Belinda Bencic and Sorana Cirstea will face each other in the first round of the Cincinnati Masters. The game will start on August 16 at 15:00 UK time.
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Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction One – Handicap (-4.5) for Bencic – 1.49.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction Two – Total Games Under 20 – 1.59.
Cirstea is currently without full playing practice on the hard court. She has not shone in Cincinnati in recent years and it is far from certain that she will be ready to show her best side today. Bencic played well in Toronto, winning all her matches in two sets.
In Bencic’s last four winning matches, less than 20.5 games were played.
Belinda Bencic has put herself in great game shape for Cincinnati, where she will have to defend her points from last year’s quarterfinals. In Toronto, the day before, she could win three matches. She only came up short against eventual finalist Beatriz Haddad Maia (6-2, 3-6, 3-6) in the quarter-finals. Unsurprisingly, Bencic sealed all her victories by 2-0 in sets.
In all, Bencic won 31 matches since the start of the year. She has ten wins and six defeats on the hard court.
Bencic has been successful in 8 of her last 9 matches in the first round.
Sorana Cirstea has not been consistent throughout the season. She alternates successful tournaments with outright failures. So, on grass, she had a semi-final in Birmingham, but then in Eastbourne and at Wimbledon, she could win only one match.
Sorana’s transition to the hard court has been unsuccessful. In Prague, she failed to beat Oksana Selekhmeteva (5-7, 4-6) in the first round.
Cirstea has lost 7 of her last 8 matches as an underdog.
In three of Sorana’s previous five matches, more than 9 games have been played in the second set. We offer to bet on “2nd Set Games – Under 9.5” with odds of 2.68.
Type of Court – Hard
Speed of Court – 6/10
Bencic’s Rating – 12
Belinda Bencic Wins/Losses in 2022 – 31/14
Cirstea’s Rating – 38
Sorana Cirstea Wins/Losses in 2022 – 19/17
Cirstea defeated Bencic (7-5, 6-2) at Grampians Trophy in 2021.
The match will be played at Lindner Family Tennis Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States.
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