Elena Rybakina vs Cristina Bucsa Prediction: Too much confidence on Elena

World Number 5 Elena Rybakina takes on Cristina Bucsa in the quarter finals of the Abu Dhabi tournament. Both players won the previous round of games to advance to this stage, but at the moment, Elena Rybakina is taking all the attention as she is a more experienced player compared to Cristina Bucsa. Both players met once in the Adelaide tournament last month and Elena Rybakina won in straight sets. 

Elena Rybakina

Elena Rybakina is a Kazakhstan tennis player currently ranked 5th on the WTA ranking. Rybakina has won six titles on the WTA Tour, including two WTA 1000 titles at the 2023 Indian Wells Open and the 2023 Italian Open. She also won the Wimbledon title in 2022. 

Elena Rybakina played only one game in this tournament. She played against Danielle Collins and she won the game in 3 sets, beating her 4:6,6:4,6:3.

Cristina Bucsa

Cristina Bucsa is a Spanish tennis player currently ranked 74th on the WTA ranking. Bucșa won her first bigger ITF Circuit doubles title 2018 at the Open de Saint-Malo. 

In the Grand Slam singles, she made it to the 1st round of the French Open in 2022 and 2023. And in the second round of the Wimbledon in 2023 and US Open in 2022. And she made it to the 3rd round in the Australia Open in 2023. 

Cristina Bucsa played 2 games in this tournament and she won both games. She defeated Wang Xin 2-1 in the first game, before beating Heather Watson in straight sets in the second game.

Head to Head

Elena Rybakina played only one game against Cristina Bucsa and that was at the WTA Adelaide in January this year. Elena Rybakina won the game in straight sets.

Analysis and Predictions

The contest looks over even before it started. Elena Rybakina thumps Cristina Bucsa in every aspect of the game and she should dominate and grab a very easy win.

• Over 18 Games at 1.84 Odds
• Over 18 Games at 1.65 Odds
• Elena Rybakina to Win by (-5.5) Handicap at 1.66 Odds