Jessica Pegula and Daria Saville will face each other in the second-round game of the Citi Open. The game will start on August 3 at 17:00 UK time.
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Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction One – Handicap (-4) for Pegula – 1.68.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction Two – Total Games Under 21 – 1.76.
Pegula is doing well in Washington, making a strong start against Baptiste and is rightly the favourite today. Jessica is able to work much more reliably than Daria on her own serve, which could be the key to her convincing win.
Only one of Pegula’s last five matches has featured an exchange of sets won. Given Saville’s frankly weak play at the start of the tournament, we don’t expect Daria to be able to drag out the match today.
Jessica Pegula last competed in Washington in 2019. Then, she managed to win the title, defeating Camila Giorgi (6-2, 6-2) in the final. This year, she is among the contenders for the trophy and has so far lived up to expectations and predictions.
In the first-round match, Pegula left no chance for her compatriot Hailey Baptiste (6-2, 6-2). Jessica never lost a serve in the entire match, moreover, her opponent did not even have a single break point.
Pegula has won her last six consecutive matches in Washington.
Daria Saville makes her first appearance at a tournament in Washington. In the opening match, she had a tough time beating Mirjam Bjorklund (3-6, 7-5, 7-6).
In many ways, the experience helped Daria win even with not her best game. Saville had 12 double faults in the match and lost her serve three times. It will be hard for her to get a positive result in the match against Pegula with such a game.
Saville has lost in seven of her last eight matches against top-10 tennis players.
In three of Saville’s last five matches, less than 9.5 games were played in the first set. We offer to bet on “1st Set Games – Under 9.5” with odds of 1.54.
Type of Court – Hard
Speed of Court – 5/10
Pegula’s Rating – 7
Jessica Pegula Wins/Losses in 2022 – 26/13
Saville’s Rating – 88
Daria Saville Wins/Losses in 2022 – 20/15
Jessica Pegula and Daria Saville will have their first head-to-head match played.
The match will be played at Stadium, William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center, Washington, USA.
We recommend checking out the odds for the Citi Open: Pegula vs Saville at Helabet and Melbet.