Gracheva vs Blinkova: prediction for the WTA Seoul match
Varvara Gracheva managed to beat Anna Blinkova in two head-to-head matches. Will she secure a third one at Seoul on September 21? The answer is in our prediction.

Command Analysis

Varvara Gracheva

Varvara Gracheva had a long losing streak. Since July 8 Russian player has lost ten games in a row, but Varvara had a huge breakthrough at Chennai tournament, where she reached the quarter-final.
Gracheva managed to beat Tkacheva (6:3, 6:2) and Zhao (6:1, 7:5) in India. Russian player has been eliminated in the quarter-final by the eventual winner of that competition, Linda Frukhvirtova (6:4, 6:3).

Anna Blinkova

Anna Blinkova is also on a huge losing streak. Russian player is unable to find a win since August 8, where she won one match at Concord tournament. She failed to qualify for US Open tournament and suffered a defeat in the first round of Chennai tournament to Rebecca Marino (5:7, 2:6).
Overall, Blinkova has won only 6 of 13 matches on hard surface since the start of the season. Most of those victories were recorded in qualifying rounds or in ITF tournaments.
Trends
Ставка1st set: total over 9.5
This bet played in four latest matches of Blinkova

СтавкаTotal over 2,5 sets
In two previous head-to-head matches opponents exchanged sets

Tip and bets
We are expecting a close contest between two Russian players. Both head-to-head fixtures between Gracheva and Blinkova were tightly contested and finished in three sets. Varvara won both of these encounters and we think that she will secure another victory. Last week, she put an end to her string of defeats, so she will surely be in a good morale condition.
Our prediction - Gracheva to win the match
Each of two previous head-to-head matches ended in three sets. We are expecting the same result in the third match.
Our second bet is on total over 22 games