World number eight Maria Sakkari will be up against the 31st-ranked Sorana Cirstea in the second round of the 2023 WTA Cincinnati Open on Wednesday, August 16. Get the predictions and odds of this Maria Sakkari v Sorana Cirstea match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here.
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Maria Sakkari v Sorana Cirstea Head to Head
There have been two previous meetings between these two and both were won by Cirstea. They came in 2017 and 2018 respectively though.
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It’s been a strange sort of a season for Sakkari. The Greek number one has often dished out a solid performance and gone deep in some of the tournaments, having reached the semifinals of five of the tournaments she has participated in and the final in another.
But every such performance has had an equally underwhelming showing in another tournament.
The best example of this is what happened over the last two competitions she was a part of recently.
At the Washington Open, Sakkari overcame Madison Keys and Jessica Pegula to make the final before going down to Cori Gauff in the title-decider. That should have given Sakkari some confidence coming into the Canadian Open.
After getting a bye in the first round there, Sakkari fell to Danielle Collins in straight sets to crash out of the competition.
Can she do any better here in Cincinnati where her best performance came in 2019 when she made the quarterfinal?
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Cirstea Routs Alexandrova
In what came through as a shock result, Cirstea not only overcame Ekaterina Alexandrova despite starting out a 5/4 underdog, she also dropped a mere two games in doing so.
Cirstea was on court for a mere 58 minutes as she eased to a 6-0, 6-2 victory over her 21st-ranked opponent.
In the first, Cirstea dropped a mere two points on her own serve while breaking Alexandrova three times. While she fell 0-2 behind in the second set, Cirstea then went on a breaking spree yet again, breaking her Russian opponent three times to clinch the win.
This makes it Cirstea’s fourth successive tournament in which she has won her opening round encounter. What she had also done was to make the third round at Wimbledon but in the two hardcourt events after that, the Romanian fell in that second round match.
Can she make it past Sakkari here?
Sakkari v Cirstea Prediction and Tip
Sakkari is 2/5 to win this and while she might be tested, we will have to back her to clinch this.
Tips:
- Low Risk Tip: Sakkari to win: 2/5
- Moderate Risk Tip: Over 21.5 games in the match: 5/6
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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