These predictions are aimed at traders rather than punters. When assessing a match, I initially look for 2 things. Who do I think will win and how competitive will the other player be?
Use them for straight bets if you wish but please bear in mind that is not what they are intended for.
**For previous rounds, if predictions were correct, I have left them in blue. Corrections are in black.
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WTA Indian Wells
Bouzkova v Townsend 1.92
Due to start at 7 pm
Confidence rating 7/10
Bouzkova 2-0. Most recent Aug 2024, hard, 2 sets. 3 sets win on hard in 2016. Hard win %’s favour Townsend.
Bouzkova lost in the 1st round last year.
4th Round in Beijing 2025, Semi finals in Monterrey 2025, 3rd Round in Montreal 2025, Title in Prague 2025.
Townsend lost in the qual round last season. This year she has come through the qual rounds.
Final in Austin 2026, 4th Round at the US Open 2025, 3rd Round in Cincinnati 2025, Quarter finals in Washington 2025, 3rd Round in Miami 2025.
12 month stats and stats for their last 10 are stronger for Townsend on serve.
Lay Bouzkova around 1.65 and remove liability at 2.00. Chance of 3 sets.
Match prediction: Townsend in 3 sets.
Embed from Getty ImagesUpdate. At the start of the match, Townsend was priced at 1.86.
Townsend served first. The first 3 games were holds. Bouzkova served at 1-2 and went 0-40 behind. I laid Townsend at 1.43. Bouzkova got back to deuce but faced another break point and was broken. Townsend’s price dropped 4 ticks lower than my entry price.
In the next game, Bouzkova went 30-40 behind. Townsend’s price only went to 1.48. I waited for the break. After the break her price went to 1.68. I removed liability and left the green on Townsend.
Bouzkova served at 2-3 and was broken to 0. Townsend then held to 30. She then broke Bouzkova for the 3rd time in a row to take the set.
Bouzkova’s stats were terrible for that set. I wasn’t convinced that she could compete in the second set.
Townsend’s price was 1.18 after the set.
Townsend served first in the second set. She held to 30. In the next game, she broke Bouzkova after Bouzkova had saved 2 break points.
I laid Townsend at 1.07. In a repeat of the first set, she was immediately broken straight back. I backed Townsend at 1.16 using the same stake that I used for the lay. This left me a larger free bet on Townsend. Bouzkova didn’t win another game.
The pattern of the breaks were very similar in both sets.
Townsend won 6-2, 6-1.
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