World Number 3 Aryna Sabalenka is once again in the center stage for the WTA Berlin quarter final tournament. She will now face Anna Kalinskaya in this round for a place in the semi final. The last time these two players faced each other was at the WTA Cincinnati back in 2022.
Claim Welcome BonusAnna Kalinskaya
Anna Kalinskaya is currently number 24 on the WTA ranking and she progressed into the quarter final of the tournament after eliminating Markéta Vondroušová by retirement.
Anna Kalinskaya played her first game against Nao Hibino and she won the game in 3 sets by 6-2,4-6,2-6. Then she progressed into the round of 16 and played against Markéta Vondroušová and the game was canceled halfway as Markéta Vondroušová called in an early retirement due to injury concerns. Thereby granting Anna Kalinskaya a place in the quarter final automatically.
Aryna Sabalenka
Aryna Sabalenka's class speaks volumes, that's why she's a huge favorite to advance into the semi final stage. Aryna Sabalenka is currently the 3rd best player according to the WTA ranking.
Aryna played only 1 game so far in this tournament and that was against Daria Kasatkina, in the round of 16 stage. Aryna Sabalenka won the game in straight sets, beating Daria 1-6, 4-6.
According to stats Aryna had the following:- 54% first serve, 50% break points saved, 8 service games won, 50% second serve return points and 4 break points converted.
Head to Head
According to the h2h, Anna Kalinskaya and Aryna Sabalenka played 4 games against each other. Aryna Sabalenka won 3 games while Anna Kalinskaya won just 1 game.
Analysis and Predictions
It's pretty obvious that Aryna Sabalenka is the favorite because she's the better player and she also leads the h2h battle. The bookmakers also agree with that fact and there's no reason why we shouldn't.
- Aryna Sabalenka Under 12.5 Games at 1.74 Odds
- Anna Kalinskaya (+5.5) Handicap at 1.80 Odds
- Total Games Under 19.5 at 1.83 Odds