Ajla Tomljanovic and Petra Kvitova will play against each other in the 1/4 finals of the Cincinnati Masters. The game will start on August 19 at 18:30.
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Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction One – Handicap (-2.5) for Kvitova – 1.70.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction Two – Total Games Over 21 – 1.71.
Kvitova has the advantage in experience, has spent less energy in the tournament net and is able to work more consistently on her serve. We think all this should be enough for us to see Petra in the semi-finals.
Tomljanovic has played three sets in her last four matches in Cincinnati. Kvitova has exchanged sets with her opponents in two of her three games.
Ajla Tomljanovic made it to the quarter-finals in a much sensational fashion. She started in qualifying in Cincinnati, where she managed to beat Clara Tauson (6-2, 6-4) and Nuria Parrizas-Diaz (4-6, 6-1, 6-1). In the main draw, all of Ajla’s matches ended in three sets.
Tomljanovic defeated Taylor Townsend (6-4, 4-6, 7-5), Paula Badosa (6-7, 6-0, 6-2) and Veronika Kudermetova (3-6, 7-6, 6-4). In the match against Kudermetova, Ajla was close to defeat but still won the tie-break in the second set.
Ajla Tomljanovic has won 4 of her last 5 matches as an underdog.
Petra Kvitova in Cincinnati has already repeated her achievement from last year when she managed to make the quarterfinals. Undoubtedly, she will try to improve on that result. Moreover, there are all the prerequisites for this.
Petra had a difficult tournament schedule from the very beginning. She played against Jil Teichmann (6-7, 7-6, 6-3), Sorana Cirstea (6-2, 6-3) and Ons Jabeur (6-1, 4-6, 6-0). However, Petra coped with these rivals.
Kvitova seemed to lose the initiative in the second set of the match against Jabeur and lost her concentration, but in the decisive set, she pulled herself together and played almost flawlessly.
Petra Kvitova has notched up 7 wins in her last 10 matches against lower-ranked opponents.
In four of Kvitova’s five previous matches, more than 9.5 games have been played in the second set. We offer to bet on “2nd Set Games – Over 9.5” with odds of 1.90.
Type of Court – Hard
Speed of Court – 8/10
Tomljanovic’s Rating – 63
Ajla Tomljanovic Wins/Losses in 2022 – 28/19
Kvitova’s Rating – 28
Petra Kvitova Wins/Losses in 2022 – 20/15
Ajla and Petra will play their first head-to-head match.
The match will be played at the Grandstand, Lindner Family Tennis Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States.
We recommend checking out the odds for the Cincinnati Masters: Tomljanovic vs Kvitova at 22bet and MelBet.