Kaia Kanepi and Naomi Osaka will play each other in the 1/32 finals of the National Bank Open. The game will start on August 9 at 16:00 UK time.
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Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction One – Handicap (+3.5) for Kanepi – 2.04.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction Two – Total Games Over 20 – 1.60.
Osaka’s performance last week in San Jose was far from perfect. At the same time, Kanepi confidently moved to the hard court, once in her career has already beaten Naomi and may well surprise today.
In three of Kanepi’s five matches in Washington, three sets were played. In the only face-off, the two players also exchanged sets won.
Kaia Kanepi had a poor showing on the grass, winning only one of her four matches. Her transition to the hard court has clearly had a positive effect on her game.
In Washington, Kaia scored four wins and made it to the final. She was defeated by Ludmilla Samsonova (6-4, 3-6, 3-6) for the title. However, the matches in the US capital showed that Kanepi had put herself in great shape to start the North American hard-court series.
Kaia Kanepi has won five of her last six matches on hard.
Naomi Osaka had a poor clay section of the season (just one win in three matches) and missed the grass section completely. Clearly, Naomi was betting on possible hard-court success.
The former world #1 could not be called a success in her first hard-court tournament. In San Jose, she narrowly defeated Zheng Qinwen (6-4, 3-6, 6-1) before being unable to play anything against Coco Gauff (4-6, 4-6).
Naomi Osaka has won four in a row being the favourite.
In 3 of Kanepi’s 5 previous matches, less than 9.5 games were played in the second set. We offer to bet on “2st Set Games – Under 9.5” with odds of 1.75.
Type of Court – Hard
Speed of Court – 6/10
Osaka’s Rating – 37
Kaia c Wins/Losses in 2022 – 23/11
Osaka’s Rating – 41
Naomi Osaka Wins/Losses in 2022 – 13/5
Kanepi won their only head-to-head meeting in 2017 in three sets.
The match will be played at Sobeys Stadium, Toronto, Canada.
We recommend checking out the odds for the National Bank Open: Kanepi vs Osaka at 22bet.