Arina Sobolenko - Maria Buzkova: forecast and bet on the semi-finals of the WTA-500 tournament in Washington

Arina Sobolenko from Belarus will play against Maria Buzkova from the Czech Republic in the semifinals of the WTA-500 tournament in Washington.

Arina Sobolenko

The 26-year-old representative of Belarus played a fairly confident match at the tournament in the USA last night. In the quarterfinals, Sobolenko beat her compatriot Victoria Azarenka in two sets – 6:4; 6:4. In the first set, both tennis players initially worked competently on their serves, and Arina and Victoria exchanged breaks from the score 3:2 in games. Next, the game could well have become protracted, but with the score 5:4 in games, Sobolenko was able to make a second break and thus Arina closed the set in her favor. At the very beginning of the second set, Sobolenko made a break and, due to competent work on her serve, she led 3-0 in games. Next, with the score 3:1 in games, Arina lost the game on her serve and eventually allowed Azarenka to win back. After that, the tennis players worked a little competently on their serves, but with the score 5:4 in games, Azarenka made the second break and thus Arina closed the match in her favor. The tennis players spent one hour and forty-five minutes on the court.

Maria Buzkova

The 26-year-old representative of the Czech Republic, in turn, has been speaking in Washington since July 30. In the 1/16 finals, Buzkova beat McCartney Kessler from the USA in three sets – 6:4; 4:6; 6:2.

On the night of the first to the second of August, Maria played a more confident match in the 1/8 finals and beat Taylor Townsend from the USA in two sets – 7:5; 7:6 (10:8).

Last night, in the quarterfinals of the tournament, she played a very confident match and calmly beat another American tennis player Robin Montgomery – 6:3; 6:1. The tennis players spent one hour and fifteen minutes on the court.

At the moment, Maria Buzkova is ranked 43rd in the WTA rankings.

Maria Buzkova and Arina Sobolenko played together on March 27, 2023 at the Masters in Miami. Then on the hard court in the 1/16 finals Sobolenko won a crushing victory – 6:1; 6:2.

Forecast

In this match, Arina Sobolenko is considered by bookmakers to be the undisputed favorite. Nevertheless, in this confrontation, there may not be a completely passing match for Arina, we suggest you take a chance and bet more than 19.5 games on the total.