Elena Rybakina vs Liudmila Samsonova Prediction: Choosing the Favorite Despite Ratings

Prediction for the WTA Montreal match, which will take place on August 13th. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

For Rybakina, the tournament in Montreal was her first hard-court tournament after the grass part. In Canada, the representative of Kazakhstan played three matches and won all three, knocking out Brady, Stephens, and Kasatkina, who was not the most convenient opponent. The game against Daria was very long - three and a half hours. For this reason, bookmakers consider Elena, a slight outsider of the upcoming game. Still, Rybakina gave a lot of effort to this victory. Everything was decided on the tie-break in the third game, which Rybakina won with a score of 10:8. Elena made seven aces and seven double faults, won 62% of points on the first serve and 52% on the second, return statistics: 48%/59%.

For Lyudmila, the tournament in Montreal is the second one on the hard court after the grass part of the season. Before Canada, she played a good tournament in Washington, reached the semifinals, and lost to Gauff in two sets. Samsonova played four matches in Montreal, knocking out Siniakova, Zheng Qinwen, Sabalenka, and Bencic. The match against Belinda was a 2-set one that lasted an hour and 51 minutes. Samsonova made eight aces and six double faults and won 83% of points on the first serve and 46% on the second. Reception statistics: 36%/46%.

Let's agree with the bookmakers, who put Samsonova as the favorite of the upcoming game even despite the current rating. Samsonova has already beaten Elena twice on hard courts, including in Montreal. In the last round, Rybakina played a very long match against Kasatkina, which took a lot of energy. There are doubts about whether she can fully recover in time. On the other hand, Liudmila beat Bencic confidently, staying fresh for the semifinal match. As for the total, we expect a long game as Elena will not give up the victory for anything.