Maria Sakkari will face Danka Kovinic in the semi-finals of the Emilia-Romagna Open. The game will start on OCtober 1 at 12:30.
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Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (+5) for Kovinic – 1.57.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Games Over 20 – 1.80.
Sakkari is unstable in Parma. The Greek is having the most difficulty in the opening stages of matches, which all her opponents have taken advantage of, beating Maria in the first set. Kovinic is having one of her best tournaments of the season, leading 2-1 in head-to-head matches and is quite capable of putting up a serious fight against the seventh-ranked player in the world.
Sakkari’s three-match winning streak has reached eight matches. Kovinic in Parma exchanged sets with her opponents in two of the three meetings.
Maria Sakkari made it to the semi-finals of the Parma tournament. However, her performance was by no means a confident one. The seventh-ranked player in the world was the clear favourite of the bookmakers in three matches played, but she won all of them by a score of 2-1 in sets.
The duels against Baindl, Rus and Zanevska followed the same scenario. Maria was losing the first set, after which she started to play more actively and overpowered her opponents. There was no stability to speak of. So, in the match against Zanevska, the Greek made eight double faults, and six serve errors, but even with such unconvincing actions won with a final score of 2-6, 6-4, 6-4.
Maria Sakkari’s eight consecutive matches have ended in three sets.
Danka Kovinic made it to the semi-finals for only the second time this season at the WTA tournament level. She had her first such success back in April in Marbella, where she fell one step short of the final against Mayar Sheriff (5-7, 6-7).
In the opening two rounds at Parma, Kovinic defeated Oceane Dodin (6-1, 3-6, 6-4) and Sloane Stephens (7-5, 2-6, 7-5) in only three sets. However, in the quarterfinals, Montenegrin was more consistent and took a two-set win over Jasmine Paolini (6-4, 6-4).
Danka Kovinic has won four of her last five matches on the clay.
Sakkari’s eight previous matches have ended in three sets. We offer to bet on “Total Sets – Over 2.5” with odds of 2.6.
Type of Court – Clay
Speed of Court – 4/10
Sakkari’s Rating – 7
Maria Sakkari Wins/Losses in 2022 – 32/18
Kovinic’s Rating – 78
Danka Kovinic Wins/Losses in 2022 – 22/19
Kovinic leads with a score of 2-1 in the head-to-head meetings. The last time they met was at the Shenzhen Open in 2018. In that match, Kovinic defeated Sakkari (4-6, 6-2, 6-3) in three sets.
The match will be played at Center Court, Tennis Club President, Parma, Italy.
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