Daria Kasatkina and Beatriz Haddad Maia will play against each other in the second round of the Qatar Open. The match will start on February 15 at 14:00.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (-2) for Haddad Maia – 1.715.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Games Over 21 – 1.88.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #3 – 1st Set Games Over 9.5 – 1.988.
Haddad Maia is playing with more confidence in her opening tournaments of the season. The Russian tennis player has big problems in each of her matches, she is not confident in her serve. Beatriz plays quite convincingly on the backhand, but due to her powerful serve, in our opinion, she will have a significant advantage today.
Even in the game against not the strongest Marino, the Russian tennis player gave up her serve four times. However, we think that with such a game Kasatkina can even count on winning a set today.
Kasatkina’s start to the season, even despite the final in Adelaide, cannot be called a success. In fact, apart from the other three tournaments, she only won a total of one match.
Daria managed to start the tournament without any drama after all. On Tuesday, she defeated Rebecca Marino 7-6, 6-2.
Although in the first set, she had to be worried a bit. She had to serve twice but eventually reached the tie-break.
Yet, there was one interesting detail about the second set. Marino took both games on reception.
Playing on her own serve still remains Kasatkina’s weak point. In this match, she took only 59% of the points on the first ball and 38% on the second ball.
In three of Daria Kasatkina’s last five matches against top-20 tennis players, more than 20 games have been played.
Beatriz, meanwhile, defeated Paula Badosa (7-6, 6-3) in the first round.
The Brazilian also made mistakes but had a better performance at key moments.
However, in the first set, Haddad-Maia failed to serve twice in the set – first at 5:4 and then at 6:5.
Beatriz reached the semi-finals in Abu Dhabi last week. After beating Elena Rybakina (3-6, 6-3, 6-2) in the quarter-finals, the Brazilian lost to Belinda Bencic (2-6, 3-6).
Beatriz Haddad-Maia has won six of her last seven matches against top-10 tennis players.
Type of Court – Hard
Speed of Court – 6/10
Daria Kasatkina’s Rating – 8
Daria Kasatkina Wins/Losses in 2023 – 5/4
Beatriz Haddad Maia’s Rating – 12
Beatriz Haddad Maia Wins/Losses in 2023 – 8/3
In three of Haddad Maia’s previous five matches, more than 9.5 games have been played in the first set. We offer to bet on “1st Set Games Over 9.5” with odds of 1.988.
The score is tied at 0-0 in the head-to-head encounters. Daria and Beatriz will play their first head-to-head match.
The match will be played in Center Court, Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, Doha, Qatar.
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