Maria Sakkari and Karolina Pliskova will play each other in the 1/8 finals of the National Bank Open. The game will start on August 11 at 20:30 UK time.
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Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction One – Handicap (+3.5) for Pliskova – 1.54.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction Two – Total Games Over 21 – 1.71.
Pliskova is improving from match to match and her serve is always a threat, as Anisimova made sure of in the previous round. We believe that she can put up a good fight against Sakkari.
Maria and Karolina have a strong serve in their arsenal. On the fast hard court in Toronto, this component of the game will allow them to play more than 21 games.
Maria Sakkari had an unsuccessful transition to the hard court. Last week in San Jose, she lost her opening match to Shelby Rogers (1-6, 3-6).
In Toronto, Maria managed to make it one round. However, the win over Sloane Stephens (6-2, 4-6, 6-2) left many questions. The world #4 played very tentatively on important balls. Her opponent had only two break-points in the match and she converted both attempts.
Sakkari has won 6 of her last 9 matches on hard court.
Karolina Pliskova has been improving in the reliability of her game. In San Jose, she barely defeated Katie Boulter (1-6, 7-6, 6-3) and lost to Amanda Anisimova (6-3, 5-7, 1-6). In Toronto, world #14 had two convincing victories.
Karolina defeated Barbora Krejcikova (6-3, 6-4) and took revenge on Amanda Anisimova (6-1, 6-1). In the game against Amanda, Pliskova never relinquished her serve and had seven aces.
Pliskova has won 6 of her last 7 matches played in Canada.
In their last two head-to-head encounters, more than 9.5 games were played in the first set. We offer to bet on “1st Set Games – Over 9.5” with odds of 1.95.
Type of Court – Hard
Speed of Court – 6/10
Sakkari’s Rating – 4
Maria Sakkari Wins/Losses in 2022 – 28/15
Pliskova’s Rating – 14
Karolina Pliskova Wins/Losses in 2022 – 12/12
Sakkari leads with a score of 2-1 in the head-to-head encounters. The last time they met was last year at the US Open, Sakkari won with a score of 6-4, 6-4.
The match will be played at National Bank Grandstand, Sobeys Stadium, Toronto, Canada.
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