Tennis forecast: Anastasia Potapova - Tamara Zidanshek

In the 1/8 finals of the WTA tournament in Tunisia, Russian tennis player Anastasia Potapova will play against Tamara Zidanshek from Slovenia.

Tamara ZidanshekThe 24-year-old representative of Slovenia started the tournament in Tunisia the day before yesterday.

In the 1/16 finals, Zidanshek played a difficult match, but still Tamara managed to win a strong-willed victory over Marina Bassols from Spain in three sets – 5:7; 6:3; 7:5. In the first set, the tennis players exchanged breaks twice, it was at the very beginning and in the middle of the game. And then, with the score 5:6 in favor of Bassols, Zidanshek lost a game for the third time on her serve and in the end Tamara lost the set. In the second set, the tennis player from Slovenia played much more steadily and made a break at the very beginning and at the end of the game, which allowed her to even the score in the match. At the start of the decisive game, the tennis players exchanged breaks. With the score 4:3 in her favor, Zidanshek could have made a break again, but Tamara missed her advantage from the score 40:15. Then the tennis players exchanged breaks again. Zidanshek eventually came out on the score of 6:5 in her favor, and after that, the representative of Slovenia competently submitted for the match. As a result, the tennis players spent two hours and forty-five minutes on the court.

Anastasia PotapovaThe 21-year-old Russian tennis player, in turn, also started at the tournament in Tunisia the day before yesterday.

In the 1/16 finals, Potapova did not have the most stable match, but still in three sets Anastasia beat her compatriot Mirra Andreeva – 6:3; 6:7 (4:7); 6:3. In the first set, Potapova made a break at the very beginning and at the very end of the game. But in the second set, Potapova lost a game on her serve pretty quickly, but Anastasia also quickly recouped from the score 1:3 in games. With the score 3:3, Potapova again almost lost the game on her serve, but Anastasia was able to show character and save the game from the score 0:40. With a score of 5:5 by games, the tennis players exchanged breaks and eventually it came to a tie-break. And on the tie-break, Andreeva unexpectedly turned out to be a little more stable. In the third set, Potapova was the first to lose a game on her serve and settled for a score of 1:3 on games. However, Anastasia then changed dramatically, she made three consecutive breaks and eventually closed the match in her favor. As a result, the tennis players spent two hours and thirty-five minutes on the court.

Anastasia Potapova and Tamara Zidanshek played together in 2018 and 2020. Both meetings were not without difficulty, but the Russian tennis player won.

ForecastIn this match, Anastasia Potapova is considered by bookmakers to be an almost unconditional favorite.

However, an easy match for the Russian tennis player also does not have to wait much. We suggest that you bet more than 19.5 games on the total.