Marta Kostyuk – Jessica Pegula. Prediction for the WTA 500 semi-finals in Brisbane

On January 10, Marta Kostyuk (WTA 26) will play Jessica Pegula (WTA 6) in the semifinals of the tournament in Brisbane.

The meeting will start at 07:00 Kyiv time.

Sport.ua together with a betting partner betting announces the upcoming match!

Marta Kostyuk

The second racket of Ukraine looks brilliant at the start of the season, it’s not only about the results, but about the game itself, you can see the work done and progress in many components. Kostyuk started in Brisbane with a victory over Yulia Putintseva – 6:7, 6:1, 6:0, then defeated the third ranked player in the world Amanda Anisimova – 6:4, 6:3. The match against the ninth racket of the rating, “neutral” Mirra Andreeva, was also exciting – 7:5, 6:3.

The Ukrainian will play her third match in a row against a rival from the top 10, so this fact should definitely not bother her. A successful performance in Brisbane has already made it possible to climb to the 21st step in the live rating, but you can’t stop there.

Jessica Pegula

For the fourth year, the American athlete is confidently in the top ten, not intending to lose momentum. Pegula is a diligent and experienced tennis player, she will be 32 years old in February, but she has not yet won a Slam.

Here the athlete started with a victory over the “neutral” Anna Kalinska – 6:2, 2:6, 6:4, in the third set she managed to win back with 2:4. Then there was another difficult battle against the Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska – 5:7, 6:2, 6:3, and again a comeback in the third set from 0:2. Pegula won her quarterfinal match against the “neutral” Lyudmila Samsonova – 6:3, 7:6, here the American won from 0:3 in the first game and from 2:4 in the second.

Personal meetings

The athletes have a long history of face-to-face confrontations, they played each other five times, while the score was 4:1 in favor of the American tennis player, all matches took place on hard court.

Forecast

At stake is a ticket to the finals of a solid tournament, there will definitely be no problems with motivation. Bookmakers should give preference to the Americans, although I think that Kostyuk’s chances of winning here and now are definitely not worse.

I expect an exciting match between two strong and composed tennis players. In the final, they will have to play against the winner of the pair Sobolenko – Mukhov. I will bet here on the victory of the Ukrainian woman with a handicap of +2.5 games for 1.75.