Paula Badosa and Ajla Tomljanovic will play against each other in the second round of the Cincinnati Masters. The game will start on August 18 at 02:30 UK time.
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Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction One – Handicap (-3) for Badosa – 1.75.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction Two – Total Games Under 22 – 1.63.
Badosa has beaten Ajla twice in her career without dropping a single set. In Toronto, Badosa had a withdrawal from the match, but in an interview, Paula noted that there is no serious injury and she is ready to start in Cincinnati. Tomljanovic played a very unstable match against Townsend. We don’t think that today Ajla will be able to take revenge on Paula.
Paula Badosa has been experiencing health problems throughout the season. Since the beginning of the year, Paula has withdrawn three times. At the last tournament in Toronto, for example, she couldn’t finish her opening match against Yulia Putintseva. Nevertheless, world #4 is playing at a high level in some separate events.
Badosa won her only title in 2022 at the start of the season in Sydney. Then, she managed to defeat today’s rival Tomljanovic (6-3, 6-4). In Cincinnati, Paula needs to defend her points from last year’s quarterfinals.
Badosa has lost 4 of her last 5 matches as a favourite.
Ajla Tomljanovic has had a decent showing in the American hard-court series. In Toronto and Cincinnati, she has been successful in qualifying. Moreover, in these two tournaments, she has been through one round of the main draw and has a chance to play in the USA in the 1/8 finals.
In the first round at Cincinnati, Tomljanovic defeated Taylor Townsend (6-4, 3-6, 7-5). Notably, Ajla didn’t play well on her own serve, breaking five times.
Tomljanovic has 6 wins in her last 7 meetings on the hard.
In Tomljanovic’s previous six matches, less than 8.5 games have been played in the second set. We offer to bet on “2nd Set Games – Under 9.5” with odds of 1.68.
Type of Court – Hard
Speed of Court – 8/10
Badosa’s Rating – 4
Paula Badosa Wins/Losses in 2022 – 29/15
Tomljanovic’s Rating – 63
Ajla Tomljanovic Wins/Losses in 2022 – 26/19
Badosa leads with a score of 2-0 in the head-to-head encounters.
The match will be played at Center Court, Lindner Family Tennis Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States.
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