Caroline Garcia and Maria Sakkari will play against each other in the second round of the Cincinnati Masters. The game will start on August 17 at 01:30 UK time.
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Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction One – Handicap (+3) for Garcia – 1.58.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction Two – Total Games Over 22 – 1.91.
Garcia defeated Sakkari in their only head-to-head encounter. At the moment, Maria is far from her optimal form, which was fully demonstrated by her matches in Toronto. Caroline has had time to play in Cincinnati, as she has played three matches already, and she got the necessary playing practice.
Two of Garcia’s three matches in Cincinnati were played in three sets. Sakkari had recorded an exchange of games won in her two previous matches.
Caroline Garcia has improved over the course of the season. She has won the Bad Homburg Open, Poland Open on grass and the Poland Open on clay. These successes have allowed her to move up to No. 35 in the world rankings.
Her return to the hard courts has not turned out to be a success. Last week in Toronto, Garcia dropped her first-round match to Alize Cornet (6-3, 3-6, 3-6). In Cincinnati, Caroline has three wins. In qualifying games against Diane Parry (4-6, 6-3, 6-2) and Andrea Petkovic (6-2, 6-7, 6-2), she had to play all three sets to win. However, in the first round of the main draw, the former world #4 defeated Petra Martic (6-3, 6-3) in two sets.
Garcia has 8 wins in her previous 10 matches.
Maria Sakkari sits in third place in the world rankings, but her recent results are not encouraging. She has never won more than two matches in her four previous starts.
In Toronto, she narrowly defeated Sloane Stephens (6-2, 4-6, 6-2) before losing to Karolina Pliskova (1-6, 7-6, 3-6). In Cincinnati a year ago, Sakkari fell to Angelique Kerber (2-6, 2-6) in her opening match.
Sakkari has lost 4 of her last 5 meetings on the open hard court.
In Sakkari’s previous four matches, less than 9.5 games have been played in the first set. We offer to bet on “1st Set Games – Under 9.5” with odds of 1.71.
Type of Court – Hard
Speed of Court – 8/10
Garcia’s Rating – 35
Caroline Garcia Wins/Losses in 2022 – 30/15
Sakkari’s Rating – 3
Maria Sakkari Wins/Losses in 2022 – 28/16
Five years ago, Garcia defeated Sakkari in the semi-finals of the Wuhan Open (6-3, 6-2).
The match will be played at the Grandstand, Lindner Family Tennis Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States.
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