Daria Kasatkina and Elena Rybakina will face each other in the first-round game of the Silicon Valley Classic. The game will start on August 2 at 03:00 UK time.
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Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction One – Handicap (-2) for Rybakina – 1.80.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction Two – Total Games Over 21 – 1.76.
The tennis players know each other well, as their tournament paths have crossed twice. The rivals have exchanged victories, with Elena winning her last encounter on the open hard court. We think, due to a more powerful and stable game on her own serve, Rybakina will continue her winning streak today.
In most of her recent winning matches, Rybakina has had long matches. After a long break, you can hardly expect Elena to find her game immediately.
Kasatkina played just one match in July. A fortnight ago, she had a poor showing in Hamburg, losing straight away to Katerina Siniakova (2-6, 6-2, 4-6).
Before that, she had a three-week break due to the suspension of the Russians from Wimbledon.
In general, for the last almost a month and a half, Kasatkina has only been training, preparing mainly for the American series of tournaments.
Last year, Daria reached the final in San Jose, where she lost to Danielle Collins (3-6, 7-6, 1-6).
Daria Kasatkina has lost four of her last five matches as an underdog.
For Rybakina, the upcoming match will be her first since her sensational triumph at Wimbledon.
At the British major, Elena lost only two sets. In the decisive match, she had a strong victory against Ons Jabeur (3-6, 6-2, 6-2).
The success of Rybakina, of course, was a big surprise, especially after the not-so-good results in the first half of the season.
Rybakina’s springtime troubles were due to an earlier covid-19 that took her a long time to regain her form. However, now the tennis player from Kazakhstan is fully fit.
Rybakina reached the quarterfinals in San Jose last year, where she lost to Danielle Collins (6-7, 6-7).
Elena Rybakina has lost four of her last five matches at the WTA 500 tournaments.
In two face-to-face meetings, more games were played in the 2nd set. We offer to bet on “Sets Scoring: 2>1” with odds of 2.27.
In four of Kasatkina’s five previous matches, less than 9.5 games were played in the 1st set. We offer to bet on “1st Set Games – Under 9.5” with odds of 1.64.
Type of Court – Hard
Speed of Court – 5/10
Kasatkina’s Rating – 12
Daria Kasatkina Wins/Losses in 2022 – 27/14
Rybakina’s Rating – 23
Elena Rybakina Wins/Losses in 2022 – 28/14
The score is 1-1 in their head-to-head meetings. The last time the girls played each other on the hard court was last season. Rybakina won (6-3, 6-4) in two sets at Abu Dhabi Open.
The match will be played at Stadium, San Jose State University, San Jose, California, United States.
We recommend checking out the odds for the Silicon Valley Classic: Kasatkina vs Rybakina at Helabet and Melbet.