Caroline Garcia will play against Elena Rybakina. The encounter will start on December 23 at 12:00 UK time.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap Garcia (-0.5) – 1.86.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Total Games Under 20 – 1.84.
In the two head-to-head meetings, Rybakina has beaten Garcia. However, today, in our opinion, Caroline will have a good chance to break this streak. After all, Caroline has already played two matches at the tournament, she defeated Badosa. While Elena played very unstable against Sabalenka and got the upper hand only due to the opponent’s mistakes.
In her match against Badosa, Caroline only dropped seven games to her opponent. Given Rybakina’s lack of confidence, we don’t think it’s going to be a long match today.
Caroline Garcia has managed to make a real name for herself in 2022 and has returned to the top 10. Today, the French player is the fourth-ranked player in the world.
Garcia played two matches earlier this week which showed that she is already in pretty good shape.
On Monday, Caroline lost to Iga Swiatek (3-6, 4-6). Despite the result, Caroline still had a decent game. The world #1 had to work hard to win.
On Wednesday, Garcia defeated Paula Badosa (6-4, 6-3). In that match, the world #4 allowed the Spaniard to take two games on the receiving end but converted four break points of four herself.
In November, Garcia won the WTA Finals.
Garcia served well but did not manage to play well on the receiving end. She was frankly inferior to Iga in the backhand. It is extremely important for her to try to lead the game herself because it is difficult for her to count on a strong prerequisite for success when acting as the number two.
Elena Rybakina can also take credit for her performance in 2022. The representative of Kazakhstan managed to win Wimbledon. However, after that triumph, the results somewhat went down.
Elena Rybakina has only played one match so far after the break. On Tuesday, Elena had a strong victory over Aryna Sabalenka.
In the first set Elena gave up just without a fight with a score of 0:6. The second set she took with a score of 6:1. The third one, was held in the format of up to ten points – 10:6.
Remarkably, this “show” lasted only 56 minutes. Obviously, both tennis players are still far from their ideal form.
Elena has a good serve, with good strokes on both hands. She has a great physique as a tennis player, but you can see that physically it is a bit difficult for her. She is working hard to improve this component. Her slumps on the backhand are less and less, and it is important now to develop stability.
Eagles: Nick Kyrgios, Rahop Bopanna, Andreas Seppi, Bianca Andreescu, Caroline Garcia.
Hawks: Alexander Zverev, Dominic Thiem, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Elena Rybakina.
Type of Court – Indoor Hard
Speed of Court – 8/10
Caroline Garcia’s Rating – 4
Caroline Garcia Wins/Losses in 2022 – 45/20
Elena Rybakina’s Rating – 21
Elena Rybakina Wins/Losses in 2022 – 40/21
Elena Rybakina leads with a score of 2-1 in the head-to-head encounters. The last time they met was at the Sydney Internationa. Rybakina withdrew from that match.
The match will be played in Center Court, Coca-Cola Arena, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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