Sorana Cirstea and Magda Linette will play against each other in the second round of the Tennis In The Land tournament in Cleveland. The game will start on August 24 at 01:00.
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Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction One – Handicap (+2) for Cirstea – 1.64.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction Two – Total Games Over 21 – 1.88.
After switching to the hard court, Cirstea is improving from match to match. She has a game against a comfortable opponent Magda Linette ahead. In the last three duels, Sorana has beaten the representative of Poland and with her current form, she is quite capable to upset her again.
In their last head-to-head encounter, the two players exchanged sets. We don’t think Linette will leave the court today without a fight as she needs to defend her ranking points from last year’s semi-final.
Sorana Cirstea has made an unsuccessful transition to the hard court. In her first tournament in Prague, she lost her opening match to Oksana Selekhemeteva (5-7, 4-6). Gradually, however, Sorana played her best. In Cincinnati, she defeated Belinda Bencic (6-2, 6-7, 6-4). Though against Kvitova, she was unable to put up much of a fight (2-6, 3-6).
In Cleveland, Sorana defeated Marcelia Zakarias (6-2, 6-3) in the first round. Cirstea never relinquished her serve, breaking three times in the match.
Six of Cirstea’s last 10 matches have ended in two sets.
Magda Linette failed to overcome qualification last week in Cincinnati. In the decisive qualifying match, Linette lost to Tereza Martincova (6-7, 3-6).
In Cleveland, Magda is defending her points from last year’s semifinals. She had a very strong start as she defeated Yulia Putintseva (6-4, 6-2) in two sets. Despite such a convincing score, Linette twice lost her serve.
Linette has lost 6 of her last 7 matches as a favourite.
In three of the five face-to-face meetings, less than 9.5 games were played in the second set. We offer to bet on “2nd Set Games – Under 9.5” with odds of 1.57.
Type of Court – Hard
Speed of Court – 8/10
Cirstea’s Rating – 38
Sorana Cirstea Wins/Losses in 2022 – 21/18
Linette’s Rating – 67
Magda Linette Wins/Losses in 2022 – 27/11
The score in the head-to-head encounters is tied at 2-2. The last time they met was at the Internationaux de Strasbourg in 2021. In that match, Cirstea defeated Linette with a score of 3-6, 6-4, 6-2.
The match will be played at the Motorola Edge Stadium Court, Jacobs Pavilion, Cleveland, United States.
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