In the second round of the Adelaide International 2, Barbora Krejcikova and Daria Kasatkina will play against each other. The match will start on January 11 at 04:00.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (-2) for Krejcikova – 1.81.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Games Over 21 – 1.83.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #3 – Tie-Break – Yes – 3.40.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #4 – Sets Scoring: 2>1 – 2.20.
The Czech tennis player has experience beating Kasatkina and it is on the hard court. As the opening matches between Barbora and Daria showed, it was Krejčíková who better suited herself to the start of the season. The Russian played very unconvincingly on her serve against Noskova. It is obvious that without this component of the game, she will have a hard time breaking the resistance of her experienced rival.
In the second prediction, we recommend paying attention to the option of betting on the total more. Kasatkina is unlikely to leave the court without a fight. After all, Daria needs to protect last year’s ranking points. Barbora also regularly misses the threads of the game and may well give up a set to her opponent today.
Krejčíková started the tournament with a victory over Alison Riske (6-2, 7-6). The Czech held her serve well, allowing her opponent to take only one game on serve.
Considering it was the first match of the new season for Barbora, she played almost perfectly.
In the autumn, Krejčíková won two tournaments. In October, she took the titles in Tallinn and Ostrava.
In the final of her home tournament, Barbora defeated Iga Šwiatek (5-7, 7-6, 6-3), who had never lost a decisive match before.
Krejcikova has six straight wins at the WTA 500 level.
Kasatkara had an unsuccessful performance in her first tournament in Adelaide last week.
In her first match, Daria lost to Linda Noskova (3-6, 7-6, 3-6). A bit later, however, when the 18-year-old Czech reached the finals, it became clear that the defeat of the Russian is not a sensation at all, but an absolutely logical result.
Considering that after that Noskova stopped Victoria Azarenka (6-4, 6-7, 7-6) and Ons Jabeur (6-3, 1-6, 6-3), we can say that Kasatkina did not have the worst match.
That said, it’s worth noting that Kasatkina lost the tenth of her 17 matches as a top-10 tennis player.
Kasatkina has lost four of her last five matches.
Type of Court – Hard
Speed of Court – 8/10
Barbora Krejcikova’s Rating -21
Barbora Krejcikova Wins/Losses in 2022 – 1/0
Daria Kasatkina’s Rating – 8
Daria Kasatkina Wins/Losses in 2022 – 0/1
In Kasatkina’s three previous matches, the tie-breaks have been played. We offer to bet on “Tie-Break – Yes” with odds of 3.40.
In Krejcikova’s last four matches, more games were played in the second set. We offer to bet on “Sets Scoring: 2>1” with odds of 2.20.
Barbora and Daria will play their first head-to-head match.
The match will be played in Center Court, Memorial Drive Tennis Centre, Adelaide, Australia.
We recommend checking out the odds for the 2023 Adelaide International 2: Barbora Krejcikova vs Daria Kasatkina at 1xBet and VBET.