In the second round of the Adelaide International 2, Anna Kalinskaya and Belinda Bencic will play against each other. The match will start on January 11 at 02:00.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (+4) for Kalinskaya – 1.715.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Games Over 20.5 – 1.68.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #3 – Tie-Break – Yes – 2.81.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #4 – Sets Scoring: 1>2 – 2.26.
Last season, Kalinskaya and Bencic played two matches on grass. Both times the Swiss player won, but Anna did not lose by more than three games in either match. Now, at the beginning of the season, the Russian tennis player is in good game form and has all chances to impose the fight on the eminent contender again.
The two head-to-head encounters between the two rivals were tightly fought. In one of the matches, a tie-break was played. In another match, there was an exchange of winning sets. We expect Anna and Belinda to play at least 20 games today in Adelaide.
Anna Kalinskaya defeated Jelena Ostapenko in the first match of the main draw.
As strange as it may seem, the Russian was enough to defeat Ostapenko in two sets – 6-3, 6-4.
Anna was helped by her opponent’s weak serve game. Ostapenko took only 42% of points on the first ball and allowed her opponent to convert six break points.
The victory was the third for Kalinskaya at the tournament. In qualifying, Kalinskaya defeated Aliaksandra Sasnovich (2-6, 6-2, 7-6) of Belarus and Alison Riske (6-3, 7-5) of the USA.
Kalinskaya has won six of her last eight matches on a hard court.
Bencic started the tournament with a confident win over Garbine Muguruza. Like Kalinskaya, she too did not need an extra set – 6:3, 6:4.
Belinda played a perfect match, which can be judged on the statistical indicators as well.
The Swiss tennis player won 89% on her first serve and 77% on her second serve. The accuracy of the first serve was 73%. For women’s tennis, these are simply cosmic numbers.
Yes, Muguruza didn’t have a single break point, although she showed good tennis as well.
Bencic has won her last eight matches in a row as a favourite.
Type of Court – Hard
Speed of Court – 8/10
Anna Kalinskaya’s Rating – 64
Anna Kalinskaya Wins/Losses in 2022 – 3/1
Belinda Bencic’s Rating – 13
Belinda Bencic Wins/Losses in 2022 – 2/1
In two of Bencic’s three matches at the start of the season, the tie-breaks were played. We offer to bet on “Tie-Break – Yes” with odds of 2.81.
In two of Bencic’s three matches, more games were played in the first set. We offer to bet on “Sets Scoring: 1>2” with odds of 2.26.
Belinda Bencic leads with a score of 2-0 in the head-to-head encounters. The last time they met was at the Grass Court Championships in Berlin in 2022. In that match, Bencic defeated Kalinskaya (6-4, 1-6, 6-1) in three sets.
The match will be played in Center Court, Memorial Drive Tennis Centre, Adelaide, Australia.
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