Katerina Siniakova vs Elena Rybakina
10th February 09:00hrs
Tennis – St Petersburg – WTA
Pick Rybakina 2-0
Bookmaker Unibet
Odds: 4/6 odds taken 17:27 GMT, Sunday 9th 2020
Eight-seed at the WTA St Petersburg event is Elena Rybankina. She will open her account with a tricky match at the event against the Czech Republic’s Katerina Siniakova. It is the latter who is going into the fixture as a heavy underdog.
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Can Rybakina continue strong 2020 start?
20-year-old Elena Rybakina from Kazakhstan has already earned herself a title this season. She got the title in Hobart in mid-January which was after having run to the final of the Shenzhen Open. So that was some blistering early form that she put together.
Unfortunately for her, the draw at the Australian Open wasn’t great as she bumped into world number one Ash Barty in the third round and Rybakina’s campaign was done. But the overall form that she has put together cannot be glossed over. She has been dominating her service games this year, winning 78% of them.
Rybakina does trail in the head to head against Siniakova. Their most recent meeting was in Guangzhou last year, nut Rybakina retired midway through the second set. Earlier in the year, Rybakina had won the first-ever meeting between the two players, a match in Istanbul in which she had come from behind in to claim victory. Siniakova then won a first-round meeting at the French Open.
Can Siniakova upset the odds?
Siniakova, who is currently ranked 59th in the world, has not gotten a match win on the board yet in 2020. She started the calendar year in Shenzhen and lost there to Ekaterina Alexandrova. Then she got a stinker of a draw in the first round of the Australian Open as she was up against seventh seed Petra Kvitova.
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Siniakova had a match to forget in that one, picking up just one game. She has two career titles to her name and high a career-high ranking of 31 back towards the end of 2018. Her really big career moment came at last year’s French Open when she was a surprise name in the draw at the round of sixteen.
Katerina Siniakova vs Elena Rybakina Betting Advice
It’s hard to read Siniakova, because of only having played two matches in 2020. One of those was against Petra Kvitova on the Grand Slam stage. It’s her loss against Alexandrova in Shenzhen that is a better indicator therefore.
Key Facts – Katerina Siniakova vs Elena Rybakina Betting Tip
- Katerina Siniakova has lost both matches played this year
- Katerina Siniakova is ranked 59th in the world
- Elena Rybakina has been to two WTA finals in 2020
So it is Rybakina all the way in this one. The 2-0 set betting option has to have big appeal for her to win by as one. She has been hot for 2020 with having reached the final of the two events played outside of the Grand Slam. She can get up and running in this contest.
The best betting odds for Katerina Siniakova vs Elena Rybakina
Katerina Siniakova to win: 11/4 at Bet365
Elena Rybakina: 1/4 at Bet365
