Two-time Dubai champion Simona Halep will play the American Alison Riske in the first round of the 2022 Dubai Open on Monday, February 14. Get the live streaming options of this Simona Halep v Alison Riske match along with its preview, head-to-head, and tips here.
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Simona Halep v Alison Riske Head to Head
It’s 3-0 to Halep at the moment with her last victory over Riske coming in the French Open 2018.
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Halep Coming off a Good Run
A champion here in 2020 and 2015, Simona Halep will look to conquer Dubai for the third time in her career.
Her prospects, however, may seem a bit bleak. The unseeded Romanian is placed in the same half as Cori Gauff, Ons Jabeur, Iga Swiatek, Petra Kvitova, and Aryna Sabalenka. Potentially, she may run into these players as early as the second round.
That said, the current World No. 23 has had a decent start to the 2022 season. Halep won the title in Melbourne Set 1 – her first such feat since the 2020 Italian Open. She followed this with a fourth-round stint in the Australian Open where she was downed by Alize Cornet.
After battling injuries and form woes for most of 2021, the 30-year-old dropped out of the top 10. She was resurgent towards the end of the season as she reached the final in the Transylvania Open (losing to Anett Kontaveit) and the semis in Linz.
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Riske will Fancy her Chances
Like Halep, Alison Riske also fought an injury and the subsequent loss in form for the first half of the previous season. Post recovery and some time on the circuit, she moved on to play some brilliant tennis that propelled her to win the Linz Open and reach the final in the Slovenia Open.
Interestingly, Riske picked up the new season right where she left. After an early loss in Melbourne 1, the American reached the final of Adelaide International 2 where she succumbed to Madison Keys.
With that runner-up feat, the #53-ranked Riske headed for the Australian Open. Her campaign came to an abrupt end in the second round when she fell to Jelena Ostapenko.
Riske has never been among the most consistent players on the tour but she has seen her fair share of big wins. Of course, to deliver a similar feat with Halep is going to be a bigger challenge.
Halep v Riske Prediction and Tip
With a 3-0 lead and a superior pedigree, Simona Halep will start as the favourite. Riske, however, can trouble her adversary and if she manages to keep the errors on the lower side, she may just have a fighting chance.
Tip: Halep to win 2-0: 4/9 (Click Here to Bet with bet365)
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