In the final match of Adelaide International 2, Belinda Bencic and Daria Kasatkina will play against each other. The match will start on January 14 at 05:30.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (+3) for Kasatkina – 1.86.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Games Under 23 – 1.59.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #3 – 1st Set Games Under 9.5 – 1.76.
The rivals, who know each other very well, will fight for the title today. Kasatkina leads 3-2 in their head-to-head encounters. Belinda shows a more stable game on her serve, she is not inferior to Daria in any way on the backhand and receiving. However, we expect the title to go to Daria.
Never in their five head-to-head encounters have the opponents exchanged sets or played more than 20 games.
Bencic, under the guidance of Dmitry Tursunov, is performing at her best at the start of the season. She has only one defeat to Iga Swiatek at the United Cup (3-6, 6-7).
Bencic was scheduled to play against Veronika Kudermetova on Friday, but Kudermetova was unable to appear due to an injury.
In the quarter-finals, Belinda defeated Caroline Garcia (6-2, 3-6, 6-4). The meeting against Caroline was the most difficult test for the Bencic so far this week.
In previous rounds, she had defeated Garbine Muguruza (6-3, 6-4) and Anna Kalinskaya (6-3, 6-3).
Bencic will return to the top 10 at the end of the Adelaide tournament.
Bencic has won her last four matches in a row at the WTA-500 level.
Kasatkina had a poor start to the new season. In her first tournament in Adelaide, Daria failed to defeat Linda Noskova (3-6, 7-6, 3-6).
Kasatkina will play in the WTA finals for the 12th time. This is the eighth time she has managed to reach a deciding match at the WTA 500 level.
Daria also had an unscheduled day off on Friday. Paula Badosa, with whom she was due to play in the semi-finals, withdrew due to a hip injury.
Thus, Kasatkina made it to the final after playing only two matches. Daria was among the seeded, thanks to which she started immediately from the second round.
However, in any case, this time Kasatkina deserves praise. In the previous rounds, she defeated Petra Kvitova (6-3, 7-6) and Barbora Krejcikova (6-2, 7-5).
Kasatkina has won four of her last six matches on a hard court.
Type of Court – Hard
Speed of Court – 8/10
Belinda Bencic’s Rating – 13
Belinda Bencic Wins/Losses in 2022 – 4/1
Daria Kasatkina’s Rating – 8
Daria Kasatkina Wins/Losses in 2022 – 2/1
In Kasatkina’s three matches at the start of the season, less than 9.5 games were played in the first set. We offer to bet on “1st Set Games Under 9.5” with odds of 1.76.
Kasatkina leads with a score of 3-2 in the head-to-head encounters. The last time they met was at the French Open in 2021. In that match, Kasatkina defeated Bencic (6-2, 6-2) in two sets.
The match will be played in Center Court, Memorial Drive Tennis Centre, Adelaide, Australia.
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