Caroline Garcia and Aryna Sabalenka will play against each other in the 1/2 finals of the Cincinnati Masters. The game will start on August 20 at 18:00.
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Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction One – Handicap (+1.5) for Garcia – 1.81.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction Two – Total Games Over 22 – 2.00.
Aryna has struggled to reach the semi-finals, acting with a lot of her own mistakes. Her serve not always help her. At the same time, Garcia has reached the peak of her form, passed a very difficult tournament net, caught a decent bounce and will fight for the victory today.
In two of their three head-to-head encounters, the tennis players have exchanged winning sets. The final of a prestigious tournament is on the line today and we don’t expect the match to end quickly.
Garcia has had an incredible journey this week. First, she qualified and then began to make noise in the main draw.
In the quarterfinals, Caroline had an emphatic (6-1, 7-5) win over Jessica Pegula.
Before that, Garcia defeated Petra Martic (6-3, 6-3), Maria Sakkari (7-6, 6-7, 6-1) and Elisa Mertens (6-4, 7-5), giving up just one set.
In Toronto last week, Garcia lost straight away to Aliza Cornet (6-3, 3-6, 3-6). However, her success in Cincinnati still cannot be called a fluke. She won Bad Homburg in June and then took the title in Warsaw in July. In the Polish capital, Caroline defeated world #1 Iga Swiatek.
Sabalenka, meanwhile, reached the semifinals on hard court for the first time of the season. That’s quite a fact for a tennis player, who not so long ago ranked second in the rankings.
This week, it must be admitted, Aryna was lucky with the net. In the first match, she met with Anna Kalinskaya (6-3, 4-1), who could not finish the match due to dizziness.
In the next round, Aryna defeated Shelby Rogers (6-4, 6-7, 6-4). In this game, everything was decided in the third set.
In the quarterfinals, Sabalenka defeated Zhang Shuai (6-4, 7-6).
In Garcia’s three previous matches, more than 10.5 games were played in the 2nd set. We offer to bet on “2nd Set Games – Over 9.5” with odds of 2.05.
In three of Sabalenka’s last five matches, tie-breaks have been played. We offer to bet on “Tie-Break – Yes” with odds of 3.14.
Type of Court – Hard
Speed of Court – 8/10
Garcia’s Rating – 35
Caroline Garcia Wins/Losses in 2022 – 34/16
Sabalenka’s Rating – 7
Aryna Sabalenka Wins/Losses in 2022 – 24/16
Sabalenka leads with a score of 2-1 in the head-to-head encounters. The last time they met was at the WTA Elite Trophy in 2018. Caroline defeated Aryna with a score of 6-4, 6-4.
The match will be played at the Center Court, Lindner Family Tennis Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States.
We recommend checking out the odds for the Cincinnati Masters: Garcia vs Sabalenka at 22bet and MelBet.