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Rome tournament on clay a little bit slower than Madrid. This is going to be shorter because I am in a bit hurry.
Lucie Safarova is number 14 in the world. She is a heavy hitter and on a good day she is extremely hard to beat. She takes a lot of risks so she usually ends up with a lot of winners and a lot of unforced errors. Clay is not hes best surface but she has been making progress on this surface. As weak points she has problems with optimal movement and hitting the ball on the move as well as some psychological problems if things in the match are not going her way. In the first round she had a really hard game against Schmiedlova lasting two hours and forty minutes. Safarova was down 4-2 in the decider and then went on to lose just 5 points in the next 4 games.
Dulgheru used to be a top 30 player and seems to be finding her form again. She is currently 72 in the world but her game should allow her to rise in the rankings. She is a counterattacker, she can hit the ball pretty hard and usually focuses on placement. She likes playing heavy hitters, she can move very well around the court and force the opponent to take on that last extra shot.
The head to head is 1-0 to Safarova on clay, but the game was in 2010. Dulgheru is not the favorite here but the odds are too high in my opinion and a surprise could happen. Dulgheru has in my opinion about 35% chances in this match.
Pick: Alexandra Dulgheru to win
Odds: 3.97
Bookmaker: ➾ Pinnacle
Stake: 5 units
Tipster: Ares
| TIPSTER: Ares | Total profit: +12.81 | Tips won: 21 |
| Country: Romania | Total yield: +4.78% | Tips lost: 22 |
| Speciality: Snooker | Total picks: 44 | Tips pushed: 1 |
| 12.08 | • ASA Targu Mures - ACS Poli Timisoara | 1.87 | 8 | ❌ | -8 |
| 12.08 | • Dominika Cibulkova - Alize Cornet | 1.57 | 9 | ❌ | -9 |
| 09.08 | • Fergal O'Brien - Luca Brecel | 2.2 | 4 | ❌ | -4 |
| 09.08 | • Steaua Bucuresti - Dinamo Bucuresti | 4.45 | 2 | ❌ | -2 |
| 08.08 | • CSU Craiova - Concordia Chaijna | 2.32 | 4 | ✅ | +5.28 |
| 07.08 | • Luca Brecel - Nigel Bond | 1.8 | 5 | ✅ | +4 |
| 06.08 | • Astra Giurgiu - West Ham United | 1.73 | 10 | ✅ | +7.3 |
| 09.07 | • Garbine Muguruza - Agnieszka Radwanska | 2 | 7 | ❌ | -7 |
| 07.07 | • Bryan B./Bryan M. - Bopanna R./Mergea | 4 | 5 | ✅ | +15 |
| 01.07 | • Fernando Verdasco - Dominic Thiem | 2.73 | 6 | ❌ | -6 |
