Aryna Sabalenka and Zhang Shuai will play against each other in the 1/4 finals of the Cincinnati Masters. The game will start on August 19 at 20:30.
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Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction One – Handicap (+5) for Shuai – 1.62.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction Two – Total Games Over 20 – 1.71.
Sabalenka leads (3-1) in head-to-head encounters, with all wins coming in two sets. However, now Aryna has not yet reached her peak form, although progress is being made. Zhang Shuai is in great game form, playing with a minimum number of unforced errors, which can help her to give a decent resistance to Aryna.
After the final in Hertogenbosch, Aryna Sabalenka managed to win two matches for the first time and made it to the quarterfinals in Cincinnati. We shall remind you that Aryna managed to win only two matches at the last three tournaments.
At the start in Cincinnati, Arina defeated Anna Kalinskaya (6-3, 4-1, walkover). In the 1/8 finals, not without problems, but she still managed to defeat Shelby Rogers (6-4, 6-7, 6-4). In the game against Shelby, Sabalenka had ten aces, six double faults and lost her serve three times. Nevertheless, she has progressed from her previous tournaments.
In four of Sabalenka’s last five matches, more than 20 games have been played.
Zhang Shuai is having her best tournament in the last two months. She played poorly in San Jose and Toronto, winning only one match. In Cincinnati, she was the underdog in all matches.
In the opening two rounds, Zhang Shuai defeated Naomi Osaka (6-4, 7-5) and Ekaterina Alexandrova (6-3, 6-4) without dropping a set. In the 1/8 finals, she defeated Anett Kontaveit (2-6, 6-4, 6-4). The reliable play of Zhang on the backhand line with excellent backhand work cannot be overlooked.
Zhang Shuai has notched up 4 wins in her last 6 hard-court matches.
In only one of their four head-to-head matches, they played more than 9.5 games in the 2nd set. We offer to bet on “2nd Set Games – Under 9.5” with odds of 1.87.
Type of Court – Hard
Speed of Court – 8/10
Sabalenka’s Rating – 7
Aryna Sabalenka Wins/Losses in 2022 – 23/16
Shuai’s Rating – 44
Zhang Shuai Wins/Losses in 2022 – 27/21
Sabalenka leads with a score of 4-2 in the head-to-head encounters. The last time they met was at the Italian Open in 2022. Aryna defeated Zhang with a score of 6-2, 6-0.
The match will be played at the Grandstand, Lindner Family Tennis Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States.
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