Belinda Bencic vs Veronika Kudermetova: the Russian is clearly underestimated

Veronika has a very strong opponent in round of 32 at the St. Petersburg Open. However, the Russian athlete has an experience of victories over the representative of Switzerland, including the tournament in St. Petersburg. Now the score is 3-3, but we hope that Veronika will come forward in the duel with Belinda again.

Belinda doesn't know how to have an even season, but she occasionally makes a sensation at tournaments of all kinds of qualifications. In 2022, the Swiss played five official matches at two events: in Sydney, Bencic reached the quarterfinals, where she lost to Badosa in three sets. At the Australian Open, she was stronger than Mladenovic but lost to Amanda Anisimova in two sets over an hour and a half. Note that Bencic has won two tournaments in her career in Russia: in 2017 in St. Petersburg ITF and in 2019 at the Kremlin Cup. So the Swiss finds it comfortable enough to play in Russia, so you have to bear it in mind when making a bet.

The Melbourne final and the third round of the Australian Open is not a bad result for Veronika at the start of the 2022 season. At the Australian Open, Kudermetova defeated Liu and Ruse in two sets, losing to the world No. 1, the Greek Sakkari, in St. Petersburg. We should also remind you that Kudermetova together with Mertens were finalists in the Australian Open doubles. Three years ago here in St. Petersburg Kudermetova already defeated Bencic, naturally, the Russian remembers that victory and will do everything possible to repeat the success.

The last two face-offs between Bencic and Kudermetova ended in favor of the Swiss, however, Veronika has beaten Belinda three times in her career, including the time at the St. Petersburg tournament in 2019. As for the form, you can not say that Belinda is better, the status of the Olympic champion, of course, plays its role, but the Swiss has not so many triumphs at the indoors, though there are more of them than Kudermetova has experienced. We think the line should be more even, the score is 3-3 after all, plus Veronika plays in her home country. Here are the betting options for you to consider: H2 (+2.5) for 1.89; Correct Score 1-2 for 5.50; H2 (+2.5) for 1.91.