Paula Badosa and Ludmilla Samsonova will play against each other in the first round of the Abu Dhabi Open. The match will start on February 7 at 07:00.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (-1.5) for Samsonova – 1.86.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Games Over 21 – 1.70.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #3 – 1st Set Games Over 9.5 – 1.915.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #4 – Sets Scoring: 1>2 – 2.28.
Badosa will play her first match after injury and missing the Australian Open. It is unlikely that the Spanish player will be ready to play her best. Especially as she will be playing against an uncomfortable opponent. We think Samsonova will make it to the second round of this pair.
We expect the match to be a long one. Still, Samsonova is far from her peak form, and Badosa has a powerful serve in her arsenal. In addition, in their last face-to-face match, the two players played three sets.
Paula will play her first match since her injury. She could not compete at the Australian Open due to a hip problem.
However, before that, Badosa reached the semi-finals in Adelaide. She defeated Anett Kontaveit (6-4, 6-3), Kaia Kanepi (6-1, 7-5) and Beatriz Haddad-Maia (7-6, 7-5) without dropping a single set.
Badosa was then scheduled to play against Daria Kasatkina but ended up having to withdraw due to injury.
In the 2021 season, Badosa made it to two rounds at the Abu Dhabi tournament.
In four of Paula Badosa’s last five hard-court matches, more than 20 games have been played.
Samsonova, meanwhile, has failed at the start of the season. After last year’s breakthrough, she was expected to do quite differently.
However, for the tournaments in January, Ludmilla was not ready.
In the first tournament in Adelaide, Ludmilla lost in the second round to the future Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka (6:7, 6:7).
At the second tournament in Adelaide, Samsonova lost immediately to Amanda Anisimova (5-7, 3-6). At the Australian Open, she was stopped already in the second round by Donna Vekic (3:6, 0:6).
Ludmilla Samsonova has lost three of their last five meetings.
Type of Court – Hard
Speed of Court – 7/10
Paula Badosa’s Rating – 21
Paula Badosa Wins/Losses in 2023 – 4/1
Ludmilla Samsonova’s Rating – 19
Ludmilla Samsonova Wins/Losses in 2023 – 2/3
In three of Badoza’s four matches since the start of the year, more than 9.5 games were played in the first set. We offer to bet on “1st Set Games Over 9.5” with odds of 1.915.
In three of Samsonova’s last five matches, more games have been played in the first set. We offer to bet on “Sets Scoring: 1>2” with odds of 2.28.
Samsonova leads with a score of 1-0 in the head-to-head encounters. The only time they met was at the Australian Open in 2021. In that match, Ludmilla Samsonova defeated Paula Badosa (6-7, 7-5, 7-5) in three sets.
The match will be played in Center Court, Zayed Sports City International Tennis Centre, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
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