Varvara Gracheva will face Anna Blinkova in the first round of the Korea Open. The game will start on September 21 at 04:00.
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Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (-0.5) for Gracheva – 1.90.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Games Over 20 – 1.70.
A Russian tennis derby is expected today. Twice Gracheva and Blinkova played each other, and both times the matches were hard fought, with an exchange of won sets. Victory went to Varvara, who, in our opinion, will win today. Last week, she interrupted her prolonged losing streak and will obviously be on a decent emotional rise.
The two face-to-face matches between the two compatriots were tightly fought and ended in three sets. We don’t think we should expect a different scenario today.
Gracheva finally broke her awful losing streak last week. The Russian reached the quarterfinals in Chennai.
However, there’s still not much to be happy about. Varvara defeated world #366 Mariia Tkacheva (6-2, 6-3) and Carol Zhao (6-1, 7-5).
After that Gracheva lost to Linda Fruhvirtova (4-6, 3-6), who eventually took the title.
Before the Chennai tournament, Gracheva had lost 10 consecutive matches.
Gracheva has won in the first round in eight of her last nine tournaments.
Blinkova is not having the most successful season either. Unlike Gracheva, Anna did not make it past a single round in Chennai, losing straight away to Rebecca Marino (5-7, 2-6).
At the US Open, the Russian lost in qualification. However, before that she managed to win one match at an ITF tournament in the Bronx.
However, there were positive moments for the Russian, too. In St. Malo, she reached the final. In the decisive match, Blinkova lost to Beatriz Haddad-Maya (6-7, 3-6).
In addition, at the beginning of the year, Anna did well in several hard court tournaments at the ITF level.
In seven of Blinkova’s last ten matches, no more than two sets have been played.
In Blinkova’s last four matches, more than 9.5 games have been played in the first set. We offer to bet on “1st Set Games – Over 9.5” with odds of 2.0.
Type of Court – Indoor Hard
Speed of Court – 8/10
Gracheva’s Rating – 85
Varvara Gracheva Wins/Losses in 2022 – 22/24
Blinkova’s Rating – 146
Anna Blinkova Wins/Losses in 2022 – 32/24
Gracheva leads with a score of 2-0 in the head-to-head encounters. The last time the girls met was at the Australian Open in 2021. In that match, Gracheva defeated Blinkova (6-1, 3-6, 7-6) in three sets.
The match will be played at Court 2, Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center, Seoul, Korea.
We recommend checking out the odds for the Korea Open: Gracheva vs Blinkova at 22bet and MelBet.