Elina Svitolina takes on Heather Watson in the second round of the 2022 WTA Miami Open on Thursday, March 24. Get the live streaming options of this Elina Svitolina v Heather Watson match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here.
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Elina Svitolina v Heather Watson Head to Head
They played four times before with the score being 2-2. All of the matches came a long time ago with the most recent one played in 2o17 on Grass in Birmingham. Svitolina won that match 6-2 5-7 6-3.
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Struggles and Frustrations for Svitolina
It’s not been a good year for Elina Svitolina so far. The Ukrainian player is not playing well on the courts and ever since her country was invaded by Russia her mental state has been fragile as well. She spoke a lot about the trouble of thinking clear during this time especially since her parents are still back home.
Since the invasion started, Svitolina is 2-2 with a 5-7 record on the year. It’s far from her best but she’s fighting hard on the court as witnessed last week in Indian Wells against Dart. She won’t be a pushover and she will give it her all despite that all not being that great right now.
Watson is an opponent who has given her trouble in the past so we might in another long match here with the winner being decided late.
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Slow Decline for Watson
Heather Watson is still kicking around on the WTA tour yet her career has been in slow decline over the past few years. She is very capable of playing a good match yet she rarely plays a couple of good matches and that level is not enough to sustain her in the top 100.
Currently ranked 115, with an 8-7 record on the year, Watson has a decent chance at a good run in Miami. She won the first round match after a strong battle against Arantxa Rus that lasted over three hours. It’s in line with her usual performances this year where she usually wins one match before losing the next.
The match was a taxing one and despite having a full day of rest it might prove a factor in a match against Svitolina who can grind her opponents down. It’s a good chance for Watson as the Ukrainian has been struggling for a while now.
Svitolina v Watson Prediction and Tip
Their most recent match happened a long time ago so it’s not very useful to look at how they performed in those matches as both are vastly different players now. Both have struggled mightily this season and the confidence of both is not very high.
Watson has the comfort of winning one close match already here but it was a taxing one that might have left her very tired ahead of this one. Svitolina is very fit and can last long in matches so if this match goes to three sets and I tend to think it might she will have an advance.
I generally favour Svitolina here to win because she is the better player. Hopefully, things have settled in her mind a bit and she can focus a bit more on tennis because she must. If she is not careful her ranking will plummet further down and that is something she wants to avoid.
Tip: Svitolina to win in three sets: 3/1 (Click Here to Bet with bet365)
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