Shramkova vs Potapova: WTA Linz Match Betting Tip

Austria

Rebecca Sramkova

Slovakia

Upper Austria Ladies Linz

centre-court

29 January 10:30 UTC

Anastasia Potapova

Russian Federation

In Linz on January 29, Rebecca Sramkova and Anastasia Potapova will fight for a place in the quarterfinals. The Russian tennis player has been successful in this tournament and even has a title to her credit. How will the face-to-face meeting go and what reliable bets should you choose? - the answer is in our expert's betting tip

Rebecca Sramkova vs Anastasia Potapova Prediction and Betting Tips (29.01.2025)

Command Analysis

Rebecca Sramkova

Slovakia

Current form

Šramková had a successful last season and is now in the top 50. However, the Slovak tennis player did not start 2025 in the best way. In Brisbane and Hobart, she hung up her racket following the first round matches. At the Australian Open, she made it through one round, after which she lost to Iga Šwiętek (0-6, 2-6). In Linz, Rebecca had a difficult match against Cociaretto at the start, where she managed to win in two tight sets (7-5, 7-5).

Professional qualities

The Slovak tennis player is distinguished by her endurance, ready to endure long matches. Rebecca can throw the ball around for a long time, does not like to take unjustified risks, waits for her opponents to make mistakes.

Current indicators in the tour

Since the beginning of the year, Shramkova has played five matches on the tour, winning two and losing three. She is currently ranked 44th in the world.

Interesting facts for betting

In Linz, Šramková broke the barrier of the starting circle for the first time in her career
Four of Shramkova five matches since the start of the year have seen fewer than ten games in the first set.

Anastasia Potapova

Russian Federation

Current form

Potapova has not achieved much success on the tour since the beginning of the year, but she has also avoided an outright failure. In Brisbane, the Russian tennis player managed to get through two rounds, and at the Australian Open she advanced to the second round, where she lost to her compatriot Pavlyuchenkova (6-7, 6-2, 2-6). In Linz, in the opening round, Anastasia confidently dealt with local tennis player Graber in two sets (6-2, 6-2). It should be noted that Potapova won the title on local courts in 2023, and last season she made it to the quarterfinals here.

Professional qualities

Anastasia tries to play in an aggressive manner, to dictate her terms of the game. At the same time, she often lacks self-control, takes unjustified risks, which leads to unforced errors.

Current indicators in the tour

Potapova is ranked 33rd in the world, with her best achievement being 21st place. In 2025, Anastasia played six matches, winning four.

Interesting facts for betting

Potapova played tie-breaks in two of her last four matches
In three of Anastasia previous five matches, the second set did not go more than nine games

Trends

Match Tie-Break Bet – Yes

Tie-breaks were played in two of the Russian tennis player four previous matches

3.70

Rate Set Result: 2>1

This scenario has played out in three of Shramkova last five matches.

2.21

Tip and bets

1.68Shramkova with a handicap (+4)

Potapova confidently held the opening match in Linz, the local hall is very familiar to her, as she won the title here two years ago. At the same time, one should not underestimate Shramkova, the representative of Slovakia is distinguished by her stubbornness and endurance, she is always ready to work hard on the back line, to wait for her opponents to make mistakes. We believe that the match will be quite a close fight and Anastasia, due to her instability, will not be able to confidently win.

Our prediction is Shramkova victory with a handicap of (+4) games with a coefficient of 1.68

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1.85Total over 20

Bet on total

Four of Potapova last five matches have seen at least 20 games. Anastasia is not known for her consistency, and her game often shows ups and downs, so it is unlikely that the upcoming match will end quickly.

The second bet is total over 20 games for 1.85

Bet on the second set

It should be noted that in two of the last four matches of the Slovak tennis player, the second set was played for 12 games. We expect that today it is in this segment of the game that the most intense struggle will unfold.

Betting Tip - total games in the second set over 9.5 with odds of 2.12

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