The Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships take place in the UAE, and in this analysis I will detail the match of the first round between Maria Sakkari and Aryna Sabalenka, to conclude with the related bet.
Dubai is a city of 3.3 million inhabitants, with opening to the Persian Gulf.
This tournament is big, Premier, with a prize pool of $ 2,643,670.
The host is the Aviation Club Tennis Center complex, which has open-air hard-covered grounds.
The contest table includes Muguruza, Bencic, Svitolina or Halep.

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🔹Competition: WTA Dubai

🔹Date: February, 18rd, 2020

🔹Prediction Today: Aryna Sabalenka

🔹Odds: 1.46

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Maria Sakkari: Team shape, news and statistics

◾️Maria Sakkari is a 24-year-old Greek woman, ranked 21st in the WTA.
◾️And Sakkari is a talented, aggressive player on the field who often makes big matches even with top opponents.
◾️Last year she won her first major title, in Rabat, but I think that in the future she can pass other trophies, finally being quite young.
◾️In 2019 he has the quarterfinals in Charleston, the title in Rabat, the semifinals in Rome, the quarterfinals in Nottingham, the semifinals in San Jose and the quarterfinals in Cincinnati.
◾️And in 2020 he has semifinals in St. Petersburg, last week.
◾️Maria’s form is a good one, last week playing a very solid tennis and losing with Rybakina (19th WTA) after a game of 3 sets, the first two being balanced.
◾️In addition, Sakkari did well at the Australian Open where he reached the 4th round.

Aryna Sabalenka: Team shape, news and statistics

◾️Aryna Sabalenka is a 21-year-old Belarusian from 13th WTA.
◾️And Sabalenka is one of the best players in the world, a sportswoman who hits the ball very strongly and has an offensive mentality.
◾️Unfortunately at this start of the year she is going through a bad time, her father dying suddenly.
◾️In 2019 he has the title in Shenzhen, the semifinals in Saint Petersburg, the semifinals in Strasbourg, the quarterfinals in Eastbourne, the final in San Jose, the quarterfinals in Zhengzhou, the title in Wuhan and the title in the Elite Trophy.
◾️And in 2020 he has semifinals in Adelaide.
◾️At the Australian Open Aryna lost in the first round, being defeated in two sets by Suarez Navarro (59th place WTA).

🎾Statistics of the direct matches Maria Sakkari vs Aryna Sabalenka

🔺It is the first direct meeting between the two.

Aryna Sabalenka

◽️The young player from Belarus, just 21 years old, is a hope of women’s tennis, having been in the top 20 WTA for a long time, currently occupying the 13th position.
◽️His game is very well adapted to the hard surface of hard, having aggressive kicks from behind the field and a devastating service, with which he easily wins his service games.
◽️After the final of the previous season, which finished excellent with 2 wins in the Asian tournaments, it started well this season, with a semi-final at Adelaide, but at the Australian Open it was surprisingly defeated since the first round.

Maria Sakkari

◽️The 24-year-old Greek player currently ranks 21st in the WTA rankings, the highest ranking in her career.
◽️She is a player whose game is suitable on any surface, having remarkable results on both hard and clay, being a constant player behind the field.
◽️Coming after a series of bad results at the end of the previous year, this season he managed to reach the stage of the finals of the Australian Open, while last week he reached the semifinal of the tournament in St. Petersburg.

🎾Direct meetings

🔺The two players have met so far twice, the score is equal, 1-1, and the last direct confrontation was won by Aryna Sabalenka, in the autumn of last year, at Zhuhai, with 2-0 at sets.

🎾What is the shape of the players in the last 5 matches?

Maria Sakkari

▪️Maria Sakkari (# 21 WTA, 25 years old) looked very good in St. Petersburg, at least to a point, passing Diatchenko, Cornet and Bencic. Eventually, the Greek would be eliminated by Elena Rybakina, world # 19, in the semifinals of the competition.
▪️Sakkari didn’t look too bad at the first Grand Slam tournament of the year either. She left the Australian Open in the final round, being eliminated in three sets by Petra Kvitova.
▪️One lap ahead, she had made a trademark victim in the person of Madison Keys.
▪️In Adelaide and Brisbane, however, Sakkari did not do very well, being eliminated after the first and second matches of the tournament.

Aryna Sabalenka

▪️Aryna Sabalenka (# 13 WTA, 22 years old) comes after the Fed Cup matches, where she managed to bring her team the victories necessary to eliminate the Netherlands, respectively the qualification in the final phase of the competition, which will take place in April, in Budapest. Aryna recorded a defeat (vs Bertens) and a victory (vs Rus) at singles, prevailing with Sasnovich in the decisive double match.
▪️Otherwise, another remarkable performance from 2020 is the semi-final from Adelaide, which has lost at least sets with Yastremska, a competition that will be won by the second tennis player of the world, Simona Halep.
▪️In contrast, at the Australian Open, Belarus was to be eliminated from the first game, after a minimal set defeat with Suarez Navarro.

🎾News, analysis, statistics and progress about the 2 players.

Maria Sakkari

◾️In 2018, in his only participation in Dubai so far, he failed to pass qualifications.
◾️4 of his last 5 matches were cut in 3 sets, in one direction or another.
◾️Rabat 2019, played on the slag, is the only trophy in his record.
◾️He has 7 wins and 4 defeats in 2020, all on the hard, 2017 being the last year that he ended with a positive balance on this surface.
◾️He is in the best career ranking (# 21 WTA).

Aryna Sabalenka

◾️He has never been in the top eight in Dubai in the 3 races so far.
◾️He has 5 wins and 4 defeats in 2020, of which 4 with 3 on the hard, finishing every year spent in the professional circuit with a positive balance on this surface.
◾️All 5 WTA tournaments of his career came on the hardest, most recently in 2019, the WTA Elite Trophy, Wuhan and Shenzen (all in China).
◾️His last 6 matches were cut in minimum sets.
◾️# 9 WTA is the highest ranking of his career (February 2019).

Tennis Prediction of the Day Maria Sakkari vs Aryna Sabalenka

Maria Sakkari starts the Dubai tour just days after a full week of indoor tennis at St. Petersburg, where the playing conditions differ greatly, despite the fact that the surface is still fast.
Aryna Sabalenka starts with the first chance in this match, the outdoor hard being his favorite surface, and his aggressive hits will make the difference in this match.

Prediction Today: A. Sabalenka

Odds: 1.46