 (6:7, 1:6). After that defeat, Russian player didn't play a single match on tour.

Trends

СтавкаTotal under 2,5 sets

This bet played in nine previous matches of Samsonova

1.51

СтавкаTiebreak - yes

In five latest matches of Rybakina four tiebreaks were played

3.30

Tip and bets

1.68Samsonova to win

Rybakina wasted much energy for Portoroz tournament, but failed to win a title, losing the final match to Siniakova. Samsonova took a pause after American tournaments and prepared herself for the start of Tokyo competition. Liudmila won the only head-to-head match against Rybakina. We are expecting another win from Samsonova.

Our prediction - Samsonova to win the match

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1.77total over 21

One year ago, opponents played three sets in a head-to-head match at Montreal. We are expecting another long encounter today, because both opponents have a powerful serve.

Our second bet is on total over 21 games

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