Danielle Collins and Jelena Ostapenko will play against each other in the first round of the Abu Dhabi Open. The match will start on February 6 at 14:00.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (-1) for Collins – 1.832.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Games Over 21 – 1.80.
Ostapenko has experience beating Collins. However, the Latvian tennis player has been too unstable since the beginning of the year to make a bold bet on her victory. The American could not defend her points in the Australian Open and will be highly motivated to win as well as possible in Abu Dhabi. Danielle will have a better chance of making the second round today due to her more consistent play on the backline.
When selecting a bet on the match total, we’ll look at Collins’ stats. In the last four matches with the American tennis player, the maximum number of games was played. In the only face-to-face match, the rivals played 22 games.
Danielle will play her first match since the Australian Open. The American made it to the third round in Melbourne before being edged out by eventual finalist Elena Rybakina (2-6, 7-5, 2-6).
Before that, Collins had beaten Anna Kalinskaya (7-5, 5-7, 6-4) and Karolina Muchova (6-7, 6-2, 7-6). In both cases, she overpowered her opponents in the third set.
Another defeat against Rybakina (7-5, 2-6, 3-6) came in the first round of the Adelaide International 1.
In another Adelaide event in January, Collins reached the quarter-finals thanks to victories over Karolina Pliskova (6-2, 6-4) and Jil Teichmann (6-3, 7-6). In the third match, the former world #7 lost to Veronika Kudermetova (6-4, 6-7, 1-6).
In Danielle Collins’ last five matches, more than 20 games have been played.
Ostapenko, meanwhile, successfully held the Australian Open, managing to reach the quarterfinals.
In the quarter-finals, Jelena gained a confident victory against American Coco Gauff (7:5, 6:3).
Before that, she had defeated Dayana Yastremska (6-4, 6-2), Ana Bondar (7-6, 5-7, 6-0) and Kateryna Baindl (6-3, 6-0).
After that, Ostapenko lost to Elena Rybakina (2-6, 4-6), taking only six games.
The 2017 Roland Garros champion has only won one match in Adelaide, defeating Karolina Pliskova (6-1, 6-3) in early January.
Jelena Ostapenko has lost four of her last five matches at the WTA 500 tournament level.
Type of Court – Hard
Speed of Court – 7/10
Danielle Collins’s Rating – 40
Danielle Collins Wins/Losses in 2023 – 4/3
Jelena Ostapenko’s Rating – 12
Jelena Ostapenko Wins/Losses in 2023 – 5/3
Ostapenko leads with a score of 1-0 in the head-to-head encounters. The only time they met was at the Miami Open in 2018. In that match, Jelena Ostapenko defeated Danielle Collins (7-6, 6-3) in two sets.
The match will be played in Stadium, Zayed Sports City International Tennis Centre, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
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