World number 17 Jelena Ostapenko will be up against the 142nd-ranked Harriet Dart in the second round of the 2023 WTA Eastbourne International on Wednesday, June 28. Get the predictions and odds of this Jelena Ostapenko v Harriet Dart match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here.
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Jelena Ostapenko v Harriet Dart Head to Head
No previous matches have been played between Ostapenko and Dart.
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Dart’s only highest level win for the season before coming into the grass swing came at the United Cup earlier in January. Since then her performances have been restricted to the ITF circuit before she was able to feature in her home tournaments from earlier this month.
And Dart has done rather well at that.
Starting out at the Nottingham Open, Dart was forced to participate in the qualifiers to make it to the main draw where she overcame Rebecca Marino and then stunned Anhelina Kalinina to make it to the last eight. Katie Boulter ended her stay there.
She continued with the same form in Birmingham where Dart overcame fellow Jodie Burrage in her opener and then edged out Kalinina for the second time in as many weeks to reach the quarterfinal again.
And here in Eastbourne, Dart needed three sets to send the off-colour Shuai Zhang packing in her opener. Can she make it three quarterfinal appearances in a row?
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Having won the title at the Birmingham Open last week, it did not take Ostapenko too much time to get past her first round opponent in Eastbourne. In a match lasting an hour and 28 minutes, Ostapenko was a 6-4, 6-3 winner over Barbora Strycova.
What could be a bit of a problem for Ostapenko is she struggled with her serve and even in a match that did not go into the third set, she dropped her serve four times. That she overcame Strycova’s serve six times in the encounter would be soothing but it still gives her something of a food for thought as the tournament progresses and she enters Wimbledon.
Ostapenko was down 0-2 in the first set and then traded four breaks of serves in the second set till it got to 4-3.
The challenge for Ostapenko is the possible fatigue associated with having featured in six matches in eight days already. She would also want to keep some fuel in the tank for the upcoming Grand Slam event.
Ostapenko v Dart Prediction and Tip
Ostapenko is 3/10 to win this but we could see Dart come up with a solid showing here and even causing an upset because of the reasons mentioned just above.
Tips:
- Low Risk Tip: Over 8.5 games in the first set: 4/9
- High Risk Tip: Dart to win: 12/5
The 2023 WTA Eastbourne International will be played from June 25 to July 1. 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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