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. The number in brackets is the confidence rating out of 10 from the Trading Tips email.
WTA Philadelphia Challenger Zakharova 1.86 v Blinkova Due to start at 7:30 pm Confidence rating 7/10
Blinkova 2-0. Most recent Oct 2022, indoors, 2 sets. She won indoors in Dec 2021, 2 sets. Hard win %’s favour Zakharova .
Zakharova reached the Quarter finals in Memphis 2026. Challenger Semi final in July. 3rd round in Miami 2026. 2nd round in Indian Wells 2026.
Blinkova reached the 2nd round in Cincinnati 2026 as qualifier. 2nd round in Miami 2026. 2nd round in Indian Wells 2026. Title in Jiujiang 2025. 2nd round of the US Open 2025.
12 month and 2026 stats favour Zakharova overall.
Stats for their last 10 WTA hard matches favour Zakharova on serve.
Lay Blinkova around 1.65 and remove liability at 2.10. Chance of 3 sets.
Update: Firstly, apologies for having the name Rakhimova rather than Zakharova in the original post. I’m sure I’d have noticed when I came to write this update, but thanks to the couple of people who pointed it out to me.
Zakharova served first. The first 3 games were holds with each player facing a break point. 1-0 1-1 2-1
Blinkova was broken to 15. I laid Zakharova at 1.55. 3-1
Zakharova was broken straight back. I removed liability at 1.83, leaving the green on Zakharova. 3-2
The next 2 games were holds with no break points. 3-3 4-3
Blinkova saved 2 break points before holding serve. 4.4
Zakharova was broken to 30. I placed a lay on Blinkova at 1.50. 4-5
Blinkova served for the set and went 0-40 behind. I backed her at 1.90 using the same stake that I used for the lay. This increased my free bet on Zakharova. 5-5
The next 2 games were holds and they went into a tie break. 6-5 6-6
The tie break was tight with both players having a set point. It was Zakharova who took the set. 7-6
Stats for the set favour Zakharova. She had the better first serve percentage and also the better second serve points won percentage.
I felt that Blinkova had to be disappointed in herself having served for the set and also having wasted the set point in the tie break. She was serving first in the second set so I left my free bet to run.
She was broken to 30. 1-0
Zakharova held to 30. 2-0
Blinkova was broken again, this time to 15. I hedged evenly at 1.06. 3-0
Zakharova held to 30. Then she broke Blinkova to 15. She served out the match to 15. 4-0 5-0 6-0
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