World number 35 Sloane Stephens will be up against the 69th-ranked Peyton Stearns in the quarterfinal of the 2023 WTA Rabat Open on Thursday, May 25. Get the predictions and odds of this Sloane Stephens v Peyton Stearns match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here.
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Sloane Stephens v Peyton Stearns Head to Head
This will be the first meeting between Stephens and Stearns.
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Stephens Shuts Out Babos
Stephens did not waste a lot of time in sending Timea Babos out and moving into the quarterfinal of the Rabat Open. The American, who had earlier overcome Vera Zvonareva in the opening round in straight sets, was a 6-3, 6-1 winner over Babos.
In a match lasting an hour and 20 minutes, Stephens broke early and while Babos got back to make it 4-3, the American broke right back to take a 5-3 lead. From that point onward it was all one-way traffic as Stephens won seven of the next eight games to advance.
This was Stephens’ first set of successive wins in a WTA tournament since Austin in March.
She did make the semifinal of the Saint-Malo Open two weeks ago, a competition which is a part of the WTA 125 series.
Can Stephens now make her first semifinal of the season?
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Stearns Surprise for Leylah
Stearns is a fast-improving star and her stock has risen considerably in recent times. This can be seen from her ranking which has catapulted to 69th in the world having started the season at 210th on the WTA Rankings.
And she can be expected to rise even further up the ladder after her performance in this tournament where she has already beaten a former Grand Slam finalist.
Coming into her second round match against Leylah Fernandez as a 1/1 underdog, Stearns needed three sets and over two hours and but she came through in the end. Stearns won 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 in a match that had a whopping 11 breaks of serves.
It was the one in the sixth game of the first set that proved to be the difference as Stearns grabbed the set after that and while she was broken thrice in the second set, she came back inflict the same on Fernandez in the third.
Expect Stearns to make things difficult for Stephens.
Stephens v Stearns Prediction and Tip
This could well turn out to be a humdinger where Stearns holds a slight edge over her more experienced American opponent.
Tips:
- Low Risk Tip: Over 8.5 games in the first set: 4/9
- Moderate Risk Tip: Stearns to win: 11/10
The 2023 WTA Rabat Open will be played from May 21 to 27. 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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