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Bencic vs Kostyuk: prediction for the WTA Dubai match
Two weeks ago, Belinda Bencic beat Marta Kostyuk in straight sets at Abu Dhabi. Should we expect a different result at Dubai on February 21? The answer is in our prediction.
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Belinda Bencic
SwitzerlandBelinda Bencic is enjoying a successful season. Swiss player has already won two trophies, at Adelaide and Abu Dhabi. Dmitry Tursunov did a great job as Belinda's coach.
Bencicparticipated in Doha tournament last week, just after an intense Abu Dhabi competition. Despite an extremely tough schedule, Belinda managed to beat Tomova (6:0, 6:1) and Azarenka (1:6, 7:6, 6:4). After that, Swiss player withdrew herself from the tournament and didn't play the quarter-final match against Swiatek.
Marta Kostyuk
UkraineMarta Kostyuk got off to a solid start of the season. She reached the quarterfinals at Adelaide and Hua Hin. She also had a relatively successful Australian Open tournament, reaching the third round.
Kostyuk started the Dubai tournament from the first round. She had a difficult encounter against Oz, but eventually earned a victory in three sets (4:6, 6:4, 6:2).
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Ставка Sets performance: 2>1
Four latest matches of Bencic went by that scenario
Ставка 2nd set: total over 9.5
This bet played in four of five latest matches of Kostyuk
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Two weeks ago, Bencic secured a victory over Kostyuk in straight sets. However, Marta managed to hold the five-game plus handicap. We are expecting the same result today. Belinda has a tough schedule, so she is unlikely to crush the underdog.
Our prediction - Kostyuk to win with a handicap of (+5) games
Opponents played 22 games in a recent head-to-head match at Abu Dhabi. In each of six latest matches of Kostyuk no less than 19 games were played. We offer to place a bet on total over.
Our second bet is on total over 20 games
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