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Karolina Pliskova and Maria Sakkari will meet in the quarterfinals of the US Open. This will be the third face-to-face encounter between the tennis players and the first on the hard court. Who will go on to the US Open?
Karolina Pliskova’s current form
Karolina Pliskova faced Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the fourth round of the US Open. It was quite a difficult match for the Czech player. She committed five double faults and lost her serve twice. Pliskova, however, was solid on the receiving end and broke four times. In the end, Karolina was stronger than Pavlyuchenkova, with a score of 7:5, 6:4. Pliskova had previously outplayed McNally, Anisimova, and Tomljanovic (she lost only one set to Anisimova).
Maria Sakkari current form
In the fourth round of the US Open, Maria Sakkari met Bianca Andreescu. The meeting turned out to be the most difficult for the representative of Greece. The match lasted three and a half hours. Sakkari lost the first set on a tie-break. The second set was also a tie-break, where Maria showed her best side. In the third set, Sakkari acted noticeably better and beat her opponent 6:3. Before that, Sakkari had beaten Kostyuk, Sinyakova, and Kvitova and had not lost a single set.
Head to head encounters
Karolina Pliskova and Maria Sakkari have played two face-offs, both on clay at the Rome tournament. In the first match, Maria Sakkari won in three sets. In the next game, Karolina Pliskova got her revenge in two sets.
Interesting statistics
- Karolina Pliskova has won 11 of her last 13 matches in all tournaments;
- Karolina Pliskova and Maria Sakkari have lost only one set in the current US Open;
- Reaching the quarterfinal stage is Maria Sakkari best result at the US Open.
Expert Betting Tips
Both tennis players have lost only one set in the current US Open and are showing a good game overall. Bookmakers slightly prefer Karolina Pliskova, which is no surprise as Maria Sakkari managed to beat Bianca Andreescu in a hard-fought (three and a half hours) match a couple of days ago. The match may have some impact on Sakkari, but still, Maria will try to fight her opponent and extend her successful streak at the US Open. I believe that the upcoming match will also turn out to be quite tense and protracted. That is why I suggest taking the line with Total Over games as the main bet.
- Total Over (21.5) games for odds of 1.68;
- Total Over (9.5) games in the first set at odds of 2.00;
- Total Over (2.5) sets at odds of 2.46.