Elena Rybakina vs Tereza Martincova: Bet on a confident win for Elena over Tereza

In the last 16, Elena Rybakina, the world number 12, will face Tereza Martincova, the Czech tennis player, number 42 of the WTA world ranking. They met four years ago at the Kremlin Cup, and Rybakina won that match in three sets.

Rybakina had an impressive start to the tournament in St Petersburg. Her opponent was Varvara Gracheva from Russia, 81st in the world. We thought it would be a tough match for Rybakina, but in fact, she got the quickest win in 58 minutes. It came to mind when Elena beat Radukana in Sydney. If Elena's current form matches that of mid-January, Elena's future rival can only be sympathized.

Tereza lost the first set to Vera Zvonareva 2-6 but managed to reverse the situation by winning the next two games 6-1, 6-4. On the one hand, one has to credit Tereza's moral strength. On the other hand, she's a strong-willed player, but let's not forget that now Zvonareva and Rybakina are opponents of different levels, with all due respect to the Russian.

Four and a half years ago in Moscow, Rybakina defeated Martincova with great difficulty. Then the girls played a tie-break in the second set, and it was by winning that more-or-less match that Elena was able to take the initiative, and that affected the result of that meeting. It was only logical to expect a win in this match from that time on. In our opinion, this victory will be more certain than in the Russian capital. Here are the betting options for the meeting: Total Under (19.5) for 1.70, Handicap 1 (-6.5) for 3.00.