Coco Gauff and Simona Halep will play each other in the 1/4 finals of the National Bank Open. The game will start on August 12 at 18:00 UK time.
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Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction One – Handicap (-2) for Halep – 1.74.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction Two – Total Games Under 23 – 1.63.
Gauff is a comfortable opponent for Halep. In all three head-to-head encounters, Simona has been successful, without dropping a single set to Corey. In Toronto, Simona looks very convincing in the game, works reliably on her serve and is very likely to defeat the unstable Coco.
All of their head-to-head encounters ended in two sets via a total of fewer than 20.5 games. Moreover, in each of the three matches in Toronto, Halep won with an exact score of 2-0 in sets.
For the second straight hard-court tournament, Coco Gauff makes it to the quarter-finals. Recall, that a week ago, she reached the 1/4 finals in San Jose, where she failed to play against Badosa (6-7, 2-6).
In Toronto, Coco had no trouble at all in the first round, defeating Madison Brengle (6-1, 6-3). Against Elena Rybakina and Aryna Sabalenka, she won only in the tie-breaks. In these matches, Gauff made a lot of mistakes and did not always show reliable play on the back line.
Gauff has lost 5 of her last 6 matches as an underdog.
Simona Halep has reached at least the quarterfinals in her three previous starts in Toronto. This year, she also managed to show her best tennis skills in Canada.
World #15 has not dropped a single set to her opponents in three matches. In the three matches, Halep defeated Donna Vekic (6-0, 6-2), Zhang Shuai (6-4, 6-2) and Jil Teichmann (6-2, 7-5). In her last game against Teichmann, Simona allowed her opponent to have only one break and won 71% of her serves.
Halep has won 6 of her 7 quarter-finals this season.
In the last two head-to-head matches, more than nine games were played in the second set. We offer to bet on “2nd Set Games – Over 9.5” with odds of 2.08.
Type of Court – Hard
Speed of Court – 6/10
Gauff’s Rating – 11
Coco Gauff Wins/Losses in 2022 – 30/14
Halep’s Rating – 15
Simona Halep Wins/Losses in 2022 – 35/10
Halep leads with a score of 3-0 in the head-to-head games. In 2019, Simona was stronger at Wimbledon, the Indian Wells and Madrid Open.
The match will be played at Center Court, Sobeys Stadium, Toronto, Canada.
We recommend checking out the odds for the National Bank Open: Gauff vs Halep at 22bet.