Petra Kvitova v Belinda Bencic Winner Odds & Predictions

Kvitova to see off young star Bencic

Tennis Betting

Australian Open 2019 Preview – January 18th, 2019 at 1:30 am

This should be a good clash in the third round of the Australian Open. Eighth seed Petra Kvitova is likely to have her hands full against Belinda Bencic. This action is at the top of the bottom half of the draw and the winner of this match up will go on to face one of the rising stars of either Aryna Sabalenka or Amanda Ani Misova.

Petra Kvitova v Belinda Bencic odds*

Petra Kvitova 1/4
Belinda Bencic 3/1
* (betting odds taken from bet365 on January 16th, 2019 at 5.31 pm)

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Kvitova, who started the season in style by winning the Final of the Sydney International against Ashleigh Barty, has moved through to the third round of the Australian Open relatively unchallenged. She is eighth seed for the event and it showed in her opening match against Magdalena Rybarikova, Kvitova dropping only the five games.

Kvitova then went one better in dropping only four games in her second-round victory over Irina Begu. So it has been a comfortable ride for he so far. Former Grand Slam champion Kvitova really has put in some work in the early stages of 2019. She was stopped in the second round of Brisbane right at the start of the year but didn’t rest, firing back to win the Sydney International the following week.

Next up for her is Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic. The progress of Bencic has been a little more troublesome than it has been for Kvitova. Bencic needed three sets to see off Katerina Siniakova in their first-round match. It was another three-setter then for her in the second round, that match following much the same pattern against Yulia Putintseva. Bencic won the opening set in both of those matches but couldn’t close out for a straight sets win in either.

21-year-old Benic did make a run to the semifinals of the Hobart International recently. There have only been the two previous meetings between Kvitova and Bencic. The first was in Tokyo right back in 2013 with Kvitova taking a straight sets victory. They met last year at the Fed Cup with again Kvitova coming out on top.

Prediction

Bencic has all the tools to be a future star but this may be a bridge too far for her at the Australian Open this year. Kvitova is now moving along in very nice form for the new year and we have already seen Bencic struggle a bit against lower ranked opponents. Petra Kvitova 2-0 set betting is at 4/6 odds* (betting odds taken from bet365 on January 16th, 2019 at 5.31 pm)