Veronika Kudermetova will play against Jelena Ostapenko in the third round of the tournament in Guadalajara. The game will start on October 20 at 18:30.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (-4) for Kudermetova – 2.16.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Games Under 22 – 1.77.
Earlier this year, Ostapenko defeated Kudermetova (6-0, 6-4) in the final in Dubai. At that time, Jelena was at the peak of her form. At the end of the season, it is hard to say that Jelena is playing her best tennis. The match against Bouchard has confirmed that there are many problems and the appearance of Sascha Bazhin on the coaching bridge can not immediately help Jelena. We think that extremely motivated Veronica due to a more stable game on her serve will be able to take revenge today.
In Guadalajara, Kudermetova has shown a very solid game on her serve. We expect that the unstable Ostapenko will not be able to offer proper resistance today.
Kudermetova defeated Donna Vekic (6-4, 7-5) last night, who made no secret of the fact that she was eager to help her fellow Russian competitors in the battle for a place in the WTA Finals.
In the end, Veronica played a near-perfect match. For example, she managed to win 94% of her first-serve points. That’s very powerful.
Still, it was a tense game, Vekic fought back all the way, but Kudermetova had enough for a win in two sets, the same as during the US Open.
In the last five and a half months, Kudermetova has failed to reach a single round only in Toronto, while in all others, she has won at least two matches.
Kudermetova has won her last six consecutive matches played in Mexico.
Ostapenko started the tournament with a resounding victory over Lauren Davis (6-1, 6-3). Here, in fact, there was no resistance at all from the opponent.
In the next match, Jelena faced Eugenie Bouchard (7-5, 2-6, 6-1). Jelena took the first set with difficulty, gave up the second set, and it seems that Eugenie had no strength left for the third set. Ostaenko took the decisive set with a score of 6-1.
In late September, Ostapenko reached the final in Seoul. The Roland Garros 2017 champion lost to Ekaterina Alexandrova (6-7, 0-6) in the decisive match.
Soon after, Ostapenko failed tournaments in Tallinn and Ostrava, failing in both cases to get past the first round.
Ostapenko has won six of her last seven matches on a hard court.
Type of Court – Indoor Hard
Speed of Court – 8/10
Kudermetova’s Rating – 12
Veronika Kudermetova Wins/Losses in 2022 – 37/19
Ostapenko’s Rating – 23
Jelena Ostapenko Wins/Losses in 2022 – 31/18
In Kudermetova’s three previous matches, over 9.5 games have been played in the first set. We offer to bet on “1st Set Games – Over 9.5” with odds of 2.13.
Ostapenko leads with a score of 1-0 in the head-to-head matches. The only time they met was at the Dubai Tennis Championships in February. In that match, Ostapenko defeated Kudermetova (6-0, 6-4) in two sets.
The match will be played at Grandstand Caliente, Guadalajara, Mexico.
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