Iga Swiatek and Qinwen Zheng will play against each other in the second round of the San Diego Open. The game will start on October 13 at 19:30.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (-3.5) for Swiatek – 1.62.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Games Over 19.5 – 1.61.
The Chinese tennis player is having the best season of her career. Back at Roland Garros, she managed to win a set against Swiatek. World #1 herself played unconvincingly in Ostrava last week and couldn’t post a single landslide victory there. However, today in San Diego, Qinwen will not be expected to put up a good fight against Iga.
In Swiatek’s last seven matches, there have always been at least 20 games.
Swiatek lost in the final last week for the first time in her career. The world #1 lost to Barbora Krejcikova (7-5, 6-7, 3-6) in the deciding match at the tournament in Ostrava.
Before that, Iga had won 10 finals in a row. However, this time, the opponent managed to find problem spots in her game.
Though, in the second set, Swiatek was close to pressBarbora on the tie-break. However, even more, surprising was that the best tennis player in the world had a poor game in the decisive set.
Still, you have to understand that it’s the end of a season that has turned out to be the most intense and emotional for Šwiatek.
Swiatek has won seven of her last eight matches at the WTA 500 level.
Zheng made it to the main draw as a lucky loser. She sensationally lost to Maria Osorio Serrano (6-4, 4-6, 6-7) in the decisive round of qualifying.
Qinwen faced Garbine Muguruza (5-0, walkover) in the first round. Garbine lost her first five games and withdrew due to a gastrointestinal illness.
Zheng reached the final in Tokyo in late September. In the deciding match, she lost to Ludmilla Samsonova (5-7, 5-7).
Zheng had won at least two matches at three previous tournaments, making her debut in the top 30.
In seven of Qinwen’s last ten matches played, two sets have been played.
In three of Swiatek’s last six matches, the minimum number of sets have been played. We offer to bet on “Total Sets – Under 2.5” with odds of 1.43.
Type of Court – Hard
Speed of Court – 6/10
Swiatek’s Rating – 1
Iga Swiatek Wins/Losses in 2022 – 60/8
Zheng’s Rating – 28
Qinwen Zheng Wins/Losses in 2022 – 38/17
Swiatek leads with a score of 1-0 in the head-to-head encounters. The only time they met was at the French Open in May. In that match, Iga defeated Qinwen (6-7, 6-0, 6-2) in three sets.
The match will be played at Stadium, Barnes Tennis Center, San Diego, United States.
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