Belinda Bencic and Maria Sakkari will play against each other in the semifinals of the WTA Berlin. The game will start on June 18 at 10:00 UK time.
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Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction One – Handicap (-2) for Sakkari – 2.00.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction Two – Total Games Over 21 – 1.75.
In Berlin, Maria looks more convincing in terms of play, not giving up a single set to her opponents. In the two head-to-head encounters, success was also on Maria’s side. Bencic had a hard time reaching the semi-finals.
In their last head-to-head encounter, Sakkari needed three sets to win. We expect a hard-fought encounter in today’s match between them.
Belinda beat Veronika Kudermetova (3-6, 6-3, 6-3) on Friday. As expected, the two players have played all three sets.
Veronika took the first set and seemed to be in control on the court, but in the end, the story ended with a brilliant comeback of Belinda.
All in all, a typical story in women’s tennis is when the one who started worse wins.
Remarkably, in her two previous matches this week, Bencic also needed three sets to win.
Bencic reached the semi-finals in Berlin for the second year in a row.
Belinda Bencic has won 7 of her last 8 matches at the WTA tournament in Berlin.
Sakkari, meanwhile, finally defeated Daria Kasatkina (6-0, 6-3). Before that, all the matches between them ended in favour of Kasatkina.
Kasatkina couldn’t extend her winning streak. Moreover, her quarterfinal match against Sakkari ended in two sets.
Maria was greatly helped by her opponent’s weak play on her serve.
Sakkari reached the semifinals on grass for the first time at the WTA level.
Maria Sakkari has notched up 7 wins in her last 10 matches on grass.
In both head-to-head encounters, less than 9.5 games were played in the first set. We offer to bet on “1st Set Games – Under 9.5” with the odds of 1.87.
Type of Court – Grass
Speed of Court – 9/10
Bencic’s Rating – 17
Belinda Bencic Wins/Losses in 2022 – 25/20
Sakkari’s Rating – 6
Maria Sakkari Wins/Losses in 2022 – 25/11
Who won the last meeting between these players?
Sakkari won both head-to-head games. They last played against each other in 2020 at the St. Petersburg Open, where Sakkari defeated Bencic with a score of 2-6, 6-4, 6-3.
Where will this fixture be played?
The match will be played at Steffi Graf Stadion, Berlin, Germany.
Which bookmaker has the best odds for this game?
We recommend checking out the odds for the German Open: Bencic vs Sakkari at Sportsbet.io and VBet.