The 4th seed Maria Sakkari of Greece takes on Ekaterina Alexandrova of Russia in the second round of the 2022 WTA Rome Open on Wednesday, May 11. Get the live streaming options of this Maria Sakkari v Ekaterina Alexandrova match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here.
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Maria Sakkari v Ekaterina Alexandrova Head to Head
They played five times before with Sakkari winning four of them. The most recent one came in St. Petersburg this year with Sakkari winning 6-2 6-4.
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Not Great From Sakkari Lately
Maria Sakakri is a superb clay player and she was very close to playing in the French Open final last year. She was 9-4 last year on the surface but the start this year n clay has been anything but great. She’s 1-2 with some bad losses, especially the one in Madrid against Kasatkina where she played well imploding later on.
17-8 is the score this season so the year is pretty good for Sakkari who went 38-20 last year. However, something just seems off in her game. Her confidence was always a bit shaky and she is prone to choking in big moments but generally speaking she tends to do rather well in the early rounds of events.
It will be interesting to see how she comes back in Rome because the opponent is a very tricky one and one that is playing the best tennis of the year in the past few days so it should be a proper challenge. How she responds to it will be crucial leading into the French Open.
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Red-hot Alexandrova On Red Clay
Ekaterina Alexandrova has always been a very solid player but she wasn’t the best on clay in recent years. Starting off early in her career the Russian was superb on clay but as the years went on she started playing predominantly on fasted courts and that’s where she earned most of her money.
This year however it seems to be clicking for her on clay against as she is 12-3 on the surface playing superb tennis in the past few weeks. A semifinal in Madrid coming from the qualifiers filled her with confidence and she showed that in round one smashing Sloane Stephens easily.
Maria Sakkari is a player she can beat in her current form especially if she jumps on her early. Sakkari tends to self-destruct often and Alexandrova is a player capable of using that to her advantage. Time will tell if she does it.
Sakkari v Alexandrova Prediction and Tip
Maria Sakkari and Ekaterina Alexandrova have played quite a few times before. Sakkari leads 4-1 and she bested the Russian in the only match they played this year. Most of the other matches happened a long time ago and both are quite different tennis players now.
To be completely honest here I don’t trust either to win. Alexandrova has played much better lately and she is full of confidence. The same can’t be said of Sakkari but she is a much better player overall so if she shows up she will be good. I think we will see three sets because I don’t see either playing the perfect match.
Who wins, in the end, is very debatable but I think Sakkari will pull through. It’s time, the court is slow and she is super quick and able to put the ball into the court. Don’t bet much and I prefer the over but yeah, back Sakkari to win here.
Tip: Sakkari to win in three sets: 3/1 (Click Here to Bet with bet365)
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The 2022 WTA Rome Open will be played from May 9 to 15. You can watch & bet on these matches here. Get your latest premium tennis predictions here.
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