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Swiatek vs Fernandez: prediction for the WTA Dubai match
After a title-winning performance in Doha, Iga Swiatek will start the Dubai tournament with a match against Leylah Fernandez on February 21. Easy win for the favourite? The answer is in our prediction.
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Iga Swiatek
PolandIga Swiatek put up an outstanding performance in Doha tournament. Polish player won the title with ease and she had to beat just three opponents. World No. 1 player didn't let any of her opponents to win more than three games. Iga crushed Jessica Pegula (6:3, 6:0) in the final.
Before this year, Swiatek played in Dubai only twice. She got eliminated from the round of 16 on both occasions. In the previous season, Polish player was stopped by Jelena Ostapenko (6:4, 1:6, 6:7).
Leylah Fernandez
CanadaLeylah Fernandez has won 8 of 12 matches since the start of the season. That's a solid results, but four of these victories came from qualifying matches. Canadian player achieved the best result at Oakland tournament, where she reached the quarter-final.
Fernandez started the Dubai tournament with a comfortable victory over Grabher (6:4, 6:2).
Trends
Ставка Sets performance: 2>1
Four of five latest matches of Swiatek went by that scenario
Ставка 1st set: total under 9.5
This bet played in three of five latest matches of Fernandez
Tip and bets
One year ago, Swiatek secured a dominating victory over Swiatek (6:1, 6:2) at Adelaide. Last week, Iga put up a fantastic performance in Doha and didn't let any of her opponents to win more than three games. Polish player surely didn't lost her brilliant form in just a few days, so we are expecting another clear victory from the World No. 1.
Our prediction - Swiatek to win with a handicap of (-6) games
In three latest matches of the Polish player no more than 15 games were played. Fernandez is unlikely to win more than six games here.
Our second bet is on total under 19 games
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