In a repeat of last year’s final, top seed Iga Swiatek of Poland will face second seed Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus in the final of the 2023 WTA Stuttgart Open on Sunday, April 23. Get the predictions and odds of this Iga Swiatek v Aryna Sabalenka match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here.
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Iga Swiatek v Aryna Sabalenka Head to Head
Swiatek leads the rivalry 4-2. Last year, Swiatek scored a straight sets win over the Belarusian in the final to lift the Stuttgart title.
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Swiatek Advances As Jabeur Withdraws With Injury
Top seed Iga Swiatek moved into the second straight Stuttgart final after Ons Jabeur retired from the semifinal contest due to a calf injury.
Jabeur injured her left calf in the very first game of the match. She needed treatment after the first game, but returned for two more games. However, she felt she could not continue and pulled out with Swiatek leading 3-0.
The defending champion, who will be playing in her third final, is chasing her second title of the season. She was the champion in Doha and a runner-up in Dubai.
Playing her first clay court tournament of the season, the Pole defeated Qinwen Zheng 6-1, 6-4 in the second round and then came back from a set down to beat Karolina Pliskova 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 in the quarterfinal.
The 21-year-old will be featuring in a 16th career final on Sunday and a win would hand her a 13th titles.
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Sabalenka Breezes Past Potapova
Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka reached her fourth final of the season with a crushing 6-1, 6-2 victory over Anastasia Potapova.
The Belarusian, who raced to 5-0 and 4-0 leads in the two sets, was not broken in the match as she saved all three of the break points that she faced. She had five breaking chances in the match and capitalised on four of them.
The world no. 2 is looking to clinch her third title of the year. In addition to the first major, she also won the title in Adelaide and finished runner-up in Indian Wells.
Sabalenka had begun her Stuttgart campaign with a straight sets win over Barbora Krejcikova in the round of 16. She then rallied from a set down to beat Paula Badosa in three in the quarterfinal.
Sabalenka was a finalist in Stuttgart in 2021 and 2022. She has made a hat-trick of finals, but will she win the title this year?
Swiatek v Sabalenka Prediction and Tip
This is going to be a cracking contest. Expect it to go the distance, but the top seed will have the upper hand. Expect her to go on to win a second consecutive title.
Tips:
- Low Risk Tip: Swiatek to win: 4/9 (Click Here to Bet with bet365)
- Moderate Risk Tip: Over 22.5 games in the match: 5/6 (Click Here to Bet with bet365)
- High Risk Tip: Swiatek to win in three sets: 3/1 (Click Here to Bet with bet365)
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The 2023 WTA Stuttgart Open will be played from April 17 to 23. 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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