The world number four and former Wimbledon winner Elena Rybakina faces the 20th-ranked Jelena Ostapenko in the second round of the 2023 WTA Cincinnati Open on Wednesday, August 16. Get the predictions and odds of this Elena Rybakina v Jelena Ostapenko match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here.
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Elena Rybakina v Jelena Ostapenko Head to Head
There have been four previous meetings between these two and they have been shared with both winning two matches apiece. Two of those matches earlier this year and Rybakina won both including one at the Australian Open.
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Rybakina has continued to improve throughout the season as she continues to exhibit the kind of consistency that will keep her in a good stead in the times to come.
The world number four, who has the Indian Wells Open and Italian Open titles under her belt this season, made the quarterfinal at Wimbledon. And she then returned to hardcourt tennis with a semifinal appearance at the Montreal Open.
While she lost to Liudmilla Samsonova in three sets in that round, Rybakina has shown enough quality in recent times to go into the year’s final Grand Slam as one of the players to watch out.
Before that, Rybakina will have a tricky opening encounter here to navigate through but she will be a heavy favourite here.
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Ostapenko Overcomes Pliskova
Despite starting out as a 4/6 favourite in their first round match, Ostapenko looked like she was in a big strife against Karolina Pliskova. The first set had been easily lost and Ostapenko’s serving had taken a major battering with the Latvian having won just 13 of the 32 points on serve.
What changed in the second set was Ostapenko’s first serves which improved from 39% to 63% and then stabilised to above 50% in the third set. It also allowed her a greater stab at winning points on her own serve.
On the other hand, Pliskova began to struggle with her serving, losing it twice in a row to go 1-4 down. While Ostapenko lost her serve once more in the second set, and thrice in the third set, she always held the upper hand to come through 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 and reach the second round for the third time in a row in Cincinnati.
In doing so, the Australian Open quarterfinalist also went 13-9 on win-loss in hardcourt competitions for the season and will now hope to use her past record against Rybakina to surprise her opponent.
Rybakina v Ostapenko Prediction and Tip
Rybakina should not have a lot of issues here and can be expected to win in straight sets.
Tips:
- Low Risk Tip: Rybakina to win in straight sets: 8/11
The 2023 WTA Cincinnati Open will be played from August 13 to 20. You can get all the tennis betting news with our tennis betting blog here. Also get rest of the tennis match previews here.
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