Elise Mertens and Ludmilla Samsonova will face each other in the first-round game of the Citi Open. The game will start on August 1 at 20:00 UK time.
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Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction One – Handicap (-3) for Mertens – 1.80.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction Two – Total Games Over 21 – 1.89.
Against the backdrop of recent setbacks, Samsonova emerges as the underdog. It’s hard to disagree with that. Last year’s rise of Samsonova is long in the past. Ludmilla is not able to confirm a certain high level.
Mertens has been unstable all season long. Her victories are not easy and most of the time, the matches are long. In her last seven matches, she has played at least 21 games.
Mertens had her best results of the season at the Grand Slam tournaments. She has three 1/8 finals at the Australian Open, Roland Garros and Wimbledon. The rest of the tournaments have been lacklustre.
Mertens comes to Washington after a disappointing showing in Prague. At that event, the world #30 lost in the first round to Magda Linette (3-6, 6-2, 2-6).
Mertens has lost four of her last five matches at the WTA-250 level.
Unlike last season, Ludmilla Samsonova is not pleasing her fans in 2022. She has played a total of 24 matches on tour since the beginning of the year, of which only ten were victories.
On grass, Ludmilla appeared in three tournaments but managed to win only one match. After numerous setbacks, she has not played on tour for more than a month and will play in Washington for the first time in her career.
Samsonova has lost five of her last six matches in the first round.
In three of Mertens’ last five matches, more than 9.5 games have been played in the second set. We offer to bet on “2nd Set Games – Over 9.5” with odds of 2.04.
Type of Court – Hard
Speed of Court – 5/10
Petkovic’s Rating – 30
Elise Mertens Wins/Losses in 2022 – 17/15
Tauson’s Rating – 57
Ludmilla Samsonova Wins/Losses in 2022 – 10/14
Elise and Ludmilla will play their first head-to-head match.
The match will be played at Grandstand, William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center, Washington, USA.
We recommend checking out the odds for the Citi Open: Mertens vs Samsonova at Helabet and Melbet.