Elina Svitolina vs Marketa Vondrousova Prediction: Marketa to continue her winning streak over Elina

In the semi-finals of the Wimbledon tournament, Elina Svitolina, the 76th-ranked player in the world, will meet Marketa Vondrousova, the 42nd number in the world ranking. The tennis players are well acquainted with each other, having played on the Tour five times, though they have not crossed paths on grass. The clash score is 3:2 in favor of the Ukrainian tennis player, who is listed as the outsider in the confrontation.

The Ukrainian surprised once again by beating world number one Iga Swiatek in three sets in the Wimbledon quarter-finals. The match between the Ukrainian and the Pole lasted almost three hours. Elina won the first game 7-5 but lost the second game on a tie-break and won the deciding set 6-2. During the match, Elina had five aces and nine double faults and won 82% of her points on first serve and 40% on second serve. It should be noted that before beating Iga Swiatek, Svitolina was stronger at Wimbledon than Venus Williams, Mertens, Kenin, and Azarenka.

As we expected, Vondrousova defeated Pegula in three sets, 6:4, 2:6, 6:4. The Czech played a good match, the match lasted an hour and 55 minutes, Vondrousova served seven times with two double faults, won 68% of points on first serve and 32% on second serve. Before, Vondrousova had knocked out Stearns, Kudermetova, Vekic, and Bouzkova from the Wimbledon draw.

It is worth noting that the last two head-to-head meetings in our pairing were won by Marketa, in Rome in 2020 and at the Olympics in 2021. We believe bookmakers rightly put Marketa as the favorite for the upcoming meeting. However, we should also credit Elina, who knocked Azarenka and Swiatek out of the Wimbledon tournament. We believe the match will be long, 3-set, and Vondrousova will win it in three games.

• W2 for 1.73;
• Handicap 2 (-1.5) for 1.85;
• Marketa Vondrousova to win 2:1 for 4.25.