Barbora Krejcikova will face Petra Kvitova in the ⅛ finals of the Dubai Tennis Championships. The match will start on February 22 at 16:30 UK time.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (-2) for Kvitova – 1.948.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Games Over 21 – 1.55.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #3 – 1st Set Games Over 9.5 – 1.83.
In the upcoming Czech tennis derby, we expect Kvitova to win. The tennis player is gradually getting better, she has gained decent momentum and now she is very stable on her serve. We think this will be the reason why Petra will win today. Still, the game against Kasatkina and the miraculous save by Krejčíková showed us that Barbora is still far from her top form.
The match is principled, it’s hard to expect the match between the compatriots to end quickly. Especially since Krejcikova has played the maximum number of sets in two of her last three matches.
Barbora Krejcikova had her best result of the season at the Australian Open, where she won three matches in a row and advanced to the round of 16. She did not have much success in her other starts.
Barbora started the tournament with a confident win over Irina Begu of Romania, but in the next match, she was already on the verge of elimination.
In the second round, Krejcikova defeated Daria Kasatkina (6-4, 4-6, 7-5).
In the deciding set, the Czech player scored four match points. Naturally, after such a defeat, the Russian player fell apart and gave up two games at once.
Krejcikova won two matches in a row for the second time this season. Last month, the former world #2 reached the fourth round at the Australian Open.
In three of Barbora Krejcikova’s last five matches, more than 20 games have been played.
Petra, meanwhile, had easily made it through the previous two rounds. So far, the former world #1 has not lost a single set.
In the first match, Kvitova defeated Italy’s Martina Trevisan (6-2, 6-1).
Then, she defeated Yulia Putintseva (6-4, 6-4) of Kazakhstan. In this match, the experienced Czech did not lose a single serve.
Last week, Kvitova made it one round in Doha. After beating Zhang Shuai (7-5, 6-2), the 32-year-old lost to Coco Gauff (3-6, 6-7).
Petra Kvitova has won four of her last five matches in Dubai.
Type of Court – Hard
Speed of Court – 8/10
Barbora Krejcikova’s Rating – 30
Barbora Krejcikova Wins/Losses in 2023 – 7/4
Petra Kvitova’s Rating – 15
Petra Kvitova Wins/Losses in 2023 – 8/3
In Krejcikova’s previous four matches, more than 9.5 games have been played in the second set. We offer to bet on “1st Set Games Over 9.5” with odds of 1.83.
Kvitova leads with a score of 1-0 in the head-to-head encounters. The only time they met was in 2020. In that match, Kvitova defeated Krejcikova with a score of 7-6, 6-2.
The match will be played in Center Court, Aviation Club Tennis Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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