Yulia Starodubtseva – Katie Boulter. Forecast and announcement for the WTA 250 match in Auckland

On January 6, in the first round of the tennis tournament in Oakland, Yulia Starodubtseva (WTA 113) will meet Katie Boulter (WTA 106).

The match should start at 02:00 Kyiv time.

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

Julia Starodubtseva

The Ukrainian tennis player cannot take advantage of last season, in which she won 24 with 35 losses. There were successful performances, Starodubtseva even rose strongly in the ranking, but then fell out of the top 100 again, and at the end of the year even lost 12 positions.

In Oakland, the Ukrainian started with a victory over the French Jessica Ponchet – 6:3, 6:3, the difficulties were only in the second set, when she had to fight back from 0:2. Starodubtseva held the qualification final against the promising Austrian Lilly Tugger, the bookmakers gave the tennis players equal chances of success. The fight did not work out, the Ukrainian defeated her 17-year-old rival with a score of 6:1, 6:1.

After such victories should come confidence and courage, in case of success in the upcoming match, there is a chance to meet another Ukrainian and the first seed Elina Svitolina, who also must first win her match against Grachova.

Kathy Boulter

The British athlete is known in tennis circles as a good average girl. Last season, the tennis player started at a high 24th place in the world ranking, but played so badly that she lost 82 positions and ended up outside the first hundred. It is not clear what form the Briton is in now, she had a leg injury, so the big question is whether she will be able to show her maximum.

Organizers of the Oakland tournament gave Boulter a wild card, which means she starts in the main draw without qualifying. Already in the first round, a serious test awaits the tennis player.

Forecast

Sportswomen have never played against each other before, and in this meeting the bookies will definitely prefer the British, given their past merits. I expect an unpredictable match that can end with any result.

The advantage of the Ukrainian is that she has already played two matches at the tournament, which allowed her to gain confidence. I do not think that anyone will have a clear advantage in this pair, so I bet on the total more than 20.5 games at 1.75.