Maria Sakkari will face Arantxa Rus in the second round of the Emilia-Romagna Open. The game will start on September 28 at 15:30.
18+ | Commercial Content | T&Cs apply | Begambleaware.org | Gamblingtherapy.org
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (-4) for Sakkari – 1.61.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Games Under 22 – 1.55.
Sakkari has beaten Rus three times in her career without surrendering a single set. The start in Parma was not easy for Maria, but she was able to add up at the right moment in the first round and left no chance for Baindl. We don’t think that Rus, who is not known for her stable play on the backline, will be able to give decent resistance to Sakkari.
Maria Sakkari has not played well in the North American hard-court series. In six matches, she had only two wins. Clearly. the Greek tennis player needed a break, which the world’s seventh-ranked player got as she has not played anywhere on tour since the US Open.
In Parma, Sakkari had a tough start against Kateryna Baindl (6-7, 6-2, 6-3). It took a while for Maria to get into the game but after the lost set, she pulled herself together, rebounded and beat her opponent by a final margin of six games.
Maria Sakkari’s six consecutive matches have ended in three sets.
Rus has played two tournaments since the US Open, where she won five times. However, Arantxa had no rivals at the level of Sakkari.
Nevertheless, the match practice she received on the ground had a positive impact. In the first round at Parma, Rus beat Panna Udvardy (7-5, 6-3) in two sets, giving up her serve three times in one match.
Arantxa Rus has lost seven straight matches to top-10 tennis players.
In each of their three head-to-head encounters, the players played no more than nine games in the first sets. We offer to bet on “1st Set Games – Under 9.5” with odds of 1.56.
Type of Court – Clay
Speed of Court – 4/10
Sakkari’s Rating – 7
Maria Sakkari Wins/Losses in 2022 – 30/18
Rus’s Rating – 114
Arantxa Rus Wins/Losses in 2022 – 36/27
Sakkari leads with a score of 3-0 in the head-to-head meetings. The last time they met was at Wimbledon in 2021. In that match, Sakkari defeated Rus (6-1, 6-1) in two sets.
The match will be played at Center Court, Tennis Club President, Parma, Italy.
We recommend checking out the odds for the Emilia-Romagna Open: Sakkari vs Rus at 22bet and MelBet.